Wyndham Clark (1st/-7) tied his second-lowest score of his PGA TOUR career with a 63 at the RBC Canadian Open (lowest: 61, R1/2020 WM Phoenix Open).
This is his third career 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; 0-for-2 to date (17th/2017 Sanderson Farms Championship, T34/2020 WM Phoenix Open).
Clark has one top-10 this season (T10/Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Cameron Tringale).
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HIs best career finish on TOUR: P2, 2020 Bermuda Championship (lost in playoff to Brian Gay).
Matt Fitzpatrick (2nd/-6) tied his career-low score on the PGA TOUR with a 64 (fourth instance; first since the 2021 RBC Heritage).
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He has 16 top-10s on the PGA TOUR since the start of the 2019-20 season, the most of any player without a TOUR win in that span (second-most: Will Zalatoris, 15); Fitzpatrick has won twice on the DP World Tour in that stretch.
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Rory McIlroy (T5/-5) opened his title defence with a 4-under 66. McIlroy has not successfully defended a title in 14 prior attempts on TOUR (three top-fives in those 14 starts, including a solo-fifth at the Wells Fargo Championship in May).
Mackenzie Hughes (T5) recorded a 4-under 66, the best score of the 20 players in the field representing Canada (19 with Michael Gligic’s WD).
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Scottie Scheffler (T25), Sam Burns (T9) and Cameron Smith (T136), Nos. 1-3 in the FedExCup standings, are grouped together for the first two rounds. Scheffler and Burns are making their first start since the Charles Schwab Challenge, where Burns defeated Scheffler in a playoff to earn his third win of the season (Scheffler: 4)
Jonas Blixt (T9/-3) qualified for the U.S. Open via Final Qualifying on Monday, earning medallist honours at the Milton, Ontario site (RattleSnake Point Golf Club). Blixt, a three-time PGA TOUR winner, entered the week with two starts remaining on his Major Medical Extension and needs 237 FedExCup points to retain full status for the remainder of the season (2-way T2 or better).
