Coming off a third-place finish at last week’s Barbasol Championship, Mark Hubbard opened his sixth Barracuda Championship at +13.
Hubbard holds his fifth first-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR.
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Four-time PGA TOUR winner Charley Hoffman recorded his eighth career 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR.
The Barracuda Championship is employing the Modified Stableford scoring format, the first PGA TOUR event to use the format since The International in 2006. Players are allocated points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole with the goal of achieving the highest overall score.
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Hubbard’s is making sixth start at the Barracuda Championship (best: T18/2017).
His best finish in 18 starts this season is solo third at last week’s Barbasol Championship.
Marks the third time in the last four weeks on TOUR that an 18-hole leader/co-leader finished in the top five the week before.
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Hubbard’s best finish in 158 TOUR starts is T2/2019 Houston Open.
At No. 92, he seeks to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time since 2020 and third time overall.
He is in search of his first PGA TOUR victory; the last six winners of the Barracuda Championship were first-time PGA TOUR winners, the longest active streak on TOUR (most recent: 2021/Erik van Rooyen).
Hoffman is 0-for-7 to date converting to victory (most recent: T6/2020 Sanderson Farms Championship).
He is making his fifth start at Barracuda Championship (best: T25/2020); finished T69 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open.
Hoffman holds one top-25 finish in 22 starts this season: T22/Fortinet Championship.
Is one of six players who have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception in 2007; currently outside the top 125 at No. 182 in the FedExCup standings.
Seeks his fifth TOUR title and first since the 2016 Valero Texas Open.
Brice Garnett (T3/+12) seeks first win since the 2018 Corales Puntacana Championship; is making fifth Barracuda Championship start (best: T34 in 2014 and 2021).
Making his fourth PGA TOUR start, Sean Crocker (T3/+12) is one of 25 players to make the trip from the Genesis Scottish Open (T66) to the Barracuda Championship.
Canada’s Aaron Cockerill (T3/+12) made his third PGA TOUR start (T48/RBC Canadian Open, T60/Barracuda Championship).
At No. 32 in the FedExCup Standings, Maverick McNealy (T6/+11) is highest ranked player in the field; seeks first PGA TOUR victory (best finish on TOUR: 2nd /2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2021 Fortinet Championship).
