Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin share the clubhouse lead as play was suspended having shot 5-under 66s at the WM Phoenix Open. Should the lead hold up, it would be the first time two Canadians shared it after any round on the PGA Tour.
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The start of play was delayed due to frost for one hour and 50 minutes. It was suspended due to darkness at 6:07 p.m., with the entire afternoon wave yet to complete their round. The first round will resume at 7:45 a.m. Friday.
Nick Taylor birdied six of his final nine holes for a 66, his best of just four rounds in the 60s in nine starts in this event. His round featured an eagle on the par-5 3rd and a 6-under 30 on the back nine.
“I don’t see a whole lot of northeast wind here,” said Taylor, who lives in the area and often practices at TPC Scottsdale. “It’s definitely the tougher of the winds, especially coming down the stretch. All those holes are playing a lot longer than typical. I’ve seen a lot of wind conditions, but this was one of the toughest stretches I’ve played out here.”
“You had to be a lot more patient than you normally do around this place,” said Hadwin, also a local resident. “You couldn’t really chase birdies like we typically do out here.
“I’m really disappointed I didn’t get to 6-under because I saw Nick up there, and I wanted to hold it over him tonight,” he added.
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Americans Xander Schauffele and Jim Herman are tied in third place at 4-under alongside Australian Jason Day. Herman still has five holes to play to complete his round.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler lies in a share of 19th place at 1-under through eleven holes. A win on Sunday would make him the first repeat winner of the WM Phoenix Open since Hideki Matsuyama (2017).
Rory McIlroy’s streak of eleven straight par-or-better opening-round scores on the Tour comes to an end with a 2-over 73.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Nick Taylor | -5 | F | 66 |
| T1 | Adam Hadwin | -5 | F | 66 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele | -4 | F | 67 |
| T3 | Jim Herman | -4 | 13 | - |
| T3 | Jason Day | -4 | 10 | - |
| T6 | Wyndham Clark | -3 | 9 | - |
| T6 | Chesson Hadley | -3 | 8 | - |
| T6 | Max Homa | -3 | 12 | - |
| T6 | Jon Rahm | -3 | 13 | - |
| T6 | Keegan Bradley | -3 | 12 | - |
| T6 | Taylor Moore | -3 | 14 | - |
| T6 | Charley Hoffman | -3 | F | 68 |
| T6 | Scott Stallings | -3 | 15 | - |
| T14 | Sam Ryder | -2 | F | 69 |
| T14 | Kramer Hickok | -2 | 14 | - |
| T14 | Stewart Cink | -2 | 11 | - |
| T14 | Danny Lee | -2 | 10 | - |
| T14 | Brendan Steele | -2 | 9 | - |
| T19 | Ryan Palmer | -1 | 10 | - |
| T19 | Trey Mullinax | -1 | 10 | - |
| T19 | Jason Dufner | -1 | 8 | - |
| T19 | Kelly Kraft | -1 | 7 | - |
| T19 | Scottie Scheffler | -1 | 11 | - |
| T19 | Viktor Hovland | -1 | 11 | - |
| T19 | Webb Simpson | -1 | 11 | - |
| T19 | Patton Kizzire | -1 | 13 | - |
| T19 | Aaron Rai | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Troy Merritt | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Tony Finau | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Sam Burns | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Sungjae Im | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Adam Schenk | -1 | 15 | - |
| T19 | Brian Harman | -1 | 15 | - |
| T19 | Corey Conners | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | James Hahn | -1 | F | 70 |
| T19 | Tyrrell Hatton | -1 | F | 70 |
| T38 | Richy Werenski | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Robert Streb | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Lucas Herbert | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Lucas Glover | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Kevin Tway | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Ryan Moore | Par | 15 | - |
| T38 | Keith Mitchell | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Jordan Spieth | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Jhonattan Vegas | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Adam Long | Par | F | 71 |
