First-Round Notes

Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 77. Wind W 6-12 mph.

Format: Three-round 54-hole stroke-play event with 16 teams of two. R1/Scramble, R2/Foursomes, R3/Modified Four-Ball

Scramble: Each player hits a tee shot and then the team selects the ball to be used for the next stroke. From there, both players hit their next shots from that spot. This process continues until the ball is holed.

First-Round Leaderboard

Charley Hull/Michael Brennan (T1/-17)

• Share the 18-hole lead with Lexi Thompson/Wyndham Clark following a Grant Thornton Invitational record 17-under 55 (previous entering the week: 56/Nelly Korda/Tony Finau/R1/2023)
• Equal the front nine scoring record with a 9-under 27 (four occasions; most recently by Jennifer Kupcho/Chris Gotterup/R1/2025)
• Establish a new birdie-eagle streak record at the event, going 15-under on Nos. 3-15 (B-B-B-E-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-E-B); the previous mark entering the week was held by Megan Khang/Denny McCarthy (10-under over nine holes/2023)
• Hull is making her second start at the Grant Thornton Invitational (T9 with Justin Rose in 2023), while Brennan is making his debut appearance (gained entry into the field following Daniel Berger’s WD earlier this week)
• Hull finished No. 14 in the LPGA’s season-long standings, second only to Nelly Korda (No. 5) among players in the field; picked up her third LPGA title at the 2025 Kroger Queen City Championship
• Brennan won the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship during his PGA TOUR Rookie season and finished No. 98 in the FedExCup Fall standings

Lexi Thompson/Wyndham Clark (T1/-17)

• • Along with Charley Hull/Michael Brennan, share the 18-hole lead following a tournament record 17-under 55
• Equal the back nine scoring record with a 9-under 27 (third occasion; Megan Khang/Denny McCarthy/R1/2023, Nelly Korda/Tony Finau/R1/2023)
• Clark is making his first start at the event, while Thompson is playing for the third time, with the previous two with Rickie Fowler (T6/2023, 14th/2024)
• Thompson had two top-five finishes this season, highlighted by a runner-up finish with teammate Megan Khang at the Dow Championship (the LPGA’s lone team event)
• Clark had two top-10 finishes in 24 starts on the PGA TOUR (T4/The Open Championship, T5/Texas Children’s Houston Open) en route to a No. 65 finish in the FedExCup Fall standings

Miscellaneous Notes

• Jennifer Kupcho/Chris Gotterup (T4/-14) tie the event’s best birdie streak with 10 in a row on Nos. 1-10 (third occasion; Leona Maguire/Lucas Glover/R1/2023, Rose Zhang/Sahith Theegala/R1/2023)
• Defending champions Patty Tavatanakit/Jake Knapp (7th/-13) open with a 59
• 2023 champions Lydia Ko/Jason Day (T8/-12) post an opening-round 60
• Grant Thornton ambassadors: Lydia Ko/Jason Day (T8/-12), Lilia Vu/Tony Finau (T10/-11)

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