Cameron Percy tied his career-low round on the PGA Tour with a bogey-free, 10-under 62 to take a two-shot lead at the World Wide Technology Championship before play was suspended due to darkness with ten players left to complete the round.
“I got on a real roll there, looked like everything went right in the middle. Then I hit a few more putts uphill into the grain, they sort of wobble a little bit more, which makes it a little harder. Then I hit a good drive and my caddie talked me into hitting 3-wood, I didn’t want to. I’m like, OK. Not a great pitch. But to hole the putt was really nice. To shoot 10 after being, what, 8 or 9 early on with a par 5 coming up, I was trying to get ahead of myself, but I knew I had a good score coming.”
The Australian is playing in his 218th event on Tour and had his best result at the 2010 Shriners Children’s Open during his rookie season where he finished second. He has recorded four top-25s in twenty starts this season with a T12 best result at The Classic in The Palm Beaches.
Colombia’s Camilo Villegas, competing on a sponsor exemption, carded a bogey-free 64 to tie for second-place at 8-under with Americans Michael Kim and Nate Lashley, the latter also bogey-free, and Argentina’s Tano Goya.
“The round started with very little wind and then we got a pretty consistent, not very strong west wind, so it wasn’t very tricky from that perspective,” said Villegas. “Fairways are forgiving. Got away with a couple little toe-y shots, still stayed in the fairway. I hit my irons nice and the putter worked. Anytime you shoot 8 under par you’ve got to roll some good putts and that was the case today.”
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The top 125 in the FedExCup Fall standings thru The RSM Classic will be exempt into all Full-Field events and The Players Championship next season.
Nos. 51-60 in the standings at the conclusion of The RSM Classic will qualify for two Signature Events in 2024 via The Next 10 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational).
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Percy | -10 | F | 62 |
| T2 | Michael Kim | -8 | F | 64 |
| T2 | Camilo Villegas | -8 | F | 64 |
| T2 | Nate Lashley | -8 | F | 64 |
| T2 | Tano Goya | -8 | F | 64 |
| T6 | Matt Kuchar | -7 | F | 65 |
| T6 | Cameron Young | -7 | F | 65 |
| T6 | Matti Schmid | -7 | F | 65 |
| T6 | Justin Lower | -7 | F | 65 |
| T6 | Kramer Hickok | -7 | F | 65 |
| T6 | Jeffrey Kang | -7 | 17 | - |
| T12 | Chesson Hadley | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Stephan Jaeger | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Justin Suh | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Luke List | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Brandt Snedeker | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Scott Piercy | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Beau Hossler | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Kensei Hirata | -6 | F | 66 |
| T12 | Davis Thompson | -6 | F | 66 |
| T21 | Paul Haley II | -5 | F | 67 |
| T21 | Nico Echavarria | -5 | F | 67 |
| T21 | K.H. Lee | -5 | F | 67 |
| T21 | Keith Mitchell | -5 | F | 67 |
| T21 | Kevin Tway | -5 | F | 67 |
| T21 | Chez Reavie | -5 | F | 67 |
| T27 | Max McGreevy | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Erik van Rooyen | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Ben Griffin | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Brice Garnett | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Ryan Moore | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Andrew Putnam | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Matthias Schwab | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Mark Hubbard | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Doug Ghim | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Cameron Champ | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Russell Knox | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | David Lingmerth | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Brent Grant | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Ludvig Åberg | -4 | F | 68 |
| T27 | Chase Johnson | -4 | 17 | - |
| T42 | Austin Smotherman | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Harrison Endycott | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Patton Kizzire | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Harry Hall | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | MJ Daffue | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Martin Trainer | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Stewart Cink | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Brian Gay | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Martin Laird | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Lucas Herbert | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Ryan Armour | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Brandon Wu | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Will Gordon | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Jimmy Walker | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Austin Eckroat | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Jason Dufner | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | James Hahn | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Kevin Roy | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Henrik Norlander | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Carson Young | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Greyson Sigg | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | J.J. Spaun | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Taylor Montgomery | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Ryan Brehm | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Lanto Griffin | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Lucas Glover | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Akshay Bhatia | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Adam Long | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Charley Hoffman | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Sam Ryder | -3 | F | 69 |
| T42 | Kyle Westmoreland | -3 | 17 | - |
| T73 | Kevin Yu | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | David Lipsky | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Harry Higgs | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Sahith Theegala | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Callum Tarren | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Chris Naegel | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Sebastián Vázquez | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Brian Stuard | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Robert Streb | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Richy Werenski | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Nick Hardy | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Tyler Duncan | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Kelly Kraft | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Robby Shelton | -2 | F | 70 |
| T73 | Billy Davis(a) | -2 | 17 | - |
| T88 | Ryan Palmer | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Cody Gribble | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Adam Svensson | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Satoshi Kodaira | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Isidro Benitez | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Thomas Detry | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Mackenzie Hughes | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Troy Merritt | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Zac Blair | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Hayden Buckley | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Ryo Ishikawa | -1 | F | 71 |
| T88 | Roberto Díaz | -1 | 16 | - |
| T100 | Jonathan Byrd | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Chris Kirk | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Davis Riley | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Peter Kuest | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Michael Block | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Preston Summerhays(a) | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Isaiah Salinda | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Austin Cook | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Ben Martin | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | C.T. Pan | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Taylor Pendrith | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Michael Gligic | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Chris Gotterup | Par | F | 72 |
| T100 | Hunter Epson | Par | 17 | - |
| T114 | Doc Redman | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Ben Taylor | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Peter Malnati | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Zecheng Dou | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Andrew Landry | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Vince Whaley | +1 | F | 73 |
| T114 | Ryan Gerard | +1 | 17 | - |
| T114 | Scott Harrington | +1 | 16 | - |
| T114 | Peter Knade | +1 | 16 | - |
| T123 | Tyson Alexander | +2 | F | 74 |
| T123 | Dylan Frittelli | +2 | F | 74 |
| T123 | Maverick McNealy | +2 | F | 74 |
| T123 | Emiliano Grillo | +2 | F | 74 |
| T127 | Jose Cristobal Islas(a) | +3 | F | 75 |
| T127 | Carl Yuan | +3 | F | 75 |
| T129 | Jim Herman | +4 | F | 76 |
| T129 | Nick Watney | +4 | F | 76 |
| T129 | Trevor Cone | +4 | F | 76 |
| 132 | Augusto Núñez | +6 | 17 | - |
