Byeong Hun An, Sungjae Im share lead at 62 after 1st round of Wyndham

Aug. 1, 2019 Updated Thu., Aug. 1, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Associated Press

Wyndham Championship

LPGA TOUR

Thursday’s Scores

At Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

Yardage: 7,127; Par 70 (35-35); Purse: $6.2 million

First Round

Byeong Hun An	31-31—62
Sungjae Im	31-31—62
Mackenzie Hughes	32-31—63
Rory Sabbatini	34-29—63
Patrick Rodgers	31-32—63
Johnson Wagner	31-32—63
Josh Teater	30-34—64
Webb Simpson	31-33—64
Brandt Snedeker	32-32—64
Brice Garnett	31-33—64
Seamus Power	33-31—64
Ryan Armour	31-33—64
Ted Potter, Jr.	30-34—64
Jordan Spieth	32-32—64
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	32-32—64
Martin Laird	34-31—65
Joel Dahmen	34-31—65
J.T. Poston	33-32—65
Sepp Straka	31-34—65
Denny McCarthy	31-34—65
Kyle Stanley	35-30—65
Matthew Wolff	31-34—65
Andrew Landry	30-35—65
Paul Casey	34-31—65
Patton Kizzire	31-34—65
Bud Cauley	32-33—65
Bill Haas	33-33—66
Tom Hoge	30-36—66
Roberto Castro	32-34—66
Satoshi Kodaira	32-34—66
Austin Cook	37-29—66
Si Woo Kim	32-34—66
Chez Reavie	33-33—66
Harold Varner III	35-31—66
Viktor Hovland	33-33—66
Brady Schnell	31-35—66
Alex Prugh	31-35—66
Brian Stuard	34-32—66
Shawn Stefani	31-35—66
Cameron Smith	33-33—66
Collin Morikawa	32-34—66
Martin Kaymer	35-31—66
Charles Howell III	34-32—66
Zack Sucher	32-34—66
Cameron Davis	34-32—66
Lucas Glover	31-36—67
Joaquin Niemann	33-34—67
Chris Stroud	34-33—67
Jason Dufner	32-35—67
Russell Knox	35-32—67
Brian Harman	34-33—67
Branden Grace	34-33—67
Chad Collins	32-35—67
Fabian Gomez	33-34—67
Anirban Lahiri	32-35—67
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez	32-35—67
Andy Pope	33-34—67
Kyle Jones	32-35—67
Boo Weekley	35-32—67
J.J. Spaun	34-33—67
Mike Weir	34-33—67
Hideki Matsuyama	34-33—67
Scott Brown	32-35—67
Peter Malnati	34-33—67
Chase Wright	31-36—67
Wes Roach	36-31—67
Kramer Hickok	32-35—67
John Chin	33-34—67
Roberto Diaz	33-34—67
Wyndham Clark	33-35—68
Luke List	34-34—68
Zach Johnson	32-36—68
Adam Hadwin	33-35—68
Patrick Reed	35-33—68
Troy Merritt	35-33—68
Billy Horschel	33-35—68
Peter Uihlein	33-35—68
Richy Werenski	35-33—68
Abraham Ancer	35-33—68
Brandon Harkins	36-32—68
Vaughn Taylor	35-33—68
Padraig Harrington	35-33—68
Dominic Bozzelli	35-33—68
Harris English	32-36—68
Adam Schenk	33-35—68
Jimmy Walker	34-34—68
Tyler Duncan	35-33—68
Nick Taylor	32-36—68
Sam Ryder	34-34—68
Kyoung-Hoon Lee	35-33—68
Adam Svensson	33-35—68
Paul Peterson	34-34—68
Alex Cejka	34-35—69
Matt Jones	35-34—69
Carlos Ortiz	36-33—69
Beau Hossler	35-34—69
Russell Henley	33-36—69
Scott Piercy	33-36—69
Michael Thompson	33-36—69
Nicholas Lindheim	34-35—69
Lucas Bjerregaard	34-35—69
Chesson Hadley	32-37—69
Daniel Berger	35-34—69
Corey Conners	36-33—69
Alex Noren	36-33—69
Sebastian Munoz	33-36—69
Scott Stallings	35-34—69
Roger Sloan	38-31—69
Whee Kim	34-35—69
Chris Thompson	35-34—69
Steve Scott	34-35—69
Julian Etulain	34-35—69
Brian Gay	34-36—70
Jason Kokrak	35-35—70
Danny Lee	32-38—70
Jonas Blixt	34-36—70
Brendan Steele	33-37—70
Pat Perez	36-34—70
Rod Pampling	35-35—70
Talor Gooch	32-38—70
Joey Garber	34-36—70
Ryan Blaum	34-36—70
Kevin Streelman	35-35—70
Curtis Luck	33-37—70
Doc Redman	36-34—70
Anders Albertson	33-37—70
Stephan Jaeger	35-35—70
Carter Page	33-37—70
Sangmoon Bae	35-36—71
Charley Hoffman	35-36—71
Will Claxton	35-36—71
Hank Lebioda	36-35—71
Bronson Burgoon	34-37—71
Scott Langley	36-35—71
Aaron Wise	34-37—71
Cody Gribble	34-37—71
Dylan Frittelli	35-36—71
Cameron Champ	34-37—71
Nick Watney	33-38—71
Charlie Danielson	35-36—71
Jonathan Byrd	36-36—72
Michael Kim	35-37—72
Luke Donald	33-39—72
Ben Silverman	35-37—72
Sam Saunders	32-40—72
Stewart Cink	38-34—72
Kelly Kraft	37-36—73
Seth Reeves	34-39—73
John Lyras	34-39—73
Adam Long	34-39—73
Robert Streb	35-38—73
J.J. Henry	35-38—73
Hunter Mahan	36-38—74
Kevin Tway	36-38—74
Martin Trainer	36-39—75
Ernis Els	WD

