{"id":812861,"date":"2026-08-14T01:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/812861\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:28:15","slug":"rory-mcilroy-wilts-to-shoot-74-scottie-scheffler-cards-patient-68-at-scorching-fedex-st-jude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/812861\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy wilts to shoot 74; Scottie Scheffler cards ‘patient’ 68 at scorching FedEx St. Jude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy said he was using this week\u2019s FedEx St. Jude Championship as a chance to \u201csee where my game is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judging by Thursday\u2019s performance, it\u2019s not in a good place.<\/p>\n

McIlroy played his final three holes in 4 over par to shoot 4-over 74 in Round 1 pf the playoff opener at TPC Southwind.<\/p>\n

On a day in which the feels-like temperature in Memphis, Tennessee, was 110 degrees, McIlroy wilted down the stretch with a bogey on the par-5 16th, a bogey on the par-4 17th and a double bogey to close. McIlroy hit his tee shot into the water on the par-4-18th and then needed two attempts around the green to get onto the putting surface.<\/p>\n

McIlroy made bogey Thursday on both of the par 5s, lost 2.06 shots to the field with his approach game, and hit only half of the fairways and half of the greens. He was 68th among the field of 69, bettering only Robert MacIntyre, who shot 82<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McIlroy didn\u2019t speak to media after the round.<\/p>\n

His playing competitor, however, did. Though, there wasn\u2019t much to say.<\/p>\n

World No. 1 and current FedExCup points leader Scottie Scheffler shot 2-under 68 with three birdies and one bogey to finish three off the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I hit a lot of quality shots with my irons. It was just \u2013 you know, I did a good job of being patient and not trying to force it too much,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cI feel like I was right on the edge of having a good day \u2026 is how I would describe it. So, I felt like patience-wise, I did a pretty good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both will be tested even more by the extreme conditions Friday when they go out at 12:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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\"FedEx<\/p>\n

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The PGA Tour playoff action continues in Memphis on Friday. Here are the second-round pairings and tee times for the FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy said he was using this week\u2019s FedEx St. Jude Championship as a chance to \u201csee where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-812861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}