Scheffler, 7 others atop leaderboard at Colonial

Scottie Scheffler did something last weekend that he rarely does, watching a golf tournament at home after missing a cut. The world’s No. 1 player is back on the course, and tied atop a crowded leaderboard at Colonial.

Scheffler was among eight players who shot 4-under-par 66 on Thursday in the Charles Schwab Classic in Fort Worth, Texas. But he was the only one in that group without a bogey, rebounding from his missed cut at the PGA Championship.

Cam Davis, Beau Hossler, Chris Kirk, Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Nick Taylor and Harold Varner III also shot 66s. Seven others were a shot back.

Those who teed off in the morning wave — including Scheffler, Reed, Simpson and Varner — started with virtually no wind and cooler conditions. The wind picked up later in their rounds and gusted to 20 mph throughout the afternoon.

⏩ Michelle Wie West said she was stepping away from the

LPGA Tour, according to various sources. Wie West, 32, said she would depart after next week’s U.S. Women’s Open. She has five LPGA Tour victories and won the U.S. Women’s Open in 2014.

⏩ In the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich., Steven Alker and Bob Estes shot 7under 64s to lead by a stroke over Paul Claxton, a club professional from Georgia, and Canadian left-hander Mike Weir.

⏩ Joost Luiten made an impressive start to his bid for a third victory at the Dutch Open in Cromvoirt. He had eight birdies and one bogey in a first-round 7-under 65 in front of a home crowd at the European tour event at Bernardus Golf for a one-shot lead.