DUBLIN (Ohio) – Former U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover asked an attendant at Muirfield Village Golf Club how he was feeling when he pulled up.
Glover said that he had never heard of this before. Glover said, “He then followed up with, “And nobody wants that. Trust me.”
Matt Wallace, an Englishman, danced in Jack’s Place on a warm and sunny Thursday morning at the Memorial. His score of 4-under-68 was the lowest of the morning wave, by one stroke.
Wallace, 33, isn’t too pleased with his recent game. He has missed five of his seven cuts since his win on the PGA Tour at the Corales Puntacana Championship, in late March. This includes last week. He took advantage of the calm morning conditions and birdied 5 of his first 9 holes. This included a 23-footer at the fifth.
Wallace replied, “Close.” When asked where he is in his journey to becoming the player that he hopes to become, Wallace answered, “Close. Not there. I’m still waiting for the Tiger moment. That, ‘Hello world,’ one. “I feel that my game is good enough to be able compete with the best. I just haven’t done it, and I haven’t shown this.”
Wallace was able to coast around the Jack Nicklaus-designed course in his lowest score of seven rounds. It was a tough day for the rest of field, including world no. Scottie Scheffler shot 74 in his opening round and Jason Day shot 76.
“I was on that 17th green and I thought, this is what Jon Rahm’s days are like.” Wallace recalled. “I was like, yeah it feels great. Because I was playing well. He does it more often than I do. That’s exactly what I intend to do. If I keep doing that, then I know I can win if I am in a position to win. Try to do it a bit more.”
