Sahith Theegala shoots 5-under 66 | Round 1 | 2024 3M Open | 2024

on the T from Woodstock Vermont Keegan that bunker 10 is getting a lot of action this morning well this is actually in the Fairway just short of it but he has to the bunker is obscuring his view you can't see that's a pretty good shot right [Applause] there 4 under 67 SI theala can roll it when he gets going for Birdie on 10 this part of a 5 under 66 out of the gate now on the T at 16 s hit the gala you don't you don't have to hit driver here but when you can hit it like that why wouldn't you yeah Johnny that I was telling Kev earlier is drivers not necessarily yeah 88 yard he walked all the way up not only to the green but all the way up to the flag to get a good look at this [Applause] and got it right on the line Y not bad I think he was trying to make that yep not bad expect him to make this one and that's exactly what good there looks like all three of y'all can read putts well he likes that one man he can just set up right at the tree line there and just hammer it with a little cut a mid iron or long iron you like having shots downwind but not too much and not cutting it up against it heads up go to your left well that's what you could do though Johnny you can go ahead and hit it long you know like Lee hod just tried to hit the perfect this puts up on that Top Ridge as it descends it'll move hard to the left right in there oh come on down now very nice that's where he wants to go get a milkshake probably doesn't know anything about that I wonder if the milkshakes are still just as good what do you think to five and theala unloading yeah looking to cut the corner a little bit there faway runs out down the left about 300 yards weren't sure whether or not to play for a flyer or not that's really well done sure is shouldn't be much movement just about that much yeah beautiful pot oh goodness he didn't leave any back there no he sure didn't 150 ft of Apex and we're going to catch the cart path as well you know normal t- shots are about 90 you have to I mean from this distance from just outside 180 you can't really lay up can there go over there to the the highest and the fattest part of the green excellent shot man to get that hole High out of the rough downwind just gently downhill not wouldn't it really have to be terrifi of pace and not a lot of movement in it probably a little more than he wanted for birdie pretty straight maybe right of Center there you go two four and two fives look like at the wholeway back at the ninths hit the G's third shot from the deep rough that was not a good lie that is excellent the iffy stroke he made was at number one where he got fooled all he's hit all those short cuts with so much Pace good playing there that was that was fun to watch um you guys played the front nine holes looked absolutely perfect yeah you made the turn and that breeze started to pick up a little bit yeah it definitely started to pick up I think the back nine here is definitely the hard or the sorry the front nine is definitely the harder side um you just get a couple really tricky holes and two three and nine um I think those are some of the toughest holes on the golf course and to play them all into the wind a little bit is is tough so um proud of the way I just kind of held in there it wasn't striking incredible but um just kind of ploted my way around well it looked like for the most part you had control of the driver you played from the short grasser a lot I know you played from the short grass on number seven as well little different there but uh yeah you played from the short Crosser R it's it's key on this golf course correct yeah for sure you know I I have a terrible track record here I won't even be shy about it I'm over for three and and a big part of that was off the tea um off the tea out here is so so important and uh one of the reasons I wanted to come back is I feel like it's been the biggest Improvement in my game by far so I was actually really excited to come back CU I knew I'd be playing out of more Fairways which is a great great feeling and uh yeah just going to keep doing what I'm doing and like you said just keep finding Short Grass even even like on whole seven that's probably one of the funniest wor shots of it on tour and just got really lucky that it stayed on that box but uh yeah just going to keep doing uh more of what I did today it's it's been a long season we're now coming to the the end of it essentially um are we now for you fully energy conserv as we as we move forward for sure um you know I I really didn't want to take 3 weeks off um I just love playing tournament golf and I'm sure I play a lot more than uh some of the other top guys and um but but I just felt like I wanted to play this week so you know I'm not taking three weeks off before playoffs and didn't want to use the first playoff event it's kind of like all right let's get back into it and I took the two weeks off before Scottish so I feel really well rested and and got a couple extra days off at the open too so I feel great and H you're right just going to kind try and gear up for the playoffs oh well that's great keep keep it up you're playing nicely I look for you to play well into this weekend thanks Brandon appreciate it thanks for watching the PJ Tour on YouTube to watch another video click here