2018 Wells Fargo Championship winner Jason Day recorded a 7-under 63 to hold a one-stroke lead after the first round.
Day carded his 13th career score of 63 or better on the PGA TOUR and first since the 2021 Travelers Championship.
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Three PGA TOUR rookies are T3 and all three tied career-low on TOUR with 65 (Paul Barjon, Aaron Rai, Callum Tarren).
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Day’s last 63 or better in the first round was at the 2016 PLAYERS Championship (63/won wire-to-wire).
4-for-9 with the 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR; first since 2020 PGA Championship (T4).
Day won the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship winner (most recent of 12 PGA TOUR titles).
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He has multiple wins at two PGA TOUR events (2/WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, 2/Farmers Insurance Open).
He held share of the 54-hole lead at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season before finishing T3 (best result in 2021-22).
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Denny McCarthy opened with a 65, tying the second-lowest first-round score of his PGA TOUR career (lowest: 63/2019 AT&T Byron Nelson); McCarthy is T3 after 18 holes for the second time in his last three individual stroke-play events (Valero Texas Open/finished T18).
Defending champion and three-time Wells Fargo Championship winner Rory McIlroy (T17/-3) made five birdies on the back nine (started on 10), tying the most birdies or better he has made on the first nine holes of a tournament in his PGA TOUR career (2013 PLAYERS Championship, 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions).
