Brooks Koepka might be the favorite to win this tournament after his first round on Thursday.
Koepka sits two shots back of solo leader Denny McCarthy through one round of play after shooting a 6-under 65 at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
McCarthy shot an 8-under 63 to take the lead on his own after Round 1. Tyler Duncan and Tom Hoge sit one shot back at 7 under.
McCarthy's round is quite impressive, though, when you put it into context.
He started off his day 2-over par through five holes after a double-bogey at the par-4 fourth. But he recovered quickly and dominated down the stretch going bogey-free the rest of the way while making 10 birdies.
He birdied five in a row from the sixth through the 10th holes.
As for Koepka, he had an up-and-down day as he struggled to pick up shots to start his day as he posted pars on his first four holes and on six of his first seven. But he really picked it up in the middle of his round, tallying birdies on four straight holes and in five of seven.
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However, his day didn't close out quite like he would have liked as he bogeyed two of his last four holes. Despite that, though, he did make eight birdies on the day to finish 6 under, which is certainly a very good round and one he was proud of.
"The last few weeks I've been even impressed with myself and how well I'm striking it," he told reporters after his round. "Controlling it nice and then from there just try to feel like you see some putts go in the hole. I think it's important to kind of feel like the hole is opening up with a major."
Elsewhere on the course, Texas native Jordan Spieth shot a 3 under 68 to keep himself in the conversation and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed played OK shooting a 1 under 70.
Former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo shot his best round ever with a 5 over 76, but remains 13 back of the leader and three to five back of the projected cutline.