| T38 | Nate Lashley | Par | 13 | - |
| T38 | Max McGreevy | Par | 14 | - |
| T38 | Aaron Wise | Par | 13 | - |
| T38 | Zach Johnson | Par | 11 | - |
| T38 | Tom Kim | Par | 12 | - |
| T38 | Seamus Power | Par | 10 | - |
| T38 | Rickie Fowler | Par | 10 | - |
| T38 | Sahith Theegala | Par | 12 | - |
| T38 | Dylan Frittelli | Par | 9 | - |
| T38 | Si Woo Kim | Par | 10 | - |
| T38 | Billy Horschel | Par | 10 | - |
| T59 | Andrew Putnam | +1 | 9 | - |
| T59 | Tom Hoge | +1 | 10 | - |
| T59 | Chris Kirk | +1 | 10 | - |
| T59 | Alex Noren | +1 | 9 | - |
| T59 | Austin Smotherman | +1 | 8 | - |
| T59 | Hayden Buckley | +1 | 9 | - |
| T59 | Justin Lower | +1 | 8 | - |
| T59 | Dalton Ward | +1 | 9 | - |
| T59 | Matt Kuchar | +1 | 11 | - |
| T59 | Luke List | +1 | 11 | - |
| T59 | Justin Thomas | +1 | 12 | - |
| T59 | Joel Dahmen | +1 | 12 | - |
| T59 | Brian Gay | +1 | 11 | - |
| T59 | Brandon Wu | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Tommy Fleetwood | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Erik van Rooyen | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Russell Knox | +1 | 15 | - |
| T59 | Mark Hubbard | +1 | 15 | - |
| T59 | Lee Hodges | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Gary Woodland | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Harris English | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Andrew Landry | +1 | F | 72 |
| T59 | Tyler Duncan | +1 | F | 72 |
| T82 | K.H. Lee | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Cameron Young | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Peter Malnati | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Callum Tarren | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Ricky Barnes | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Davis Riley | +2 | 14 | - |
| T82 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +2 | 14 | - |
| T82 | Patrick Rodgers | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Matt Wallace | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Greyson Sigg | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Patrick Cantlay | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Collin Morikawa | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Garrick Higgo | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Rory McIlroy | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Scott Piercy | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Taylor Pendrith | +2 | F | 73 |
| T82 | Russell Henley | +2 | 10 | - |
| T82 | J.B. Holmes | +2 | 11 | - |
| T82 | David Lipsky | +2 | 13 | - |
| T82 | Francesco Molinari | +2 | 13 | - |
| T82 | Matthias Schwab | +2 | 8 | - |
| T82 | Doc Redman | +2 | 7 | - |
| T82 | Michael Hopper | +2 | 9 | - |
| T105 | Michael Thompson | +3 | 10 | - |
| T105 | Doug Ghim | +3 | 8 | - |
| T105 | Maverick McNealy | +3 | 13 | - |
| T105 | Beau Hossler | +3 | 14 | - |
| T105 | Adam Svensson | +3 | 11 | - |
| T105 | J.T. Poston | +3 | 11 | - |
| T105 | Kevin Streelman | +3 | F | 74 |
| T105 | Davis Thompson | +3 | F | 74 |
| T105 | Hideki Matsuyama | +3 | F | 74 |
| T105 | Kevin Kisner | +3 | F | 74 |
| T105 | Mackenzie Hughes | +3 | F | 74 |
| T105 | Chez Reavie | +3 | F | 74 |
| T117 | Martin Laird | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Denny McCarthy | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Brendon Todd | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Shane Lowry | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Taylor Montgomery | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Nick Watney | +4 | F | 75 |
| T117 | Brett White | +4 | 9 | - |
| T124 | Kurt Kitayama | +5 | 13 | - |
| T124 | Emiliano Grillo | +5 | F | 76 |
| T124 | Stephan Jaeger | +5 | F | 76 |
| T124 | Ryan Brehm | +5 | F | 76 |
| T128 | Andre Metzger | +6 | F | 77 |
| T128 | J.J. Spaun | +6 | 13 | - |
| T130 | Cameron Champ | +7 | F | 78 |
| T130 | Chad Ramey | +7 | F | 78 |
| T130 | Rory Sabbatini | +7 | F | 78 |
| 133 | Matthew NeSmith | +8 | F | 79 |
| 134 | Jimmy Walker | +9 | F | 80 |
