It's never a good thing to have too many swing thoughts in your head over the ball. It's even worse when they're of the negative variety. This is true even among the best players in the world, something we saw play out on Wednesday at the Zurich Classic.

Records tumbled on Thursday as the team of Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo took the opening round lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with a score of 14-under 58.The duo eclipsed Rasmus Hojgaard and Nicolai Hojgaard for the lead about an hour after the brothers tied the fourball scoring record with a 13-under 59.

That meant the defending champions, Rory McIlroy, who won the 2025 Masters less than two weeks ago to complete the career Grand Slam, and his partner, Shane Lowry, could be aggressive from the start.