Who’s leading after Round 1

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship continues with the second spherical on Friday, October 27, at Port Royal Golf Course, the place gamers are seemingly licking their chops on the scoring circumstances, as greater than 100 of them fired a spherical beneath par on Thursday.

Here are three extra issues it’s essential to know after Thursday’s opening spherical.

The leaders

It’s a two-way tie atop the leaderboard after Round 1, as Austin Smotherman and Harrison Endycott share the lead after opening efforts of nine-under 62.

Smotherman’s spherical was blemish-free, with 9 whole birdies, whereas Endycott neutralized his two bogeys with two eagles and 7 birdies.

Both gamers are in search of their maiden PGA Tour victory.

The contenders

Just one shot behind Smotherman and Endycott’s lead is a logjam of 5 gamers tied for third at eight beneath par (together with Denny McCarthy), and eight extra at seven beneath par — a bunch that features Harry Higgs and Sean O’Hair.

Notables

Patrick Rodgers is three photographs again after a gap spherical of six-under 65, in addition to defending champ Seamus Power.

Arjun Atwal, taking part in for under the second time in three months since his father’s dying, is one shot again after a gap 63.

John Daly made 4 birdies and 4 bogeys en path to a spherical of even-par 71.

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