It’s always tough for the event after a Ryder Cup to live up to the incredible head-to-head play. The emotion, the spectacle, the level of players involved with the event.
Regardless, the PGA Tour returned to Mississippi this week for the Sanderson Farms Championship, where tournament officials say they actually like being the first event after the biennial intercontinental battle.
After a 7-under 65 on Thursday, Harold Varner III is back in contention once again. Off the course, he and his wife, Amanda, are expecting their first child next week.
Birdies and eagles rule in this event, so much so that the average winning score in the past five editions was 19 under. That scoring trend seems likely again this year as players lit up the leaderboards with red numbers in Thursday’s first round.
Sanderson Farms: Scores | Yardage book | Photos
1st tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 8:05 a.m. |
Keegan Bradley, Harold Varner III, Matthew NeSmith
|
| 8:16 a.m. |
Brian Stuard, Rory Sabbatini, Bronson Burgoon
|
| 8:27 a.m. |
Camilo Villegas, Tom Hoge, Doug Ghim
|
| 8:38 a.m. |
Brian Gay, Dylan Frittelli, Adam Long
|
| 8:49 a.m. |
Kevin Tway, Jimmy Walker, Kevin Stadler
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Hudson Swafford, Kevin Chappell, Charley Hoffman
|
| 9:11 a.m. |
Andrew Putnam, Cameron Tringale, Sepp Straka
|
| 9:22 a.m. |
Ryan Moore, Chris Kirk, Tyler McCumber
|
| 9:33 a.m. |
Ben Kohles, Nick Hardy, Lee Hodges
|
| 9:44 a.m. |
Michael Gligic, Dawie van der Walt, Cameron Young
|
| 9:55 a.m. |
David Lipsky, Brandon Wu, Kyle Reifers
|
| 10:06 a.m. |
Taylor Pendrith, Aaron Rai, Davis Thompson
|
| 1:00 p.m. |
Adam Hadwin, Emiliano Grillo, John Huh
|
| 1:11 p.m. |
Mackenzie Hughes, Patrick Rodgers, Henrik Norlander
|
| 1:22 p.m. |
Bill Haas, Kevin Streelman, Roger Sloan
|
| 1:33 p.m. |
Seamus Power, K.H. Lee, Richy Werenski
|
| 1:44 p.m. |
Cam Davis, