Wyndham Clark made seven birdies without a bogey Thursday to set the pace after one round of the WM Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The round was technically suspended due to darkness just before 6:15 p.m. local time. Nine players still have one or two holes to play, with the first round resuming at 8:15 a.m. local time on Friday, and the second round starting scheduled at 7:20 a.m.
Clark’s 7-under-par 64 at TPC Scottsdale was one better than Taylor Moore and Lee Hodges. Justin Thomas is in the mix after opening with a 5-under 66.
Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, made four straight birdies beginning at No. 8 to get his week rolling. The first two came from 16 and 14 feet out, and his fourth of that stretch was a simple 4-footer after a picture-perfect approach.
While Clark’s most recent win on tour came at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 12 months ago, Thomas is still on the hunt for his first win of any kind since the 2022 PGA Championship. He started his round on the back nine and brushed off an early bogey by making three birdies on each nine.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, in his second start of the season, had a wild back nine that featured two eagles and a double bogey along with two birdies. Combined with a 2-over 37 on his front nine, he settled in at 2-under 69.
Other notables include Canada’s Corey Conners and South Korea’s Tom Kim at 4-under 67, Jordan Spieth at 3-under 68 and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan at 1-under 70.
–Field Level Media
