Russell Henley opened with a bogey-free 8-under 62 featuring and eagle at the par-5 15th to take a one-stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship.
“You know, the first little bit of the front nine it was raining and felt like, man, this could be a tough day, especially if it picks up a little bit. So just kind of hoping it would slow down a little bit. And it did on the back nine, so we were fortunate. Just hit a lot of fairways and felt like from there I could attack the golf course.
The American has had eight scores of 63 or better in the last three seasons and is tied for the most of any player on the PGA Tour in that time alongside Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.
This season marks his 11th straight season of finishing inside the top 100 in the FedExCup standings, he is currently No. 34.
Canada’s Adam Svensson closed with a bogey-free 63 for a share of second place at 7-under.
Svensson is one of four Canadians to win on Tour this season, the most in a single season on record (since 1983); Stan Leonard (1957) is the only Canadian to win the Wyndham Championship.
Also tied in second place is South Korean Byeong Hun An ahead of American Andrew Novak in fourth at 6-under.
J.T. Poston of the United States, runner-up at last week’s 3M Open, is tied in fifth place at 5-under alongside Australian Adam Scott.
FedExCup Playoffs
The Wyndham Championship is the final event of the FedExCup Regular Season, with the top 70 in the FedExCup standings qualifying for next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship (the first Playoffs event).
Players currently projected to move into the top 70 in the FedExCup standings: Adam Scott (No. 81/projected No. 68); Scott is one of two players who have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007; the other: Matt Kuchar (T51/-1; projected No. 61 in the FedExCup).

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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Henley | -8 | 62 |
| T2 | Adam Svensson | -7 | 63 |
| T2 | Byeong Hun An | -7 | 63 |
| 4 | Andrew Novak | -6 | 64 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | -5 | 65 |
| T5 | J.T. Poston | -5 | 65 |
| T7 | Thomas Detry | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Ludvig Aberg | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Austin Smotherman | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Martin Laird | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Lucas Glover | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Vincent Norrman | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Kelly Kraft | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Peter Kuest | -4 | 66 |
| T7 | Kyle Westmoreland | -4 | 66 |
| T16 | Stephan Jaeger | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Chesson Hadley | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Brendon Todd | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Billy Horschel | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Matt Wallace | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Scott Stallings | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Sam Ryder | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Doug Ghim | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | David Lipsky | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Max McGreevy | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Austin Cook | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Ryan Gerard | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Zach Johnson | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Webb Simpson | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Richy Werenski | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Andrew Putnam | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Matti Schmid | -3 | 67 |
| T16 | Brent Grant | -3 | 67 |
| T35 | Brandon Wu | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Harry Higgs | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Dylan Wu | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Kevin Streelman | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Shane Lowry | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | J.J. Spaun | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Callum Tarren | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Davis Thompson | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Zecheng Dou | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Justin Suh | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Scott Piercy | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Cam Davis | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Tyler Duncan | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Dylan Frittelli | -2 | 68 |
| T35 | Alex Smalley | -2 | 68 |
| T51 | Tommy Gainey | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Eric Cole | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Sam Burns | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Robert Streb | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Taylor Moore | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Peter Malnati | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Nate Lashley | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Cameron Percy | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Charley Hoffman | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Carl Yuan | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Greyson Sigg | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Matt Kuchar | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Garrick Higgo | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Sungjae Im | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Zac Blair | -1 | 69 |
| T51 | Matt NeSmith | -1 | 69 |
| T68 | Troy Merritt | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Jim Herman | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Trey Mullinax | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Gary Woodland | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Justin Thomas | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Brandt Snedeker | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Mackenzie Hughes | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Joel Dahmen | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Nick Hardy | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Hank Lebioda | Par | 70 |
| T68 | C.T. Pan | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Tano Goya | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Sam Bennett | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Danny Willett | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Paul Haley II | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Ben Griffin | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Si Woo Kim | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Ryan Brehm | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Aaron Rai | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Ben Martin | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Will Gordon | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Brian Stuard | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Michael Gligic | Par | 70 |
| T68 | Nicholas Lindheim | Par | 70 |
| T92 | Jason Dufner | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Chez Reavie | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Davis Riley | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Kramer Hickok | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Brice Garnett | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | MJ Daffue | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | James Hahn | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Austin Eckroat | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Hideki Matsuyama | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Kevin Tway | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Jonathan Byrd | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Denny McCarthy | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | S.H. Kim | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Ryan Armour | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Scott Harrington | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Trevor Werbylo | +1 | 71 |
| T92 | Kevin Roy | +1 | 71 |
| T109 | Michael Kim | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Russell Knox | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Kevin Yu | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Akshay Bhatia | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Stewart Cink | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Brian Gay | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Chad Ramey | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Jimmy Walker | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | K.H. Lee | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Tyson Alexander | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Ben Taylor | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Mark Hubbard | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Doc Redman | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Robby Shelton | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Carson Young | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Luke Donald | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Alex Noren | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Henrik Norlander | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Wesley Bryan | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Kyle Reifers | +2 | 72 |
| T109 | Joey Lane | +2 | 72 |
| T130 | David Lingmerth | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Nico Echavarria | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Matthias Schwab | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Augusto Núñez | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Patton Kizzire | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Chris Kirk | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Harris English | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Cameron Champ | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Erik van Rooyen | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Adam Schenk | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Adam Hadwin | +3 | 73 |
| T130 | Brandon Matthews | +3 | 73 |
| T142 | Ryan Moore | +4 | 74 |
| T142 | Adam Long | +4 | 74 |
| T142 | Ryan Palmer | +4 | 74 |
| T142 | Rory Sabbatini | +4 | 74 |
| T142 | Andrew Landry | +4 | 74 |
| T142 | Taylor Pendrith | +4 | 74 |
| T148 | Harrison Endycott | +5 | 75 |
| T148 | Aaron Baddeley | +5 | 75 |
| T148 | Nick Watney | +5 | 75 |
| T148 | Trevor Cone | +5 | 75 |
| 152 | Sam Stevens | +6 | 76 |
| T153 | Harry Hall | +7 | 77 |
| T153 | Beau Hossler | +7 | 77 |
| 155 | Justin Lower | +8 | 78 |
| 156 | Jon Mayer | +9 | 79 |
