A career-best round of 62 propelled England’s Harry Hall to the top of the leaderboard after the opening day of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club.
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Hall took only 22 putts to card a score of eight under and a decisive three-shot lead in Fort Worth, Texas.
He picked up eight birdies without dropping a shot and managed to save par from 15 and 30 feet.
Harris English is Hall’s closest competitor on five under, after the American split a bogey with six birdies, including two on his final two holes.
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Tom Hoge, Adam Schenk, Robby Shelton and Andrew Putnam are all tied for third on four under par.
Elsewhere, it was a mixed day for Scotland’s Russel Knox and English duo Callum Tarren and Justin Rose, who all head into Friday’s second round on one under.
Club professional Michael Block, who dazzled the golfing world with his heroics at the US PGA Championship heroics, had a rough outing as he finished his opening round 11 over par.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Hall | -8 | 62 |
| 2 | Harris English | -5 | 65 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | -4 | 66 |
| T3 | Adam Schenk | -4 | 66 |
| T3 | Robby Shelton | -4 | 66 |
| T3 | Andrew Putnam | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | David Lipsky | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Michael Kim | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Austin Smotherman | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Ryan Fox | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Si Woo Kim | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Scottie Scheffler | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Chez Reavie | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Dylan Frittelli | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Emiliano Grillo | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Ben Griffin | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Max Homa | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Min Woo Lee | -3 | 67 |
| T7 | Byeong Hun An | -3 | 67 |
| T22 | Alex Noren | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Russell Henley | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Chad Ramey | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | K.H. Lee | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Rickie Fowler | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Nate Lashley | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Troy Merritt | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Justin Suh | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Andrew Novak | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Cam Davis | -2 | 68 |
| T22 | Kevin Streelman | -2 | 68 |
| T33 | Matthias Schwab | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Russell Knox | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Callum Tarren | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Brendon Todd | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Justin Rose | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Sepp Straka | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Erik Compton | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Eric Cole | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Mark Hubbard | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Ben Martin | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Patton Kizzire | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Taylor Moore | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Lee Hodges | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Peter Malnati | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Scott Piercy | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Austin Eckroat | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Carson Young | -1 | 69 |
| T33 | Akshay Bhatia | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Justin Lower | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Kramer Hickok | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Alex Smalley | Par | 70 |
| T51 | J.J. Spaun | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Brian Harman | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Cameron Champ | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Lucas Herbert | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Tommy Fleetwood | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Aaron Baddeley | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Thomas Detry | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Vincent Norrman | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Cody Gribble | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Luke List | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Kurt Kitayama | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Matt NeSmith | Par | 70 |
| T51 | Zecheng Dou | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Davis Riley | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Richy Werenski | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Will Gordon | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Maverick McNealy | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Ben Taylor | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Sam Stevens | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Denny McCarthy | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Aaron Rai | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Viktor Hovland | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Matt Wallace | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Scott Stallings | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Nick Taylor | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Luke Donald | +1 | 71 |
| T68 | Pierceson Coody | +1 | 71 |
| T82 | Stephan Jaeger | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Ryan Palmer | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Tyson Alexander | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Nick Hardy | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Chris Kirk | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Jordan Spieth | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Patrick Rodgers | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Dylan Wu | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Cole Hammer | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Joel Dahmen | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Tony Finau | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Sungjae Im | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Adam Long | +2 | 72 |
| T82 | Beau Hossler | +2 | 72 |
| T96 | Zac Blair | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Danny Willett | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | MJ Daffue | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Kyle Westmoreland | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Hayden Buckley | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Jimmy Walker | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Garrick Higgo | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Collin Morikawa | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Joseph Bramlett | +3 | 73 |
| T96 | Paul Haley II | +3 | 73 |
| T106 | Sam Ryder | +4 | 74 |
| T106 | Greyson Sigg | +4 | 74 |
| T106 | Kevin Kisner | +4 | 74 |
| T106 | Kevin Tway | +4 | 74 |
| T106 | Harrison Endycott | +4 | 74 |
| T111 | Harry Higgs | +5 | 75 |
| T111 | S.H. Kim | +5 | 75 |
| T111 | J.T. Poston | +5 | 75 |
| T111 | Tyler Duncan | +5 | 75 |
| T111 | Zach Johnson | +5 | 75 |
| T111 | David Lingmerth | +5 | 75 |
| T117 | Erik van Rooyen | +6 | 76 |
| T117 | Henrik Norlander | +6 | 76 |
| 119 | Rory Sabbatini | +7 | 77 |
| 120 | Michael Block | +11 | 81 |
