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Hoffman Leads Charles Schwab Challenge as Scheffler Struggles
Charley Hoffman fired five birdies in a five-under-par 65 to take the lead at the US PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge, where world number one Scottie Scheffler had a tough day. Hoffman held a one-stroke advantage over five players at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Kim Seong-Hyeon, Martin Laird, Davis Riley, Brian Harman, and Tony Finau were all at four-under before Hoffman secured the solo lead with a 34-foot birdie at the 13th.
Hoffman, aiming for his fifth PGA Tour win and first since the 2016 Texas Open, started strong with a two-putt birdie at the par-five first and added birdies at the third, eighth, and 11th holes.
“It was weirdly, like, easy,” Hoffman said. “I didn’t put myself in any bad positions out there, hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of center of the greens, and had putts for birdies, which is nice. Which usually, I would say, is not my MO,” Hoffman added. “But I saw the scores out there not going too low, I knew I didn’t have to be too aggressive.”
Fourteen players were two shots behind on 67, including two-time major-winner Collin Morikawa.
Meanwhile, Scheffler, dealing with charges from a traffic incident at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, last week, struggled with a two-over par 72. The 27-year-old American, who recently had a run of four wins in five events, including his second Masters title in April, found the water leading to a triple-bogey six at the par-three 13th.
Scheffler ended the day with a pair of bogeys and three birdies, the last being a 12-footer to reclaim a shot at the 17th. His effort came on the same day police in Louisville announced that the detective who arrested him last Friday was reprimanded for not turning on his body-worn camera during the arrest. Scheffler is set for arraignment on June 3rd on charges including felony assault of a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic in an incident where he allegedly tried to bypass a traffic jam during an investigation of an earlier fatal accident.
In the group tied for second, South Korea’s Kim hit his second shot at the par-five first – his 11th hole of the day – within four feet for an eagle. Scotland’s Laird birdied 15, 16, 17, and 18 to move up the leaderboard. Reigning Open champion Harman also had four birdies, while Riley and Finau each had five birdies and one bogey – with Finau starting his day with a 56-foot birdie putt at the 10th.
