NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — This was a quintessential Scottie Scheffler day. Difficult as it may be to fathom, you might have forgotten he was in the field Thursday as the PGA Championship was carrying on through its opening round at Aronimink Golf Club. How could you forget that the No. 1-ranked player in the world for the past three years, and a player who has carried that top spot into the past 12 major championships, was in the field? Scottie Scheffler, who is one of seven players tied for the led, hits a tee shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship on May 14, 2026. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Preposterous, right? But Scheffler was playing in the third-to-last group off the first tee, a 2:05 afternoon start. And long before he began his round, player after player took his best shot running to the top of the leaderboard. For a lot of the day, those players who finished their rounds residing at the top were not exactly household names.…