Charley Hoffman takes opening lead in Texas

Charles Schwab Challenge R1

Charley Hoffman carded a bogey-free 5-under 65 for a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. He seeks his fifth PGA Tour title and his first since the 2016 Valero Texas Open.

“It was weirdly like easy,” said the American laughing. “I didn’t really have, put myself in any bad positions out there, hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of center of the greens and had putts for birdies, which is nice. Which usually, I would say, is not my MO. But I saw the scores out there not going too low, I knew I didn’t have to be too aggressive. I knew the greens were firm, wind started picking up in the middle of round. It’s one of those golf courses you want to be aggressive on because you have some mid and low irons in, but you can’t get too aggressive out here because the greens are small and it’s hard to get up-and-down. So I would say it was somewhat an easy 5-under, which are nice, they’re not always that way, but it was a low stress.

“I missed the cut at the PGA. Sort of threw up on myself coming in and missed the cut by two shots. I went home. I went home until Tuesday morning, flew out here, played nine. I was in the pro-am late, so I was planning on playing 18 holes, and that got washed out. So, long story short, I played nine. But I came out Wednesday morning and walked the back nine, so it wasn’t new to me playing that back nine.”

Davis Riley shot a 66 for a share of second place at 4-under alongside fellow Americans Brian Harman (bogey-free) and Tony Finau as well as S.H. Kim of South Korea who eagled the par-5 1st and Scotland’s Martin Laird who made four consecutive birdies from the 15th and remained bogey-free.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded a 2-over 72 marking his first over-par opening round since the 2023 Tour Championship (71).

Defending champion Emiliano Grillo opened with a 4-over 74. Ben Hogan is the only player to successfully defend at the Charles Schwab Challenge (1946/1947 and 1952/1953).

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1
1Charley Hoffman-565
T2Davis Riley-466
T2S.H. Kim-466
T2Martin Laird-466
T2Brian Harman-466
T2Tony Finau-466
T7Hayden Buckley-367
T7Robby Shelton-367
T7Pierceson Coody-367
T7Callum Tarren-367
T11Zach Johnson-268
T11Collin Morikawa-268
T11Sepp Straka-268
T11J.T. Poston-268
T11Keegan Bradley-268
T11Brendon Todd-268
T11Grayson Murray-268
T11Christiaan Bezuidenhout-268
T11Matt Kuchar-268
T11Ryan Fox-268
T21Cam Davis-169
T21Thomas Detry-169
T21Webb Simpson-169
T21Alejandro Tosti-169
T21Hayden Springer-169
T21Ben Silverman-169
T21Ben Martin-169
T21Doug Ghim-169
T21Kevin Tway-169
T21Martin Trainer-169
T21Lucas Glover-169
T21Taylor Moore-169
T21Adam Scott-169
T21Tom Kim-169
T21Harris English-169
T21Ryan Palmer-169
T21Joseph Bramlett-169
T21Ryan Moore-169
T21Min Woo Lee-169
T21Matt NeSmith-169
T21Daniel Berger-169
T21Billy Horschel-169
T21Brandt Snedeker-169
T21Kevin Yu-169
T21C.T. Pan-169
T46Rickie FowlerPar70
T46Justin RosePar70
T46Denny McCarthyPar70
T46Troy MerrittPar70
T46David LipskyPar70
T46Davis ThompsonPar70
T46Luke ListPar70
T46Maverick McNealyPar70
T46Victor PerezPar70
T46Parker CoodyPar70
T46Joel DahmenPar70
T46Adam SvenssonPar70
T46Sungjae ImPar70
T46Nico EchavarriaPar70
T46Robert MacIntyrePar70
T46Sami ValimakiPar70
T46Chandler PhillipsPar70
T63Justin Lower171
T63Ben Griffin171
T63Kevin Streelman171
T63Tyler Duncan171
T63Wesley Bryan171
T63Nicolai Højgaard171
T63Aaron Rai171
T63Chris Kirk171
T63Kevin Kisner171
T63Si Woo Kim171
T63Tom Hoge171
T63Mac Meissner171
T63Mark Hubbard171
T63Tyson Alexander171
T63Jordan Spieth171
T63K.H. Lee171
T79Beau Hossler272
T79Austin Eckroat272
T79Dylan Wu272
T79Justin Suh272
T79Carson Young272
T79Brandon Wu272
T79Gary Woodland272
T79Nick Hardy272
T79Scottie Scheffler272
T79Camilo Villegas272
T79Peter Malnati272
T79Vincent Norrman272
T79Keith Mitchell272
T79Patrick Rodgers272
T79Austin Smotherman272
T79Michael Block272
T79Nate Lashley272
T79Lee Hodges272
T79Eric Cole272
T98Sam Ryder373
T98Chez Reavie373
T98Rafael Campos373
T98Chan Kim373
T98Garrick Higgo373
T98Jimmy Walker373
T98Andrew Novak373
T98Ben Kohles373
T98Jorge Campillo373
T98Tom Whitney373
T98Carl Yuan373
T98Akshay Bhatia373
T98Max Greyserman373
T111Sam Stevens474
T111Michael Kim474
T111Rory Sabbatini474
T111J.J. Spaun474
T111Emiliano Grillo474
T111Zac Blair474
T111Chesson Hadley474
T111Ben Taylor474
T111Ryo Hisatsune474
T120Harry Hall575
T120Jimmy Stanger575
T120Andrew Putnam575
T120Chad Ramey575
T120Greyson Sigg575
T120Matti Schmid575
T126Chris Gotterup676
T126David Skinns676
T126Erik Barnes676
T129Max Homa878
T129Alex Smalley878
131Paul Haley II1282
W/DAdam Schenk-75
Updated: May 28, 2024
Charles Schwab Challenge 2024
Date: 23rd May - 26th May, 2024
Location: Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas
Purse: $9,100,000