After Thursday’s first round at East Lake Club Golf Club in Atlanta, the field at the TOUR Championship is looking up at one golfer, Russell Henley ($9.600; 70 FPTS), who blistered the course with a nine-under 61 and leads by two strokes.
It was a bogey-free round with seven birdies and an eagle. On the front nine, he drained two birdies and that eagle. On the back nine, he had two birdies then closed out the day with birdies on the final three holes.
In the $800K Summer Sand Trap tournament, Henley is rostered on 20.37% of teams.
DraftKings Sportsbook has Henley at +450 to win it all, the second-lowest odds.
The current favorite is Scottie Scheffler ($13,900; 49.5 FPTS), who is +105 to win it all. Scheffler is also the highest rostered golfer at 47.18%, and the most expensive.
On Thursday, Scheffler also had an unblemished round with three birdies on the front nine and four birdies on the back nine. The only thing missing was an eagle.
There were two golfers that went over par:
Maverick McNealy ($7,200; 15.5 FPTS) is rostered on 25.74% of teams. The day began ominously with a bogey on the first hole. He then racked up another bogey and a birdie before closing out the front nine with a bogey. The back nine consisted of a bogey and a birdie. McNealy finished Thursday +1 (71).
Sepp Straka ($7,600; 8.5 FPTS) is rostered on 16.82% of teams. It was a fairly unexciting day for Straka, as he was status quo for the first eight holes before notching a bogey on the final hole of the front nine. After six more holes at par on the back nine, Straka racked up another bogey and closed out the day with a double-bogey on Hole 18. He finished +4 (74) for the day.
