"I was a bit tired": Scottie Scheffler explains mediocre start to 2024 RBC Heritage

2024 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler had a mediocre start at the 2024 RBC Heritage carding 2-under. Scheffler is tied for 26th and sits six strokes behind leader J.T. Poston.

Scottie Scheffler said in his press conference following the first round:

"I tried to give myself a little bit of grace today, just because I was a bit tired."

The World No. 1 is still on withdrawal alert as he and his wife Meredith await the birth of their first child.

Scheffler finished tied 11th on his debut at the RBC Heritage in 2023. He had 85 percent on fairways in regulation and 72 percent on greens in regulation.

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2024 RBC Heritage Scottie Scheffler's Round 1 - Recap

Scottie Scheffler said his mental game wasn't up to par as he shanked a bunker shot on the third hole. He finished the hole with a double-bogey.

He reflected upon the third hole in his post-round interview with the PGA Tour:

"I shanked that bunker shot today on 3 and I was kind of like, 'OK, that's a bit unusual. I think maybe mentally I might not quite be there.' It clearly was a mental lapse."

He went on to birdie holes 16 and 17 to score 37 consecutive rounds under par on the PGA Tour.

Scheffler found the greens tricky as he was unable to adjust to the speed of Hilton Head after playing at Augusta National.

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2024 RBC Heritage Top 15 after Round 1

Position	Player	Round 1 Total
1	J.T. Poston	-8
T2	Seamus Power	-6
T2	Collin Morikawa	-6
T4	Austin Eckroat	-5
T4	Mackenzie Hughes	-5
T4	Sahith Theegala	-5
T4	Patrick Rogers	-5
T4	Sepp Straka	-5
T4	Ludvig Åberg	-5
T10	Cameron Young	-4
T10	Russell Henley	-4
T10	Stephen Jaeger	-4
T10	Tom Hoge	-4
T10	Patrick Cantlay	-4
T10	Adam Hadwin	-4
T10	Rory McIlroy	-4

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2024 RBC Heritage Round 2 Tee Times

8:15 a.m — Akshay Bhatia, Will Zalatoris

8:25 a.m. — Grayson Murray, Thomas Detry

8:35 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Shane Lowry

8:45 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Jake Knapp

8:55 a.m. — Corey Conners, Tom Hoge

9:05 a.m. — Tom Kim, Harris English

9:15 a.m. — Semaus Power, Patrick Cantlay

9:25 a.m. — Adam Hawdin, Patrick Rodgers

9:35 a.m. — Rickie Fowler, Brendon Todd

9:50 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Denny McCarthy

10:00 a.m. — Taylor Moore, Justin Rose

10:10 a.m. — Brian Harman, Sungjae Im

10:20 a.m. — Nick Taylor, Matt Fitzpatrick

10:30 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Rory McIlroy

10:40 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele

10:50 a.m. — Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland

11:00 a.m. — Brice Garnett, Nick Dunlap

11:10 a.m. — Alejandro Tosti

11:25 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Erik Barnes

11:35 a.m. — Matthieu Pavon, Erik van Rooyen

11:45 a.m. — Lee Hodges, Adam Svensson

11:55 a.m. — Emiliano Grillo, Cameron Young

12:05 p.m. — Tony Finau, Adam Schenk

12:15 p.m. — Chris Kirk, Mackenzie Hughes

12:25 p.m. — Sam Burns, Kurt Kitayama

12:35 p.m. — Jason Day, Eric Cole

12:45 p.m. — Cam Davis, Byeong Hun An

1:00 p.m. — Russell Henley, Andrew Putnam

1:10 p.m. — Lucas Glover, Si Woo Kim

1:20 p.m. — Keegan Bradley, J.T. Poston

1:30 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth

1:40 p.m. — Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala

1:50 p.m. — Max Homa, Tommy Fleetwood

2:00 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Kevin Kisner

2:10 p.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Chandler Phillips