Akshay Bhatia posted a career-best, eight-under round of 62 to earn a one-shot lead over Tommy Flettwood at the St. Jude Championship to open the FedEx Playoffs.

Bhatia comes into the playoffs ranked 45th, with only the top 50 advancing to the second of three tournaments before that is whittled down again to the top 30 at East Lake for a shot at the $10m bonus.

Defending champion and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, playing for the first time since claiming his fourth major win - and second of the year - at The Open, is five off the lead after bogeyed the final hole for an opening 67.

"Today was a good day. I did some solid stuff," said Scheffler, who is assured of the No 1 seed for at least another week. "Felt like I was close to playing a really great round but ended up with a solid roun

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