2020 Workday Charity Open (The 27th of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season) Dublin, Ohio July 9-12, 2020 FedExCup Points: 500 Muirfield Village Golf Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,456 Purse: $6,200,000/$1,116,000 First-Round Notes – Thursday, July 9, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy and hot. High of 94. Wind SE 4-8 mph. First-Round Leaderboard Collin Morikawa 65 (-7) Adam Hadwin 66 (-6) Nick Taylor 67 (-5) Hideki Matsuyama 67 (-5) Zach Johnson 67 (-5) Aaron Wise 67 (-5) Things to Know • Collin Morikawa opened with 7-under 65 for his second first-round lead on the PGA TOUR • Coming off his third top-4 finish of the season, Adam Hadwin recorded a 6-under 66 • Justin Thomas posted his 40th bogey-free round since the start of the 2014-15 season (T3 on TOUR) • Both Jason Kokrak and Keegan Bradley had aces Thursday, with Bradley’s card including a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 • Patrick Cantlay, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide defending champion, turned in a 70 • Workday Charity Open is a one-year, full-field FedExCup event during the week vacated by the John Deere Classic • These two weeks mark the 12th time in TOUR history with back-to-back events at same venue (first time since 1957) First-Round Lead Notes 2 First-round leaders/co-leaders to win on PGA TOUR in 2019-20 (Tiger Woods/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Nick Taylor/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am) Comparing the top two players on the leaderboard (entering the week) Player Collin Morikawa Adam Hadwin Age 23 (2/6/1997) 32 (11/2/1987) FedExCup 21 32 OWGR 29 53 PGA TOUR starts 25 156 PGA TOUR wins 1 1 Starts in 2019-20 14 11 Top-10s in 2019-20 4 3 Collin Morikawa (1st/-7) • Opened 7-under 65, one shy of his best opening-round score on TOUR (64/2020 Charles Schwab Challenge) • Only other first-round lead/co-lead came at the 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii (T21) • One of four players to rank inside the top 3 after the opening round three or more times this season: 4/Rory McIlroy, 3/Scottie Scheffler, 3/Justin Thomas, 3/Morikawa • Last three starts on TOUR: P2/Charles Schwab Challenge, T64/RBC Heritage, MC/Travelers Championship • Seeking second PGA TOUR victory (2019 Barracuda Championship) • R1 statistics: 12/14 fairways, 14/18 greens, 27 putts Adam Hadwin (2nd/-6) • Coming off a T4 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, opened with a 6-under 66 • 66 marks his eighth consecutive round in the 60s on TOUR (34-under during that stretch) • Three top-4 finishes this season (2/Safeway Open, T4/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T4/Rocket Mortgage Classic) • In search of his second PGA TOUR victory (2017 Valspar Championship) • Tied his lowest 9-hole score of the season with a front-nine 5-under 31 • R1 statistics: 10/14 fairways, 15/18 greens, 28 putts Additional Player Notes • In his first start back since THE PLAYERS Championship was canceled, Nick Taylor (T3) opened with a bogey- free 5-under 67 • Justin Thomas (T7/-4) posted his 40th bogey-free round since the start of the 2014-15 season, T3 for the most on TOUR during that stretch (48/Charles Howell III, 41/Hideki Matsuyama, 40/Patrick Reed, 40/Thomas) • Keegan Bradley (T18/-3) had a hole-in-one on the par-3 fourth hole with a 6-iron from 209 yards; scorecard included a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 • Former Ohio State Buckeye Ryan Armour (T64/E) entered the week off back-to-back top-10 results (T6/Travelers Championship, T4/Rocket Mortgage Classic) for first time in his PGA TOUR career • Workday ambassador Phil Mickelson (T89) carded a 1-over 73 (32-41); marked the fifth time at Muirfield Village he failed to break par on the back nine after opening 4-under or better on the front • Workday ambassador Matthew Fitzpatrick (T89) opened with a 1-over 73 with Phil Mickelson’s former caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, on the bag • Prior to Thursday’s 74, Brooks Koepka (T111/+2) had posted all eight rounds in the 60s since the PGA TOUR returned to action; brother, Chase Koepka, opened with an 8-over 80 • Jason Kokrak (T111/+2) aced the par-3 16th hole with a 7-iron from 198 yards • Opening-round scores for Dylan Frittelli (73), Denny McCarthy (73) and Nick Watney (77) Hole statistics Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-3 16th (3.318) Par-5 5th (4.611) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 35.465 36.656 72.121 Bogey-free rounds R1 (2): Nick Taylor (67), Justin Thomas (68) .