Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open R1

Houston Open 2021 R1
November 11-14
Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
$7,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Marc Leishman, of Australia, and Americans Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List were tied for the lead of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open when play was suspended due to darkness.

Houston Open 2021 R1

“Got off to a good start,” said Leishman. “That first hole’s a brute of a hole and to make a long putt for birdie there was a nice way to start the day.

“My irons were really on and gave myself a lot of chances and made the putts. It was pretty stress free. Disappointing to bogey the last and not have a bogey-free round, but on a course like this I’m pretty happy with just making one bogey.”

Houston Open 2021 R1

Leishman, Henley and Gooch all closed with a 5- under 65 while Henley had three holes left to play.

“kind of an interesting day,” said List. “We knew we weren’t going to finish so just trying to get as much as we could in. The course was gettable today, a little softer conditions from the rain this morning.

“I was pretty patient today. Hit some good shots obviously, and I think you can take advantage of your length out there. I’m hitting a lot of drivers, which is nice for me, and I like the golf course a lot.”

Houston Open 2021 R1

American Jason Dufner closed with a 66 to take solo fifth place followed by compatriot Keith Mitchell (67), Wyndham Clark, Adam Long and Martin Trainer as well as Canadian Ben Silverman (67) and Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas in a share of sixth place at 3-under

“I think the course responded pretty well to the weather we had. It was a pretty strong storm that pushed through,” said Dufner. “Thankful that it pushed through pretty quickly. It was soft early, but sun’s out now, the wind’s blowing a little bit, so the course is drying out.

“I thought I played pretty well. I was pretty happy for the most part everything I did, but a couple key parts kind of in the middle of the round a couple times helped kind of glue that round together and maybe turned a 70, 69, 68 into a 66. So I’ll take those two shots or three shots with those saves and look to improve on my ball-striking.”

