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What a start here, Keith. This is right up the alley. Two minutes to hit six shots. Wow, incredible 300 yards and in the center lane. Are we sure robots not hitting these? 72 so that's three of the six. Remember that bonus ball is at the end. Make Keith, this is unbelievable so far, and he's also over his average ball speed this year at 174. He said in the 7778 so he's giving it a little extra two and hitting in the center lane. Shane Lowry chiming in there, smiley down there. Well, this is start they were looking for. Man, is that impressive? That was only one ball missing the entire grid. Keegan getting it done here. 16 total points after that four point bonus ball for Keegan next to play an International Presidents Cup team member with an outsized personality and the best male golfer ever from China. Oh nice. Rory, how Tony plays all over the world, but you picked him to play on your team. Why'd you pick out some? I think he's pretty explosive and as I think as the competition goes on, we're all going to see how entertaining is. We all we all love him right there on tour. He's a funny guy and he's going to show us that tonight. There you have it. Another right down the right center. How much spin on that one? That's drive number three bread of six looking awfully good right now. There's two points in the first three. Leave that one a little extra. There's the little muscle from how time does it stay in the grid? Oh yeah, yeah, way out there. Every single other driver 300 yards so far. Alright, give you guys a hard one. 184 ripped. And again in the grid. So keep an eye on the clock, doesn't he? For China. Everyone this one right down the middle. Tell you what we're in for a heck of a night. If all these guys are going to play the way these two didn't match one, oh Keegan gets it done by two. It was that fourth drive of 315 that earned him the four points that eclipsed how tongue Lee. So Keegan Bradley 16 to 14. He definitely started that one, right? Didn't he? The Keith, Brad and I got that job. Everybody's laughing here on the team. Hey Brad, didn't you tell us one time you led the PGA Tour in other fairways hit? Nobody was even close to the other fairways hit. Here's the crowd, listen to him. Less than 20 seconds. OK, the time is starting to be an issue guys. Only 10 seconds left. Less than 10 seconds left. That one finds the grid. Got it done with three seconds to spare. And that one might get into the narrow part in the middle. The bounce. Wow, it does. Finally. So his last two were much better than the first four. So that's three of the six drives for Sam Burns. Soft bounce. Oh my, you might need a ruling on that one. The Louisiana man getting some home cooking here in Florida. Oh, this is the best one yet. This wind is really starting to whip now. Coach O would have been proud of that one. Remember, the bonus ball is worth so much, OK? So as you add them all up, the bonus ball for Shane Lowry was worth eight. But it wasn't enough, because Sam Burns came up big with his bonus ball worth four to eclipse the Irishman 12 to 10 in match number two. So it's Scotty Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. That's what everybody has come to see. That's why everybody watches on television, to see the two best players in the world. Well, he said he was going for the power draws, which isn't normally his shot shape. But that was perfect. Oh. Scotty not quite as fast as Rory. Oh, oh, oh, he got the bounce. Oh, oh, unbelievable. That counts, by the way. On the line counts for Scotty. It's just good to see Scotty Scheffler get a good break. You know what I mean? By the way, the four points, because it reached beyond 300 yards and was in the lane. Two points for being in the grid and being outside the lane for Scotty. Remember, the bonus is worth double the points. So eight could be in the offing. Yeah, 84. That's a full last one. Yeah. 13. He did get it in the grid, but not in the lane. So he didn't completely max out that bonus ball. No, it's it. It's not kind of. Rory did loads of time. Like, loads. Oh, no. Clock's running fast. The wind's getting it. I can't see it. There's that wind you talked about, Keith. Especially as high as Rory's hitting, and it's getting a little extra push to the left. That's his fifth drive. And it stays in. That's big. That's huge. Oh, that's going to do it. Right, Keith? Oh, yes. Big for Team McIlroy to get a win there. So there you see all those numbers. Incredible distance for Rory McIlroy on the right side of there. It is. He had to have that match to give his team a chance in this driving competition. That last one was worth a point. OK. Oh, it's working. Oh, not. Not to me, because you can't do that to me. That was Luke Donald. I think he would trade ages with Luke Clayton right now if you ask him. After a long wait, this is a good start. He's got plenty of speed in this bout here, too, Keith. I played with Luke last week at the Grant Thornton, and he was only hitting fades. I was asking today if he was going to try to sling a draw or two. We'll find out. Oh, you got your answer. It's your yard. 187. That was blasted out there. Remember, 16 is the point total right now from Keegan Bradley and Rory McIlroy, each getting a half point. Oh, man. That was smashed. That's everything I got on that ball. Oh, man. Youth not wasted on the young there. 189. Oh, there it is. My goodness. 191. That is incredible. Oh, and an accuracy. Unbelievable. Distance and accuracy. And now he's trying to rile them up like Bubba Watson at Medina. Here we go. Let it fly. Let's go. Outside of the lane, bonus ball. What a performance. That was incredible. Wow. So the driving competition is complete. 3 and 1 half to 1 and 1 half, which means Team Scotty earns one point and has the early lead. Keegan Bradley and Rory McIlroy tied with 16 for the largest point total in the bunch.