Scottie Scheffler bounces back to share Charles Schwab lead

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler was one of eight golfers to shoot a four-under-par 66 in the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

Scheffler wound up tied for the lead at Colonial Country Club with Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Harold Varner III, Chris Kirk, Beau Hossler, Canadian NickTaylor and Australian Cam Davis.

Seven more were a shot back after carding 3-under 67s: Kevin Na, Davis Riley, Scott Stallings, Pat Perez, Austin Smotherman, South Africa's Dylan Frittelli and Colombia's Camilo Villegas.

No Irish players are in the 120-man field.

Scheffler rebounded from missing the cut at the PGA Championship - his first missed cut since October - with a bogey-free round. The Masters champion started his day on the back nine and made three of his four birdies between the 14th and 18th holes.

"(At) the PGA, I just kind of got on the wrong side of things and I didn't play good," said Scheffler, a Dallas native.

"I just made too many errors and that's what's going to happen in a major championship."

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Scheffler was the only co-leader to avoid a bogey on his card. Reed, a nine-time PGA Tour winner and 2018 Masters champ, compiled five birdies before one misstep on his final hole, the par-four ninth. He overshot the green and had a poor chip coming back, leading to a bogey.

Reed is looking for his first top-20 finish since early January at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

"Honestly I feel like there's been too many days that I've done a lot oft hings really well and just the number hasn't really reflected it," Reed said.

"But the great thing about a season is it's a season. You have a lot of time left."

Local Dallas-Fort Worth favorite Jordan Spieth opened with a one-under 69.Justin Thomas shot a