Scheffler went from the hill right of the 10th fairway at Spyglass to a front bunker, blasted out some 20 feet and missed his par putt. That was his only bogey, though he was 1 over until lacing the fairway metal to 30 feet for two-putt birdie on the par-5 14th, just as McIlroy on the hole next to him plucked his ball from the cup.

After having surgery on his left wrist, Jordan Spieth took advice from other athletes — “no one's ever come back too late from a surgery” — and decided to wait. He returns this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The road to a responsible recovery was a laborious five months, but one that Spieth enjoyed.