Russell Henley opens with 8-under 62

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August 4, 2023
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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).

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1
1Russell Henley-862
T2Adam Svensson-763
T2Byeong Hun An-763
4Andrew Novak-664
T5Adam Scott-565
T5J.T. Poston-565
T7Thomas Detry-466
T7Ludvig Aberg-466
T7Austin Smotherman-466
T7Martin Laird-466
T7Lucas Glover-466
T7Vincent Norrman-466
T7Kelly Kraft-466
T7Peter Kuest-466
T7Kyle Westmoreland-466
T16Stephan Jaeger-367
T16Chesson Hadley-367
T16Brendon Todd-367
T16Billy Horschel-367
T16Matt Wallace-367
T16Scott Stallings-367
T16Sam Ryder-367
T16Doug Ghim-367
T16David Lipsky-367
T16Max McGreevy-367
T16Austin Cook-367
T16Ryan Gerard-367
T16Zach Johnson-367
T16Webb Simpson-367
T16Richy Werenski-367
T16Andrew Putnam-367
T16Patrick Rodgers-367
T16Matti Schmid-367
T16Brent Grant-367
T35Brandon Wu-268
T35Harry Higgs-268
T35Dylan Wu-268
T35Kevin Streelman-268
T35Shane Lowry-268
T35J.J. Spaun-268
T35Callum Tarren-268
T35Davis Thompson-268
T35Nicolai Hojgaard-268
T35Zecheng Dou-268
T35Justin Suh-268
T35Scott Piercy-268
T35Cam Davis-268
T35Tyler Duncan-268
T35Dylan Frittelli-268
T35Alex Smalley-268
T51Tommy Gainey-169
T51Eric Cole-169
T51Sam Burns-169
T51Robert Streb-169
T51Taylor Moore-169
T51Peter Malnati-169
T51Nate Lashley-169
T51Cameron Percy-169
T51Charley Hoffman-169
T51Carl Yuan-169
T51Christiaan Bezuidenhout-169
T51Greyson Sigg-169
T51Matt Kuchar-169
T51Garrick Higgo-169
T51Sungjae Im-169
T51Zac Blair-169
T51Matt NeSmith-169
T68Troy MerrittPar70
T68Jim HermanPar70
T68Trey MullinaxPar70
T68Gary WoodlandPar70
T68Justin ThomasPar70
T68Brandt SnedekerPar70
T68Mackenzie HughesPar70
T68Joel DahmenPar70
T68Nick HardyPar70
T68Hank LebiodaPar70
T68C.T. PanPar70
T68Tano GoyaPar70
T68Sam BennettPar70
T68Danny WillettPar70
T68Paul Haley IIPar70
T68Ben GriffinPar70
T68Si Woo KimPar70
T68Ryan BrehmPar70
T68Aaron RaiPar70
T68Ben MartinPar70
T68Will GordonPar70
T68Brian StuardPar70
T68Michael GligicPar70
T68Nicholas LindheimPar70
T92Jason Dufner+171
T92Chez Reavie+171
T92Davis Riley+171
T92Kramer Hickok+171
T92Brice Garnett+171
T92MJ Daffue+171
T92James Hahn+171
T92Austin Eckroat+171
T92Hideki Matsuyama+171
T92Kevin Tway+171
T92Jonathan Byrd+171
T92Denny McCarthy+171
T92S.H. Kim+171
T92Ryan Armour+171
T92Scott Harrington+171
T92Trevor Werbylo+171
T92Kevin Roy+171
T109Michael Kim+272
T109Russell Knox+272
T109Kevin Yu+272
T109Akshay Bhatia+272
T109Stewart Cink+272
T109Brian Gay+272
T109Chad Ramey+272
T109Jimmy Walker+272
T109K.H. Lee+272
T109Tyson Alexander+272
T109Ben Taylor+272
T109Mark Hubbard+272
T109Doc Redman+272
T109Robby Shelton+272
T109Carson Young+272
T109Luke Donald+272
T109Alex Noren+272
T109Henrik Norlander+272
T109Wesley Bryan+272
T109Kyle Reifers+272
T109Joey Lane+272
T130David Lingmerth+373
T130Nico Echavarria+373
T130Matthias Schwab+373
T130Augusto Núñez+373
T130Patton Kizzire+373
T130Chris Kirk+373
T130Harris English+373
T130Cameron Champ+373
T130Erik van Rooyen+373
T130Adam Schenk+373
T130Adam Hadwin+373
T130Brandon Matthews+373
T142Ryan Moore+474
T142Adam Long+474
T142Ryan Palmer+474
T142Rory Sabbatini+474
T142Andrew Landry+474
T142Taylor Pendrith+474
T148Harrison Endycott+575
T148Aaron Baddeley+575
T148Nick Watney+575
T148Trevor Cone+575
152Sam Stevens+676
T153Harry Hall+777
T153Beau Hossler+777
155Justin Lower+878
156Jon Mayer+979
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Wyndham Championship 2023

Date: August 3rd - 6th 2023

Location: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina

Purse: $7,600,000

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