AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Round 4: Leaderboard, tee times, TV times

GULLANE, Scotland — American golfer Luke List equaled the Gullane course record with a 7-under-par 63 to start the Scottish Open on Thursday. List moved into the lead with his ninth birdie on the 15th hole and held it to finish the round ahead by one stroke. He was followed by five players in a tie for second; Rickie Fowler, Lee Westwood, Robert Rock, Scott Fernandez of Spain, and Jens Dantorp of Sweden. Masters champion Patrick Reed was part of an eight-strong group a shot further back following a 65, with Danny Willett continuing his resurgence with a 66, and Olympic champion Justin Rose returning a 67. On a day when almost 100 players broke par, five-time major champion Phil Mickelson, who won The Open Championship in 2013 at nearby Muirfield, could only manage a level-par 70. Fowler raised the prospect of recording the first 59 in European Tour history after five birdies and an eagle took him to 7 under after 12 holes. But a bogey on the 13th was followed by five straight pars as the inward nine played much harder back into the wind. Reed also raced to the turn in 29 before coming home in 36. “I love playing links golf and being able to use your imagination and hit different shots,” said Fowler, whose victory at Gullane in 2015 prompted the members to rename the clubhouse bar in his honor. “I feel like this golf course, you go around and you hit pretty much every club in your bag.” Rock carded six birdies in a bogey-free round as he looks to secure one of the three places available in next week’s British Open for players finishing in the top 10 who are not otherwise exempt. “It’s the last chance and it’s always disappointing to not play the Open,” said Rock, who finished seventh at St Andrews in 2010. “I’m going as a coach anyway (for fellow Englishman Matt Wallace). But I’d like to be playing.”

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FACEBOOK WATCH: Morning Featured Groups | Afternoon Featured Holes Brandt Snedeker and Sergio Garcia will be on display during Featured Groups coverage of the Wyndham Championship on Facebook Watch Sunday. Coverage beings at 8 a.m. ET and continues throughout the afternoon and the final round. Garcia is playing with Harris English (projected 125th in the FedExCup) while Snedeker is playing with D.A. Points (projected 172nd in FedExCup). Snedeker, of course, enters Saturday play with a three-shot lead at 16 under. He is 80th in the FedExCup and seeking his first victory since the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open.  Garcia entered this week at 131st in the FedExCup. He’s currently projected to 121st, among the top 125 that qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs next week.  Once those players finish, groups will reset in threesomes for the final round and we will select new groups accordingly for Facebook Watch. At 1 p.m. ET, we will transition to the Featured Holes portion of the broadcast. We will start with coverage of the par-4 first hole and par-4 13th hole. Once play has completed at the first hole, we will pick up coverage at the par-3 16th hole.

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PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Knox shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday at breezy and wet El Camaleon Golf Club to take the first-round lead in the PGA TOUR’s Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN. RELATED: Leaderboard | Niemann playing with extra motivation The 35-year-old Scot birdied five of the last six holes on his opening nine, then played the final nine in 1 under with a bogey on the par-4 second and birdies on the par-5 fifth and par-4 sixth. "Took me a few holes to kind of settle into my round, but when I did, I had six or seven very good holes," Knox said. "I hit the ball well, drove it in the fairway, and with lift, clean and place, I could be fairly aggressive. Par was good today." Chile's Joaquin Niemann was a stroke back with Argentina's Emiliano Grillo and American Tom Hoge. Niemann is donating his entire prize money and $5,000 for every birdie and $10,000 for an eagle to help pay for a drug for his 2-month-old relative in Chile. "I'm playing for Rafita, that is one of my cousins that was diagnosed a couple days ago with a really rare disease," the 22-year-old Niemann said. "All the guys here on tour are being really nice, using the little ribbons we're having to support Rafita. He's fighting now in Chile, so we've got to work our way to help him." Niemann also finished on the front nine, making birdies on Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 7. "It was tough," Niemann said. "It was hard to adjust myself into the wind early, but I'm really happy the way I played. Took me a couple holes to like figure it out a little bit with the wind. I'm really happy the way I played and the way I finished." Knox has two victories on the PGA TOUR. He lost in a playoff at Mayakoba in 2016. "I guess it's the tequila and tacos," Knox said. "Obviously, I love the course. It sets up well for me. I mean, historically, my driving accuracy and iron play's been my strength, so that's kind of the key things that this course brings out in you." He liked the wind better than the rain-softened turf. "I always kind of want it to be a little windy," Knox said. "I feel like I can flight my ball well at times. But it's so soft out here, it's the opposite of like links golf. No, I'm thrilled with that and look forward to trying again tomorrow." Carlos Ortiz, the Mexican star playing for the first time as a PGA TOUR winner, was two strokes back at 67. He won the Vivint Houston Open a week before the Masters and did not play at Sea Island. "When I made like a 60-footer for eagle on 5, I knew it was going to be a pretty good day," Ortiz said. "I was in control of my game. It's one of those where you hit a good drive, it kind of sits down in the fairway and you feel like you're going to get a flyer and it's going to come out soft, but I'm really happy the way I played." Defending champion Brendon Todd also was at 67 with Tony Finau, Viktor Hovland, Aaron Wise, Nate Lashley, Akshay Bhatia and Michael Gligic. Former U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree, the low amateur at the Masters, had a 69 in his pro debut. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker also shot 69. Rickie Fowler had a wild round of 70 with eight birdies and quadruple and double bogeys. He played the final six holes in 4 under to get under par. "This has to be the lowest I've shot with a quad," Fowler said. "That doesn't happen a whole lot." Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka had a 71. Justin Thomas shot 72. At No. 3, he’s the only player from the top 10 in the world in the field.

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