Justin Rose not expecting usual wilt at Torrey Pines

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LAS VEGAS - Xander Schauffele left the U.S. Open at Winged Foot fried and done with golf. Well not forever, just for a while. RELATED: Full leaderboard | What the pros are playing at Shadow Creek The four-time PGA TOUR winner finished fifth that week in New York but was 10 shots back of Bryson DeChambeau and just felt wiped out. He knew he needed to walk away. The grueling stretch of championship golf that had consisted of two majors, a World Golf Championships and the FedExCup Playoffs inside seven weeks had finally taken a toll. The 25-year old was second in the FedExCup and hasn't had a result worse than 25th since mid-June. So he left his clubs tucked away for 10 days and figured he might have a little rust returning at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK. Not so much. Five birdies in his opening seven holes catapulted him up the leaderboard and helped him on his way to a 6-under 66 that left him tied for second and just one shot off Tyrrell Hatton's lead. "I got home from the U.S. Open and for some odd reason I didn’t want to play golf. It was just one of those things," Schauffele admitted. "It was probably one of the first U.S. Opens that really took a chunk out of me. Took about 10 days off... started practicing shortly after that. Didn’t feel too rusty. A few chips and a couple mental mistakes I did..., but definitely happy with the 6 under." Schauffele said the rest was exactly what he felt he needed - but was something just a few years ago he would never have even considered. And the Californian felt right at home despite not having any previous Shadow Creek experience. "I used to be scared to take 10 days off and in the last two years I’ve kind of started to enjoy taking some time off so when I come back I’m kind of ready and fresh to push," he said. "The Grand Golf Club back at home (Del Mar), that’s my home course and it is a Fazio design, so I do see some design aspects that are similar. There is a level of comfort that I feel on certain tee shots and on the greens, too. They’re kind of trickier than people think. It took me a while to figure those out at home and hoping that that’ll help me here."

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Round 3 of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard begins today from Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida. Corey Conners leads by one with Martin Laird, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Lanto Griffin, Bryson DeChambeau and more close behind. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) Television: Saturday-Sunday, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC) PGA TOUR LIVE: Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Featured Groups); 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED GROUPS Rickie Fowler, Erik van Rooyen Emiliano Grillo, Hideki Matsuyama Jason Day, Robert MacIntyre Tommy Fleetwood, Will Zalatoris MUST READS Rickie Fowler, Viktor Hovland: A tale of two Cowboys at Bay Hill Jason Day's tee shot gets stuck in tree, takes one-shot penalty Corey Conners leads by one shot at Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Bryson DeChambeau's quest to drive the par-5 sixth at Bay Hill continues Win probabilities: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Inside the boldest plays at Bay Hill Woods recovering, sends note of appreciation CALL OF THE DAY

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