Houston Open 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	Thru	To Par	R1
T1	Russell Henley	F	-5	65
T1	Talor Gooch	F	-5	65
T1	Marc Leishman	F	-5	65
T1	Luke List	15	-5
5	Jason Dufner	F	-4	66
T6	Keith Mitchell	F*	-3	67
T6	Ben Silverman	F	-3	67
T6	Jhonattan Vegas	13	-3
T6	Wyndham Clark	13*	-3
T6	Adam Long	11	-3
T6	Martin Trainer	11	-3
T12	Kelly Kraft	F*	-2	68
T12	Alex Smalley	F	-2	68
T12	Nick Taylor	F	-2	68
T12	Adam Scott	F	-2	68
T12	Matthew Wolff	F	-2	68
T12	Graeme McDowell	F*	-2	68
T12	Lanto Griffin	F	-2	68
T12	Jason Kokrak	F*	-2	68
T12	Robert Streb	F*	-2	68
T12	Davis Riley	F	-2	68
T12	Greyson Sigg	F*	-2	68
T12	Kramer Hickok	15	-2
T12	Hank Lebioda	14*	-2
T12	Peter Malnati	13*	-2
T12	Adam Schenk	13*	-2
T12	Max McGreevy	12	-2
T12	Andrew Landry	10	-2
T12	Shane Lowry	10	-2
T12	Dawie van der Walt	7*	-2
T12	Aaron Rai	6*	-2
T32	Brice Garnett	F*	-1	69
T32	Tony Finau	F	-1	69
T32	Martin Laird	F	-1	69
T32	Brian Gay	F	-1	69
T32	Sam Ryder	F	-1	69
T32	Mito Pereira	F*	-1	69
T32	Brian Harman	11*	-1
T32	Tyler Duncan	10	-1
T32	Sam Burns	10*	-1
T32	Ryan Palmer	9	-1
T32	Erik van Rooyen	9	-1
T32	Ian Poulter	9	-1
T32	Kevin Tway	8*	-1
T32	Nick Watney	8	-1
T32	Matthew NeSmith	8*	-1
T32	J.J. Spaun	8*	-1
T32	Andrew Putnam	7	-1
T32	Stephan Jaeger	7	-1
T32	Shawn Stefani	7	-1
T32	Vincent Whaley	7	-1
T32	MJ Daffue	7	-1
T32	Paul Barjon	6*	-1
T54	Chesson Hadley	F	E	70
T54	Peter Uihlein	F	E	70
T54	Lee Westwood	F*	E	70
T54	Richy Werenski	F	E	70
T54	Stewart Cink	F*	E	70
T54	Patrick Reed	F	E	70
T54	Joel Dahmen	F*	E	70
T54	Joaquin Niemann	F*	E	70
T54	Dylan Frittelli	F*	E	70
T54	Sepp Straka	F	E	70
T54	Sahith Theegala	F	E	70
T54	Matthias Schwab	F*	E	70
T54	Mackenzie Hughes	14*	E
T54	Harry Higgs	13	E
T54	Henrik Norlander	12	E
T54	Cam Davis	11	E
T54	Jason Day	11*	E
T54	Sungjae Im	10*	E
T54	J.T. Poston	10	E
T54	Brooks Koepka	9*	E
T54	Sebastián Muñoz	9	E
T54	Tyler McCumber	8	E
T54	David Lipsky	7*	E
T54	Cameron Sisk (a)	6*	E
T78	Scott Stallings	F*	+1	71
T78	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	F	+1	71
T78	Brandon Hagy	F	+1	71
T78	Scott Piercy	F*	+1	71
T78	Kevin Streelman	F*	+1	71
T78	Brian Stuard	F*	+1	71
T78	Bill Haas	F*	+1	71
T78	Joseph Bramlett	F*	+1	71
T78	Taylor Moore	F*	+1	71
T78	Trey Mullinax	F	+1	71
T78	Connor Arendell	F	+1	71
T78	Pat Perez	15	+1
T78	Aaron Wise	13	+1
T78	Cameron Tringale	12*	+1
T78	Scottie Scheffler	12*	+1
T78	Roger Sloan	12*	+1
T78	Jim Herman	11	+1
T78	Chez Reavie	9	+1
T78	Tom Hoge	8*	+1
T78	Lee Hodges	7	+1
T78	Rodolfo Cazaubòn	7*	+1
T78	Adam Svensson	7	+1
T78	Chad Ramey	7	+1
T101	Bronson Burgoon	F*	+2	72
T101	Henrik Stenson	F	+2	72
T101	Francesco Molinari	F*	+2	72
T101	Zach Johnson	F*	+2	72
T101	John Huh	F	+2	72
T101	Jimmy Walker	F*	+2	72
T101	Gary Woodland	F*	+2	72
T101	Danny Willett	F*	+2	72
T101	C.T. Pan	F	+2	72
T101	Nate Lashley	F*	+2	72
T101	Anirban Lahiri	F	+2	72
T101	Denny McCarthy	F*	+2	72
T101	Chris Stroud	12	+2
T101	Hudson Swafford	11*	+2
T101	Cameron Smith	9*	+2
T101	Russell Knox	8*	+2
T101	Maverick McNealy	8*	+2
T118	Kyle Stanley	F	+3	73
T118	Doc Redman	F*	+3	73
T118	Gilbert Mendez	F*	+3	73
T118	Sangmoon Bae	14*	+3
T118	Max Homa	10*	+3
T118	James Hahn	8*	+3
T118	Chase Koepka	7	+3
T125	Brandt Snedeker	F	+4	74
T125	Branden Grace	F*	+4	74
T125	Sung Kang	F	+4	74
T125	Tyrrell Hatton	9*	+4
T125	Seamus Power	8*	+4
T125	Jared Wolfe	8*	+4
131	Taylor Pendrith	F	+5	75
132	Harold Varner III	F*	+7	77
* Player started on the back nine