World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler looked much like the world No. 1 Thursday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as he effectively navigated his way through Spyglass Hill en route to a 5-under 67 in his first round of the 2025 PGA Tour season.

Rory McIlroy will be making his PGA Tour season debut this week, but Pebble Beach is not the golf course to deploy him. Pebble is one of the least driver-heavy golf courses on the PGA Tour, and it consistently mitigates McIlroy’s advantage off the tee, which properly explains his porous 66th-place finish at this event last year.

Rory McIlroy, the world’s third-ranked player, rattled the flagstick from 119 yards out with a wedge, and the ball dropped into the cup on Thursday. Coverage will continue on Friday and through the weekend.