Charles Schwab Challenge R1

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1
May 27-30
Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
$7,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Jordan Spieth and Sergio Garcia shot bogey-free 7-under 63s on a breezy Thursday to take the opening lead of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas.

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1

Spieth, a former winner in 2016 and two times runner-up, carded his best score in thirthy three rounds at this event.

“It’s hard to go any lower,” said Spieth. “That’s what I talked about before the tournament. If I could get a couple to go in early in the first round, and the confidence, and the work I’ve been doing on my stroke the last few days… I thought that would exude just a little bit of confidence into the rest of the round on greens where I’ve been very successful on before.”

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1

Garcia matched his closing score at Colonial when he won the first of his eleven PGA Tour wins twenty years ago.

“It was quite breezy. It was gusty, so it wasn’t easy to pull some of the clubs. There were some tough holes out there, but I was able to hit really good shots on those holes, and a couple up-and-downs when I needed them.”

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1

Phil Mickelson, playing with Spieth and defending champion Daniel Berger (68), delighted the crowd with a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole but had to content himself with a 73 after missing fourteen fairways.

“It was almost like I was trying a little too hard, and I wasn’t just calm and let it happen, and I was a little bit antsy. Like I just couldn’t quite get calmed down in that same frame of mind.”

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1

Mickelson found the course very playable but the rough is thick, and he found it often.

“You can’t play this course out of the rough because then you have tree trouble, which I had repeatedly, and I didn’t putt well,” he said. “But I won the PGA, so I’ll see if I can get it turned around for tomorrow and get a little better focus, a little better energy.”

Charles Schwab Challenge 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Jordan Spieth*	-7	63
T1	Sergio Garcia	-7	63
T3	Erik Compton	-5	65
T3	Jason Kokrak	-5	65
T5	Adam Hadwin	-4	66
T5	Brandt Snedeker*	-4	66
T5	Kramer Hickok	-4	66
T8	Patton Kizzire	-3	67
T8	Cameron Tringale	-3	67
T8	Talor Gooch*	-3	67
T8	Robert Streb*	-3	67
T8	Sebastián Muñoz*	-3	67
T8	Byeong Hun An	-3	67
T14	Brian Stuard*	-2	68
T14	Ian Poulter	-2	68
T14	Patrick Reed*	-2	68
T14	Justin Rose*	-2	68
T14	Daniel Berger*	-2	68
T14	Richy Werenski	-2	68
T14	Sepp Straka*	-2	68
T14	Doug Ghim*	-2	68
T14	Doc Redman*	-2	68
T14	Troy Merritt*	-2	68
T24	Camilo Villegas	-1	69
T24	Tyler McCumber*	-1	69
T24	J.J. Henry	-1	69
T24	Henrik Norlander	-1	69
T24	Kevin Streelman*	-1	69
T24	Joaquin Niemann*	-1	69
T24	Kyle Stanley	-1	69
T24	Will Zalatoris*	-1	69
T24	Vincent Whaley	-1	69
T24	Brian Harman*	-1	69
T24	Rory Sabbatini*	-1	69
T24	Tony Finau	-1	69
T24	Andrew Putnam*	-1	69
T24	Kevin Kisner	-1	69
T24	Collin Morikawa	-1	69
T24	Joseph Bramlett	-1	69
T24	John Augenstein*	-1	69
T41	Robby Shelton*	E	70
T41	Scottie Scheffler	E	70
T41	Peter Uihlein*	E	70
T41	Corey Conners	E	70
T41	Pat Perez	E	70
T41	Harry Higgs	E	70
T41	Cam Davis*	E	70
T41	Emiliano Grillo	E	70
T41	Maverick McNealy*	E	70
T41	Gary Woodland	E	70
T41	Adam Long	E	70
T41	Brice Garnett*	E	70
T41	Abraham Ancer*	E	70
T41	Carlos Ortiz*	E	70
T41	Nate Lashley	E	70
T41	Wyndham Clark	E	70
T57	Chris Kirk*	+1	71
T57	Xinjun Zhang*	+1	71
T57	C.T. Pan	+1	71
T57	Matt Jones	+1	71
T57	Sungjae Im	+1	71
T57	Nick Taylor*	+1	71
T57	Matt Wallace	+1	71
T57	Billy Horschel	+1	71
T57	Hudson Swafford*	+1	71
T57	Andrew Landry	+1	71
T57	Charley Hoffman*	+1	71
T57	Scott Brown*	+1	71
T69	Patrick Rodgers	+2	72
T69	Jason Dufner	+2	72
T69	Si Woo Kim*	+2	72
T69	Dylan Frittelli*	+2	72
T69	Scott Piercy	+2	72
T69	Brendon Todd	+2	72
T69	Zach Johnson*	+2	72
T69	Chase Seiffert	+2	72
T69	James Hahn	+2	72
T69	Scott Stallings	+2	72
T69	Danny Lee	+2	72
T69	Henrik Stenson	+2	72
T69	Justin Thomas	+2	72
T69	Jimmy Walker	+2	72
T69	Michael Thompson*	+2	72
T69	Mackenzie Hughes*	+2	72
T69	Sam Ryder	+2	72
T69	Cameron Percy*	+2	72
T87	Kevin Na*	+3	73
T87	Brian Gay*	+3	73
T87	Phil Mickelson*	+3	73
T87	Keith Mitchell	+3	73
T87	Adam Schenk	+3	73
T87	Jhonattan Vegas	+3	73
T87	Denny McCarthy	+3	73
T87	Rafa Cabrera Bello*	+3	73
T87	Matthew NeSmith*	+3	73
T87	Russell Knox*	+3	73
T87	Sahith Theegala	+3	73
T98	Lucas Glover	+4	74
T98	Harold Varner III*	+4	74
T98	D.A. Points	+4	74
T98	Sung Kang	+4	74
T98	Joel Dahmen*	+4	74
T98	Peter Malnati*	+4	74
T98	Luke List	+4	74
T98	Mark Hubbard*	+4	74
T98	Matt Kuchar*	+4	74
T98	Ryan Palmer	+4	74
T98	Graeme McDowell*	+4	74
T98	J.T. Poston*	+4	74
T110	Austin Cook	+5	75
T110	Lee Westwood	+5	75
T110	Tom Hoge*	+5	75
T110	Tom Lewis	+5	75
T110	Will Gordon	+5	75
T110	Cameron Champ	+5	75
T116	Anirban Lahiri	+7	77
T116	Brandon Hagy*	+7	77
T116	Michael Gligic*	+7	77
T116	Michael Visacki*	+7	77
120	Keith Clearwater*	+10	80
WD	Branden Grace		76
* Player started on the back nine