2017 RBC Heritage winner Wesley Bryan opened with eight birdies, an eagle at the par-5 4th and one bogey for a 9-under 63 to equal his career-low round on Tour and take the Corales Puntacana Championship lead.
“It was a great time. Got off to a good start, which was nice, but I mean I’ve been hitting it nice leading up to this week. It’s fun to actually go out there and make some birdies and had a couple chip-ins, which was nice as well.
“I feel like I’ve been hitting it nice, it’s just the scores haven’t been amazing and it’s nice to finally see a number that looks pretty good on the scorecard today.”
A three-stroke first-round lead is a tournament record and 63 ties the 18-hole tournament record.
Charley Hoffman’s bogey-free 6-under 66 included a chip-in birdie on his final hole for a share of second place alongside Troy Merritt, Chan Kim, Justin Lower and Parker Coody who completes the all-American top-5.
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| POS | PLAYER | TOTAL | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesley Bryan | -9 | 63 |
| T2 | Troy Merritt | -6 | 66 |
| T2 | Charley Hoffman | -6 | 66 |
| T2 | Chan Kim | -6 | 66 |
| T2 | Justin Lower | -6 | 66 |
| T2 | Parker Coody | -6 | 66 |
| T7 | Callum Tarren | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Adam Long | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Pierceson Coody | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Davis Thompson | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Taylor Pendrith | -5 | 67 |
| T7 | Ben Martin | -5 | 67 |
| T14 | S.H. Kim | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Harry Higgs | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Alex Smalley | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Kevin Dougherty | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Rafael Campos | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Jorge Campillo | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Kevin Tway | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Greyson Sigg | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Jhonattan Vegas | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Zecheng Dou | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Peter Kuest | -4 | 68 |
| T14 | Harrison Endycott | -4 | 68 |
| T26 | Kyle Stanley | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Sam Stevens | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Jimmy Walker | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Tyson Alexander | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | George McNeill | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Henrik Norlander | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | MJ Daffue | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Alex Fitzpatrick | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Jacob Bridgeman | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Rico Hoey | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Trace Crowe | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Bill Haas | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Mark Hubbard | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Ryan Armour | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Matt NeSmith | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Robert Streb | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Scott Gutschewski | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Paul Haley II | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Jimmy Stanger | -3 | 69 |
| T26 | Austin Smotherman | -3 | 69 |
| T47 | Jeff Overton | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Jim Herman | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Alex Noren | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Francesco Molinari | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Sam Ryder | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Chez Reavie | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Matti Schmid | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Nate Lashley | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Victor Perez | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Sung Kang | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Ryan Palmer | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Daniel Berger | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Michael Kim | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Patton Kizzire | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Chris Gotterup | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Blaine Hale, Jr. | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Patrick Fishburn | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Mac Meissner | -2 | 70 |
| T47 | Joe Highsmith | -2 | 70 |
| T66 | Richy Werenski | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Sean O'Hair | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Ricky Barnes | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | William McGirt | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Justin Suh | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Sangmoon Bae | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Carl Yuan | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Brian Stuard | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Jonathan Byrd | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Thriston Lawrence | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Erik Compton | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Ryan Celano | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Tom Whitney | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Joe Deraney | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Doug Ghim | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Vince Whaley | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Nico Echavarria | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | K.H. Lee | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Joel Dahmen | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | James Hahn | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Aaron Rai | -1 | 71 |
| T66 | Max Greyserman | -1 | 71 |
| T88 | Bud Cauley | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Joseph Bramlett | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Roger Sloan | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Cody Gribble | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Garrick Higgo | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Hayden Springer | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Justin Hicks | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Thomas Longbella | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Andrew Landry | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Kevin Yu | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Scott Piercy | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Kevin Chappell | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Nick Watney | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Ben Griffin | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Josh Teater | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Tyler Duncan | Par | 72 |
| T88 | Juan Jose Guerra | Par | 72 |
| T105 | Lanto Griffin | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Russell Knox | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Nick Hardy | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Nicolai Højgaard | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | David Lipsky | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Hayden Buckley | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Ryan McCormick | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Raul Pereda | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | D.A. Points | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Ryan Brehm | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Tommy Gainey | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Ben Kohles | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Ben Silverman | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Braden Shattuck | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Wilson Furr | +1 | 73 |
| T105 | Brandon Berry | +1 | 73 |
| T121 | Austin Cook | +2 | 74 |
| T121 | Chad Ramey | +2 | 74 |
| T121 | Brandon Wu | +2 | 74 |
| T121 | Julio Santos | +2 | 74 |
| T121 | Chase Johnson | +2 | 74 |
| T126 | Herman Wibe Sekne(a) | +3 | 75 |
| T126 | Rory Sabbatini | +3 | 75 |
| T128 | Carson Young | +5 | 77 |
| T128 | Martin Trainer | +5 | 77 |
| T128 | Paul Barjon | +5 | 77 |
| T128 | Willy Pumarol | +5 | 77 |
| 132 | Hiram Silfa | +8 | 80 |
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