Thursday: Mostly sunny. High of 75. Wind S 8-15 mph. Due to darkness, the first round was suspended at 7:34 p.m. with five players yet to complete their round. The first round will resume at 8:50 a.m. Friday. The second round will begin as scheduled at 7:40 a.m.

Partial First-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                    R1

T1            Lucas Glover         66 (-6)

T1            J.J. Spaun               66 (-6)

T1            Camilo Villegas     66 (-6)

Leading Asian Scores

T31         Tom Kim 70            (-2)

T47         Si Woo Kim           71 (-1)

T47         C.T. Pan                 71 (-1)

T62         Ryo Hisatsune      72 (E)

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Lucas Glover (T1/-6)

• Eighth career first-round lead/co-lead (most recent: 2023 ISCO Championship/finished 5^th); 0-for-7 in converting to victory
• 17^th start at THE PLAYERS Championship, tied for the fourth-most starts among players in the field (most: 23/Adam Scott); has two top-10s in 16 previous starts, highlighted by a third-place finish in 2010
• 552^nd career TOUR start, the second-most of any player in the field (most: 566/Matt Kuchar)
• 66 marks second-lowest score in 44 rounds at TPC Sawgrass; low round (65) on two occasions (most recent: R1/2011)
• T3 at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am marks best finish in seven starts this season
• Six-time TOUR winner most recently won back-to-back: 2023 Wyndham Championship, 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship

J.J. Spaun (T1/-6)

• Sixth career first-round lead/co-lead (most recent: 2023 The Sentry/finished T5); 0-for-5 in converting to victory
• 66 is first round in the 60s in 12 rounds at THE PLAYERS Championship; T64 in 2024 is first made cut in five previous starts (MC/2018, WD/2019, MC/2022, MC/2023, T64/2024)
• Has two top-three finishes in eight starts this season (T3/Sony Open in Hawaii, T2/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• One PGA TOUR victory in 227 starts: 2022 Valero Texas Open

Camilo Villegas (T1/-6)

• 14^th career first-round lead/co-lead (most recent: 2021 Valero Texas Open/finished T17); 2-for-13 in converting to victory: 2014 Wyndham Championship, 2008 BMW Championship
• 66 is low score in 31 rounds at THE PLAYERS and third round in the 60s (others: 68/R3/2006, 67/R1/2009)
• T3 in tournament debut in 2006 is lone top-10 in 11 starts at THE PLAYERS
• Five-time PGA TOUR winner, most recently won 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Miscellaneous Notes

• Making his third start at TPC Sawgrass, Min Woo Lee (T4) finished T6 in his PLAYERS Championship debut in 2023, his first career top-10 on TOUR; played in the final group of the 2023 final round with eventual-winner Scottie Scheffler
• 2019 PLAYERS Champion Rory McIlroy (T4) opens with a 5-under 67, the second consecutive year opening the event with a 67 or better; recorded a first-round 65 in 2024 (T19 finish); owns four top-10s at TPC Sawgrass, but none since his victory
• Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler (T20) opened with a 3-under 69 and is three shots off the lead as he seeks to join Jack Nicklaus as the only three-time winners of THE PLAYERS (1974, 1976, 1978) and first at TPC Sawgrass; the last player to win the same PGA TOUR event in three consecutive years is Steve Stricker (John Deere Classic/2009-11)
• Jordan Spieth (T31) opened with a 2-under 70, the fourth time in 11 starts he has opened THE PLAYERS with a sub-par score (others: 67/2014, 70/2021, 69/2023); playing on the final year of a tournament winner’s exemption (thru 2025), is currently No. 58 in the FedExCup on the strength of two top-10s in four starts this season (T4/WM Phoenix Open, T9/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• Chandler Phillips (T9), one of 27 first-time participants in the field, became the first player to record three eagles in a round at THE PLAYERS (No. 2, No. 9, No. 16).