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Even though Scheffler’s start to the season has been slow by his lofty standards, he remains the man to beat.<\/p>\n
Hampered initially by a hand injury sustained when trying to roll out ravioli with a wine glass on Christmas Day, the 28-year-old American arrived at Augusta feeling he is peaking at the right time.<\/p>\n
Scheffler finished joint runner-up in Houston two weeks ago and, with the major season getting under way at the Masters, laid down another warning to his rivals that he is finding form.<\/p>\n
While not at his clinical best, he has put himself in a strong position with a bogey-free round – and, ominously for his rivals, has the capacity to go further through the gears over the next three days.<\/p>\n
His driving and iron approaches were solid, enhanced by converting a couple of lengthy putts.<\/p>\n
Scheffler set the tone with a confident birdie putt on the second, landing a monster from 62 feet on the fourth – sending the patrons into raptures – and adding another shorter one on the ninth.<\/p>\n
The two-time champion’s first real mistake of the day came when he lipped out from seven feet on the 13th and had to settle for a par.<\/p>\n
But he made amends by holing from 42 feet for a two on the par-three 16th.<\/p>\n
“I felt pretty good. Anytime you can keep a card clean out here, it’s a really good thing,” Scheffler said.<\/p>\n
“I had to make two really good up-and-downs. But other than that, the golf course was in front of me most of the day, kept the ball in play, did a lot of really good things out there.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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