Weather: Scattered showers. High of 74. Wind SE 10-18 mph. Preferred lies were in effect for the first round.

Delay: Due to weather conditions, all first-round morning tee times were delayed five minutes.

Suspension: Play was suspended Thursday due to darkness at 7:28 p.m. CT with 16 players yet to complete their round. The first round will resume Friday at 8:30 a.m. The second round will begin as scheduled.

Partial First-Round Leaderboard

Pos.       Player                   R1

T1           Alejandro Tosti   65 (-5)

T1           Ryan Gerard        65 (-5)

T1           Keith Mitchell      65 (-5)

T1           Taylor Pendrith   65 (-5)

Leading Asian Scores

T13         Ryo Hisatsune    67 (-3)

T18         Takumi Kanaya   68 (-2)

T18         Sungjae Im           68 (-2)

T36         C.T. Pan                69 (-1)

T36         Rikuya Hoshino  69 (-1)

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Alejandro Tosti (T1/-5)

• Making second start at Texas Children’s Houston Open after holding 54-hole co-lead in 2024 before a final-round 68 led to a career-best T2 finish
• Last to finish runner-up and win the same tournament the next year: Robert MacIntyre (2023, 2024 Genesis Scottish Open)
• Rasario, Argentina native in his second season on TOUR; finished top five and ties from 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School
• Finished No. 3 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his PGA TOUR card for the first time

Ryan Gerard (T1/-5)

• Opens with a 5-under 65, his lowest 18-hole score on TOUR this season
• Best finish in 32 starts on TOUR: 4th/2023 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
• Making ninth start this season (best: T15/Farmers Insurance Open)

• First-year TOUR member finished No. 12 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his TOUR card

Keith Mitchell (T1/-5)

• 18-hole leader at last week’s Valspar Championship (finished T54)
• Would become the first player since Tom Hoge and second this season to hold the 18-hole lead/co-lead in back-to-back weeks (The Sentry, Sony Open in Hawaii)
• Sixth career tournament appearance (best: T6/2018)
• Two top-25 finishes in seven starts this season (T21/The American Express, T25/WM Phoenix Open)
• Earned lone PGA TOUR victory at 2019 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

Taylor Pendrith (T1/-5)

• 65 marks his career-low score in 11 rounds at Memorial Park Golf Course (previous best: 66/R1/2023)
• Making fourth start at the Texas Children’s Houston Open (MC/2021, 66th/2022, T36/2024)

• Would become first Canadian winner in event history and second on TOUR this season (Nick Taylor/Sony Open in Hawaii)
• Two top-10 finishes in eight starts this season (T7/Farmers Insurance Open, T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Por-Am)
• Earned lone PGA TOUR victory at the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson

Miscellaneous notes

• Four co-leaders would mark the most at the event since 2021 (5)

• World No. 1 and reigning FedExCup champion Scottie Scheffler opens with a bogey-free 3-under 67, his third bogey-free round on TOUR this season; making sixth start at the event and has finished in the top 10 in each of the last three editions (T2/2021, T9/2022, T2/2024)
• Denmark’s Rasmus Højgaard (-4) and Nicolai Højgaard (-1) were paired together, marking the second consecutive year at the Texas Children’s Houston Open that twin professionals have played in the same grouping together (Pierceson Coody and Parker Coody/2024/R1, R2)
• Making first start at the event since 2014 and his debut at Memorial Park Golf Course, FedExCup leader Rory McIlroy opens with a 70; won THE PLAYERS Championship, his 28th victory in most recent start and has won in back-to-back starts four times in his career (most recent: 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2024 Truist Championship)
• Taylor Moore withdrew ahead of the first round with a rib injury.