Four players share clubhouse lead as play suspended in Texas

Valero Texas Open R1

Justin Lower sits atop the Valero Texas Open leaderboard at 5-under through nine holes.

The first round was delayed due to fog for 48 minutes and was suspended, again due to fog, at 8:42 a.m. for 2 hours, 38 minutes, resuming at 11:20 a.m. Play was suspended due to darkness at 7:23 p.m. with the entire afternoon wave yet to complete the round. Those players will resume their rounds Friday at 7:45 a.m.

Fellow American Matt Kuchar, Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, South Africa’s MJ Daffue and Mexico’s Roberto Diaz share the clubhouse lead at 4-under 68.

“I did a good job mentally today,” said Harrington. “I worked my way around the golf course, didn’t get myself in too many awkward situations and I got up and down quite a few times and I putted well.

“It’s nice to come out shooting a good score today. It was a bit scrappy to get there, but to be leading at any stage is not a bad thing on the Tour.”

After opening with a double bogey on the par-4 first hole, MJ Daffue closed with an eagle for a 4-under 68; his best finish in 29 PGA Tour starts was T12 at the 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship.

“It was a jumper lie (on 18),” said Daffue, “and it was right at the max of my 7-wood and I said ‘I’m going to hit it. I’m feeling this one.’ It was a good day.”

Patrick Rodgers of the USA also sits at 4-under through 13 holes.

Pos.PlayerTo ParThruR1
1Justin Lower-59-
T2Matt Kuchar-4F68
T2Padraig Harrington-4F68
T2MJ Daffue-4F68
T2Roberto Díaz-4F68
T2Patrick Rodgers-413-
T7Matt Wallace-3F69
T7Garrick Higgo-3F69
T7Nick Taylor-3F69
T7Chez Reavie-3F69
T7Harry Higgs-3F69
T7Will Gordon-313-
T7Corey Conners-39-
T7Hayden Buckley-38-
T15Ben Martin-2F70
T15Brendon Todd-2F70
T15Byeong Hun An-2F70
T15Jimmy Walker-2F70
T15Augusto Núñez-2F70
T15Brandon Wu-213-
T15Luke Donald-211-
T15Tyrrell Hatton-210-
T15Michael Thompson-210-
T15Si Woo Kim-29-
T15Taylor Montgomery-29-
T15Peter Malnati-28-
T27Henrik Norlander-1F71
T27Beau Hossler-1F71
T27Kevin Chappell-1F71
T27Sam Ryder-1F71
T27Thomas Detry-1F71
T27Andrew Putnam-1F71
T27Luke List-1F71
T27Brice Garnett-1F71
T27Kevin Streelman-1F71
T27Kyle Stanley-1F71
T27Peter Kuest-1F71
T27Aaron Rai-1F71
T27Trevor Cone-1F71
T27Russell Knox-112-
T27Troy Merritt-112-
T27Alex Noren-111-
T27Hideki Matsuyama-111-
T27Chris Kirk-110-
T27Austin Smotherman-19-
T27Chesson Hadley-18-
T27Michael Kim-18-
T27Harrison Endycott-15-
T49Scott PiercyParF72
T49S.H. KimParF72
T49Stewart CinkParF72
T49Hank LebiodaParF72
T49Andrew LandryParF72
T49Brian StuardParF72
T49Nicolai HojgaardParF72
T49Nick HardyParF72
T49Sam StevensParF72
T49Dylan WuPar14-
T49Ben GriffinPar12-
T49Jason DufnerPar12-
T49Ben TaylorPar12-
T49J.J. SpaunPar11-
T49Rickie FowlerPar11-
T49Cameron ChampPar10-
T49Trey MullinaxPar9-
T49Chad RameyPar9-
T49Jim HermanPar9-
T49Emiliano GrilloPar8-
T49Greyson SiggPar8-
T49Austin CookPar8-
T49Doug GhimPar8-
T49Christiaan BezuidenhoutPar7-
T49Zecheng DouPar7-
T49Andrew NovakPar7-
T49Trevor WerbyloPar7-
T49JJ WoodPar7-
T49Cole HammerPar5-
T78Nick Watney+1F73
T78Joseph Bramlett+1F73
T78Patton Kizzire+1F73
T78Nico Echavarria+1F73
T78Lanto Griffin+1F73
T78Sepp Straka+1F73
T78Tyler Duncan+1F73
T78Francesco Molinari+1F73
T78Kevin Tway+1F73
T78Adam Schenk+1F73
T78Carl Yuan+1F73
T78Callum Tarren+111-
T78Martin Laird+110-
T78Charley Hoffman+19-
T78Satoshi Kodaira+18-
T78Max McGreevy+18-
T78Akshay Bhatia+18-
T78Carson Young+16-
T78Vincent Norrman+16-
T78Matti Schmid+16-
T78Tano Goya+16-
T78Harry Hall+15-
T78Kyle Westmoreland+15-
T101Ryan Palmer+2F74
T101Alex Smalley+2F74
T101Lee Hodges+2F74
T101Austen Truslow+2F74
T101Pierceson Coody+2F74
T101David Lingmerth+212-
T101Robby Shelton+211-
T101Ryan Moore+28-
T101Paul Haley II+27-
T101Kazuki Higa+27-
T101Peter Lansburgh+26-
T101Scott Harrington+25-
T101Chandler Phillips+25-
T114J.B. Holmes+3F75
T114Lucas Glover+3F75
T114Kelly Kraft+3F75
T114Doc Redman+3F75
T114Austin Eckroat+3F75
T114Brent Grant+3F75
T114Ryan Fox+314-
T114Ryan Armour+312-
T114Matthew NeSmith+312-
T114Richy Werenski+310-
T114Erik van Rooyen+39-
T114Eric Cole+39-
T114Ryan Gerard+37-
T114Jesse Mueller+36-
T128Zac Blair+4F76
T128Ricky Barnes+4F76
T128Mark Hubbard+4F76
T128Nate Lashley+4F76
T128Taylor Pendrith+414-
T128Cam Davis+410-
T134Kramer Hickok+5F77
T134Matthias Schwab+5F77
T134Adam Long+5F77
T137Davis Riley+6F78
T137Michael Gligic+6F78
T137David Carey+6F78
T137Kevin Roy+68-
141Dylan Frittelli+7F79
142James Hahn+8F80
143Davis Love III+10F82
W/DBrandon Matthews---
Updated: April 1, 2023
Valero Texas Open 2023
Date: 30th March - 2nd April, 2023
Location: TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
Purse: $8,900,000

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