Scheffler made his triple-bogey 7 at the first when his greenside-bunker third shot went over the green and his next chip came back to him. He missed a 16-foot putt for double bogey. Through 16 holes, Scheffler and Thomas were both three over on a day when Russell Henley shot 61 and leader Tommy Fleetwood scored 63.

All it took was the fate of the wind, good or bad, to shape the leaderboard going into the weekend at the TPC River Highlands, with 12 players separated by four shots.