Scheffler went from the hill right of the 10th fairway at Spyglass to a front bunker, blasted out some 20 feet and missed his par putt. That was his only bogey, though he was 1 over until lacing the fairway metal to 30 feet for two-putt birdie on the par-5 14th, just as McIlroy on the hole next to him plucked his ball from the cup.

Coming off an overtime loss in his virtual golf league debut just three days earlier, Rory McIlroy turned things around in the great outdoors, nailing a hole-in-one during Thursday's opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

On the short little par-3 15th at Spyglass Hill, which measures only 119 yards on Thursday, Rory McIlroy found nothing but the bottom of the cup. He slam-dunked an ace, as his tee shot did not hit any grass around the hole,