Scheffler joins full Colonial leaderboard

FORT WORTH, Texas — 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. But he was the only 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.

Defending Colonial champion Jason Kokrak and Jordan Spieth, the 2016 winner who last year became a third-time runner-up, shot 69.

■ Champions: At Benton Harbor, Mich., Chris Dimarco opened the Kitchenaid Senior PGA Championship

with six birdies, including five in a six-hole stretch starting at No. 6, but bogeyed No. 18 in a 4-under 67 to fall into a five-way tie for the lead with Gene Sauers, Mark Hensby, Joakim Haeggman and Thomas Levet.

Defending champion Alex Cejka, a Las Vegas resident, was among six players at one shot back.

■ DP World: At Cromvoirt, Netherlands, 401st-ranked Joost Luiten opened the Dutch Open with eight birdies and one bogey in a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead in the 36-yearold’s bid to win his home tournament for a third time. Eddie Pepperell and Rasmus Hojgaard were tied for second.