World No.1 Scottie \u200cScheffler, making his debut in the tournament at TPC Twin Cities, is \u200cthree shots back, tied for fifth after his bogey-free 65.<\/p>\n
Karl Vilips and Cam Davis, the two Australians in the field, have plenty of catching up to do.<\/p>\n
Vilips is tied-43rd after making a two-under 69, while Davis is at even-par.<\/p>\n
Scheffler started his round at No.10 and was two-under on the back nine with birdies at Nos.12 and 18, then heated \u200cup with \u200cbirdies on the first, fourth, sixth and seventh.<\/p>\n
Kohles, 36, \u200bis ranked No.128 in the world and seeking his first win on the PGA Tour. He finished tied for third at the John Deere Classic on July 5.<\/p>\n
He birdied the second, sixth, eighth, 10th, 12th, 14th and 15th, \u200cthen \u200bmade eagle on the par-5 18th. Kohles ranked first on \u200bThursday in greens \u200cin regulation (17 of 18), tied for third in driving accuracy (12 of \u200b14 at 85.7 per cent) and ranked 39th in feet of putts made (82 feet).<\/p>\n
Jackson Koivun, Gary Woodland and Argentina’s Emiliano \u200bGrillo \u200bare tied for second after \u200beach shot seven-under 64.<\/p>\n
Scheffler is tied \u200cat six-under with Lucas Glover, Michael Brennan, Kevin Roy and Sweden’s Jesper Svensson.<\/p>\n
Defending champion Kurt Kitayama is tied for 26th at three-under 68. He opened with the first of his seven birdies, \u200bincluding at the last, but was undermined by a bogey \u200bat the par-4 \u2060third and a triple bogey at the \u200bpar-4 ninth.<\/p>\n
One of the unluckiest players on the day was Jake Knapp, who was robbed of a hole-in-one after his ball sat next to the hole and refused to go in after hitting the flagstick.<\/p>\n
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