Justin Lower sits atop the Valero Texas Open leaderboard at 5-under through nine holes.
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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.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Lower | -5 | 9 | - |
| T2 | Matt Kuchar | -4 | F | 68 |
| T2 | Padraig Harrington | -4 | F | 68 |
| T2 | MJ Daffue | -4 | F | 68 |
| T2 | Roberto Díaz | -4 | F | 68 |
| T2 | Patrick Rodgers | -4 | 13 | - |
| T7 | Matt Wallace | -3 | F | 69 |
| T7 | Garrick Higgo | -3 | F | 69 |
| T7 | Nick Taylor | -3 | F | 69 |
| T7 | Chez Reavie | -3 | F | 69 |
| T7 | Harry Higgs | -3 | F | 69 |
| T7 | Will Gordon | -3 | 13 | - |
| T7 | Corey Conners | -3 | 9 | - |
| T7 | Hayden Buckley | -3 | 8 | - |
| T15 | Ben Martin | -2 | F | 70 |
| T15 | Brendon Todd | -2 | F | 70 |
| T15 | Byeong Hun An | -2 | F | 70 |
| T15 | Jimmy Walker | -2 | F | 70 |
| T15 | Augusto Núñez | -2 | F | 70 |
| T15 | Brandon Wu | -2 | 13 | - |
| T15 | Luke Donald | -2 | 11 | - |
| T15 | Tyrrell Hatton | -2 | 10 | - |
| T15 | Michael Thompson | -2 | 10 | - |
| T15 | Si Woo Kim | -2 | 9 | - |
| T15 | Taylor Montgomery | -2 | 9 | - |
| T15 | Peter Malnati | -2 | 8 | - |
| T27 | Henrik Norlander | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Beau Hossler | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Kevin Chappell | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Sam Ryder | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Thomas Detry | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Andrew Putnam | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Luke List | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Brice Garnett | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Kevin Streelman | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Kyle Stanley | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Peter Kuest | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Aaron Rai | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Trevor Cone | -1 | F | 71 |
| T27 | Russell Knox | -1 | 12 | - |
| T27 | Troy Merritt | -1 | 12 | - |
| T27 | Alex Noren | -1 | 11 | - |
| T27 | Hideki Matsuyama | -1 | 11 | - |
| T27 | Chris Kirk | -1 | 10 | - |
| T27 | Austin Smotherman | -1 | 9 | - |
| T27 | Chesson Hadley | -1 | 8 | - |
| T27 | Michael Kim | -1 | 8 | - |
| T27 | Harrison Endycott | -1 | 5 | - |
| T49 | Scott Piercy | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | S.H. Kim | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Stewart Cink | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Hank Lebioda | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Andrew Landry | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Brian Stuard | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Nicolai Hojgaard | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Nick Hardy | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Sam Stevens | Par | F | 72 |
| T49 | Dylan Wu | Par | 14 | - |
| T49 | Ben Griffin | Par | 12 | - |
| T49 | Jason Dufner | Par | 12 | - |
| T49 | Ben Taylor | Par | 12 | - |
| T49 | J.J. Spaun | Par | 11 | - |
| T49 | Rickie Fowler | Par | 11 | - |
| T49 | Cameron Champ | Par | 10 | - |
| T49 | Trey Mullinax | Par | 9 | - |
| T49 | Chad Ramey | Par | 9 | - |
| T49 | Jim Herman | Par | 9 | - |
| T49 | Emiliano Grillo | Par | 8 | - |
| T49 | Greyson Sigg | Par | 8 | - |
| T49 | Austin Cook | Par | 8 | - |
| T49 | Doug Ghim | Par | 8 | - |
| T49 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | Par | 7 | - |
| T49 | Zecheng Dou | Par | 7 | - |
| T49 | Andrew Novak | Par | 7 | - |
| T49 | Trevor Werbylo | Par | 7 | - |
| T49 | JJ Wood | Par | 7 | - |
| T49 | Cole Hammer | Par | 5 | - |
| T78 | Nick Watney | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Joseph Bramlett | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Patton Kizzire | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Nico Echavarria | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Lanto Griffin | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Sepp Straka | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Tyler Duncan | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Francesco Molinari | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Kevin Tway | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Adam Schenk | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Carl Yuan | +1 | F | 73 |
| T78 | Callum Tarren | +1 | 11 | - |
| T78 | Martin Laird | +1 | 10 | - |
| T78 | Charley Hoffman | +1 | 9 | - |
| T78 | Satoshi Kodaira | +1 | 8 | - |
| T78 | Max McGreevy | +1 | 8 | - |
| T78 | Akshay Bhatia | +1 | 8 | - |
| T78 | Carson Young | +1 | 6 | - |
| T78 | Vincent Norrman | +1 | 6 | - |
| T78 | Matti Schmid | +1 | 6 | - |
| T78 | Tano Goya | +1 | 6 | - |
| T78 | Harry Hall | +1 | 5 | - |
| T78 | Kyle Westmoreland | +1 | 5 | - |
| T101 | Ryan Palmer | +2 | F | 74 |
| T101 | Alex Smalley | +2 | F | 74 |
| T101 | Lee Hodges | +2 | F | 74 |
| T101 | Austen Truslow | +2 | F | 74 |
| T101 | Pierceson Coody | +2 | F | 74 |
| T101 | David Lingmerth | +2 | 12 | - |
| T101 | Robby Shelton | +2 | 11 | - |
| T101 | Ryan Moore | +2 | 8 | - |
| T101 | Paul Haley II | +2 | 7 | - |
| T101 | Kazuki Higa | +2 | 7 | - |
| T101 | Peter Lansburgh | +2 | 6 | - |
| T101 | Scott Harrington | +2 | 5 | - |
| T101 | Chandler Phillips | +2 | 5 | - |
| T114 | J.B. Holmes | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Lucas Glover | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Kelly Kraft | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Doc Redman | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Austin Eckroat | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Brent Grant | +3 | F | 75 |
| T114 | Ryan Fox | +3 | 14 | - |
| T114 | Ryan Armour | +3 | 12 | - |
| T114 | Matthew NeSmith | +3 | 12 | - |
| T114 | Richy Werenski | +3 | 10 | - |
| T114 | Erik van Rooyen | +3 | 9 | - |
| T114 | Eric Cole | +3 | 9 | - |
| T114 | Ryan Gerard | +3 | 7 | - |
| T114 | Jesse Mueller | +3 | 6 | - |
| T128 | Zac Blair | +4 | F | 76 |
| T128 | Ricky Barnes | +4 | F | 76 |
| T128 | Mark Hubbard | +4 | F | 76 |
| T128 | Nate Lashley | +4 | F | 76 |
| T128 | Taylor Pendrith | +4 | 14 | - |
| T128 | Cam Davis | +4 | 10 | - |
| T134 | Kramer Hickok | +5 | F | 77 |
| T134 | Matthias Schwab | +5 | F | 77 |
| T134 | Adam Long | +5 | F | 77 |
| T137 | Davis Riley | +6 | F | 78 |
| T137 | Michael Gligic | +6 | F | 78 |
| T137 | David Carey | +6 | F | 78 |
| T137 | Kevin Roy | +6 | 8 | - |
| 141 | Dylan Frittelli | +7 | F | 79 |
| 142 | James Hahn | +8 | F | 80 |
| 143 | Davis Love III | +10 | F | 82 |
| W/D | Brandon Matthews | - | - | - |
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