The American Express<\/a> in Palm Desert, California, for his 20th PGA Tour victory. He had 33 straight rounds under par.<\/p>\nScheffler arrived at the Phoenix Open as the favorite to win for the third time at TPC Scottdale\u2019s Stadium course, with his consecutive wins from 2022-23.<\/p>\n
His bid didn\u2019t go as planned, even in ideal scoring conditions.<\/p>\n
Scheffler got off to a great start, hitting it inside three feet for a birdie on the par-4 10th. He immediately bogeyed the next hole when he couldn\u2019t get up and down, then sandwiched two birdies around a bogey at the long par-4 14th.<\/p>\n
Scheffler added another birdie on 17 before things started to unravel.<\/p>\n
The double chip on No. 18 led to a bogey, a three-putt on No. 1 added another and a double bogey came on No. 2 when chopped it around the 449-yard hole.<\/p>\n
Scheffler pushed his drive into the right fairway bunker on the par-4, could only advance the ball 54 yards into the left rough and gouged his third shot short of the green. He was unable to get up and down, leading to a double bogey that pushed him to 2 over.<\/p>\n
A birdie on No. 3 and the flubbed-chip bogey at No. 8 closed out a 3-over 38 on his second nine, putting Scheffler in need of a low round on Friday to avoid missing his first cut since the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n
Scheffler headed to the range right after his round, hoping to find something that would help him continue the PGA Tour\u2019s longest-active streak of cuts made at 65.<\/p>\n
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