UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, play was suspended from 12:15pm to 3:30pm (EDT), a delay of 3 hours, 15 minutes. Due to darkness, the first round was suspended at 9:02pm (EDT) with 27 players left on the golf course and will resume at 7:15am (EDT) today. As they are finishing, the second round will have begun as scheduled at 6:45am this morning.
DETROIT – Tournament leader Davis Thompson is competing on a sponsor exemption. In the opening round, Thompson tied the tournament 18-hole scoring record with a 9-under (63) with the previous (63s) all came in 2019: Nate Lashley/R1, J.T. Poston/R2, Lashley/R3).
Thompson’s previous low score in 16 prior rounds on Tour was a 4-under (66) as an amateur in the final round of 2019 The RSM Classic (T23/PGA Tour debut). He made his seventh career start on the PGA Tour and third since the University of Georgia product turned professional in June.
Thompson’s professional results: T-35/Palmetto Championship at Congaree, MC/Travelers Championship).
Brandon Hagy is currently in second place. His 7-under (65) was his first par-or-better first-round score in his last eight individual PGA Tour stroke-play events.
Matthew Wolff, the 2020 Rocket Mortgage Classic runner-up, recorded a 5-under 67, highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 17th and is T-7.
Kevin Chappell withdrew before his round with a back injury and was replaced in the field by Josh Teater.
Leaderboard After 18 Holes:
Davis Thompson 63 (-9)
Brandon Hagy 65 (-7)
Tom Lewis 65 (-7)
Joaquin Niemann 65 (-7)
Seamus Power 66 (-6)
J.J. Spaun 66 (-6)
Full Leaderboard: (link)