ATLANTA – There's something about East Lake that seems to bring out the best in Xander Schauffele.
"Just the style of this tournament being a limited field. It's pretty exclusive," Schauffele said. "It's very relaxed. For how important and how topnotch this tournament is, it's a very surprisingly relaxed week."
Schauffele certainly looked relaxed in Thursday's opening round of the Tour Championship. He began the day at 4 under, six back of leader Justin Thomas, but quickly made up the ground and ultimately signed for a bogey-free, 6-under 64 to take a share of the lead with Thomas and Brooks Koepka.