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Byeong Hun An and Sungjae Im each shot 8-under 62 on Thursday to share the lead after one round at the Wyndham Championship.

Mackenzie Hughes, Rory Sabbatini, Patrick Rodgers and Johnson Wagner were a stroke back behind the South Korean leaders in the final PGA Tour event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson joined Jordan Spieth among the nine players at 64.

The co-leaders shot the best rounds of their PGA Tour careers. An, a 27-year-old South Korean seeking his first career victory on tour, closed with birdies on four of his final six holes and a sand save on the par-4 18th.

An had four birdies on the front nine at Sedgefield Country Club along with those four on the back nine during his bogey-free round. He hit 15 greens in regulation.

“I’ve got to do a couple more of these rounds,” An said. “One good round won’t do it, so I need to keep it up and make a lot of birdies.”

Im, one of nine players in the field with a chance at finishing in the top 10 on the points list and earning some bonus money as part of the new Wyndham Rewards Top 10 program, had three straight birdies on Nos. 14-16 and also was bogey-free. He started at No. 25 on the points list.

For a while, it looked as though Spieth would join them atop the leaderboard – teeing off on No. 18 one stroke behind the leaders, but he sent his drive out of bounds. After taking the penalty stroke, he placed his fourth stroke 21 feet from the flagstick and rolled in that putt for arguably the best bogey of the day.

“I got up there and had a putt at it, I was just trying to get the right speed,” Spieth said. “And 5 feet to go, it looked really good, just like they did all day.”

Spieth had just 23 putts during his round.

“You want putts for birdie. You want to be hitting greens in regulation,” Spieth said. “Really, two bad swings today kept it from being my lowest round on the PGA Tour. There’s a lot of good in that.”

At No. 67 on the points list, Spieth – the 2015 FedEx Cup champion – is in no danger of missing the postseason.

Others at Sedgefield aren’t so secure.

The top 125 qualify for The Northern Trust next week at Liberty National, and are assured of keeping their tour cards for next season, if they don’t already have them.

Garnett, who started at No. 121 on the points list, and Power, who is No. 144, are among those who are squarely on the playoff bubble.

“I know if it doesn’t go well where I’m going,” said Josh Teater, who is No. 165. “So I kind of made that up … in my mind a few weeks back that, hey, if I make all three cuts and finish 40th, it makes no difference, so let’s go try to play great and if we end up playing terrible, it doesn’t matter.”

The other main subplot at Sedgefield is the chase for the top 10 and the remaining $5.3 million in bonus money that is still up for grabs. The top three spots have been locked up.

Paul Casey, who at No. 8 on the points list is the highest-ranked player in the field. Eight other players, including Simpson, began the tournament with a shot at climbing into the top 10 and claiming some of that bonus cash.

“I sound free-wheeling and I am, I’m very kind of in a position where I can only improve my position in the FedExCup and maybe grab a bigger Wyndham Rewards than I already kind of got,” Casey said after his 65. “It’s not locked up, there’s still guys that can pass me. But yeah, I want to move up, plain and simple.”

Local watch

Clarkston native Joel Dahmen and Spokane’s Alex Prugh got their tournaments started with rounds in the 60s.

Dahmen shot 5-under 65 thanks to a strong back 9. The UW grad made four birdies for a 31 on the backside. He started with bogeys on 1 and 2, but got back to even with an eagle on the par-5 5th. He is tied for 16th.

Prugh shot 66 and is tied for 27th. The Ferris High grad started fast with a birdie on 5 and then made an eagle on the par-4 8th when he holed out from 106 yards. A birdie on 9 wrapped up his front 9 at 4 under. A bogey on 10 and double on 11 brought the strong start to a halt, but birdies on 13, 15 and 18 got Prugh back to 4 under.

Byeong Hun An, Sungjae Im share lead at 62 after 1st round of Wyndham

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