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First-Round Notes - November 3, 2022

Weather: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers throughout the day. High of 84. Wind E 7-14 mph, gusting to 18 mph. Due to wet conditions, preferred lies in closely mown areas were in effect.

First-Round Leaderboard

Will Gordon	62	(-9)
Russell Henley	63	(-8)
Scott Piercy	64	(-7)
Francesco Molinari	64	(-7)
Sam Ryder	64	(-7)
Harris English	64	(-7)

Things to Know

Will Gordon holds a one-stroke lead after tying his career-low round on PGA TOUR with a 9-under 62
Two-time defending champion Viktor Hovland (T7) opens with 6-under 65; last player to win a single PGA TOUR event three years in a row is Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic (2009, 2010, 2011)
Scottie Scheffler (T7) looks to reclaim World No. 1 with a win or solo-second this week
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba became the first PGA TOUR co-sanctioned event to ever be contested outside of the United States and Canada in February of 2007

First-Round Lead Notes

3: First-round leaders/co-leaders at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba to win (most recent: Matt Kuchar/2018)
0: No first-round leader/co-leader has won in the 2022-23 PGA TOUR Season

Will Gordon (1st/-9))

Category	Entering the Week
Age	26 (July 28, 1996)
FedExCup	No. 78
OWGR	No. 205
Starts – wins – top-10s in PGA TOUR career	47-0-2
Starts – wins – top-10s on TOUR in 2022-23	4-0-0
Starts – wins – top-10s at WWTC at Mayakoba	2-0-0

Holds second 18-hole lead/co-lead of career (2022 Sanderson Farms Championship/T30)
Matches career low round on PGA TOUR with a 62 (2020 Travelers Championship/R2/T3)
Falls one-stroke shy of the 18-hole scoring tournament record of 10-under 61 (Matthew Wolff/2021/R1, Roland Thatcher/2008/R3)
Making third start at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba (T55/2019, MC/2020)
Seeks his first career PGA TOUR title in his 48th TOUR start; best career PGA TOUR finish: T3/2020 Travelers Championship
Did not make a start on TOUR in the 2021-22 season and returned to the TOUR this season through 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals, highlighted with a victory at the 2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron

Additional Notes

Making his fifth consecutive start at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Russell Henley (2nd/ -8) records his career-low score in 13 rounds at the El Camaleón Golf Course (previous: 65/R1/2021/T56)
World No. 2 and reigning PGA TOUR Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler (T7) opens with a 6-under 65 and has one top-10 in two starts at the event (4th/2021); would return to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking with a win or solo-second this week
Playing in the same group with Scottie Scheffler, two-time defending champion Viktor Hovland (T7) cards a 6-under 65, two strokes better than his opening score in his two wins at the event (67/2020, 2021); last player to record three straight wins at the same PGA TOUR event: Steve Stricker, John Deere Classic (2009, 2010, 2011)
Winner of last week's Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Seamus Power (T28) opens with a 4-under 67 in his fifth tournament appearance (best: T11/2021); the last player to win back-to-back weeks on the TOUR schedule is Tony Finau (3M Open, Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2022)
Four players from Mexico competing on sponsor exemptions in the field: Sebastián Vázquez (T65/-2), Isidro Benitez (T76/-1), Armando Favela (T76/-1), José de Jesús Rodríguez (T90/E)