Xander Schauffele admits what it looked like Scottie Scheffler was doing on day one at the Tour Championship

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Xander Schauffele has shared what he noticed about Scottie Scheffler’s opening round at the Tour Championship.

Scheffler carded a six-under 65 to sit seven shots clear of Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Adam Scott. After recent struggles, the world number one appears to have found his form at precisely the right time.

Scheffler was unsure how East Lake would play before Thursday’s first round. Yet, the two-time Masters champion looked at home as he produced his metronomic best in Atlanta.

And Schauffele has now admitted Scheffler made things look very easy.

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Schauffele, who boasts all-time great East Lake records, claimed Scheffler looked like he was practicing with his wedges during the first day of play.

“Yeah, it was pretty straightforward. Scottie was almost in every fairway, it looked like. It looked like he was going through wedge practice while he was out there,” Schauffele said in his post-round interview.

“If you’re in the fairway, you can attack this golf course,” he added.

“I think they’ve been pretty fair with how they put the pins and the tees knowing how firm the greens are, so I think the Tour did an excellent job there not really putting too many par-3s over 200 yards kind of hugging that 190 to 170-ish range.”

Xander Schauffele struggles to adjust to new-looked East Lake

Schauffele carded a one-under-par 70 on day one and struggled to get to grips with the new-looked East Lake.

Schauffele didn’t welcome the renovations, and world number two has significant work to do if he’s to challenge golf’s most lucrative prize this weekend.

Scheffler will no doubt produce stress-free golf for the next three days and leave it up to the chasing pack to make a move. Schauffele, of course, is capable of going low in Atlanta, but even his very best over the next 54 holes might not be enough to land the Tour Championship title.

Rory McIlroy, with a remarkable East Lake record, is another who could push Scheffler. Yet, sitting ten shots back, the task could prove too much for the four-time major winner.