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Jun 19, 2025, 08:10 PM ET
CROMWELL, Conn. -- Scottie Scheffler birdied 4 of his archetypal six holes Thursday en way to an 8-under 62, sharing the pb with Austin Eckroat astatine the Travelers Championship.
After shooting a 30 connected the beforehand nine, Scheffler faced a 236-yard attack connected the par-5 13th, and his 3-iron implicit a pond to a pin connected the close settled 10 feet away. He made the eagle putt.
"That 3-iron I deed successful determination was truly nice," Scheffler said. "It was beauteous overmuch precisely what I was trying to do. It was benignant of 1 wherever I had to deed it truly coagulated successful bid to get it determination with the h2o short, and I conscionable did beauteous overmuch precisely what I wanted to and it felt nice."
It was his lowest people successful 19 rounds astatine the TPC River Highlands.
Rory McIlroy had a bogey-free 64 and is tied with Ryder Cup skipper Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark. Cameron Young, who was successful the premix precocious Sunday astatine the U.S. Open astatine Oakmont, was different changeable backmost aft starting his circular with a three-putt from 25 feet for a treble bogey.
"I managed to get astir Oakmont for 4 days with nary doubles and I made it zero holes here," said Young, who followed with 8 birdies. "Typically, that's not benignant of what you expect astir here."
Young's caddie went down with a tummy microorganism and the champion enactment was to crook the container implicit to his father, Dave Young, precocious retired arsenic the longtime pro astatine Sleepy Hollow.
Eckroat, a two-time victor connected the PGA Tour, played the past six holes successful 5-under par, starting with a 35-foot eagle putt connected No. 13. He has struggled this twelvemonth with 2 top-20 finishes and 8 missed cuts.
"I wasn't fearing the near shot today, which is huge, and past whenever you're feeling comfy with different things, different things commencement to autumn successful line," Eckroat said. "Felt large implicit the putter, and conscionable a truly coagulated day, and I felt confident, which it was bully to consciousness that this season. It's been a while."
U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun felt the fatigue, and the vigor didn't assistance the cause. Playing on Scheffler, helium was hanging successful determination until it took him 2 chips and 2 putts to screen 40 feet for a treble bogey connected No. 12, and a bogey-bogey decorativeness for a 73.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
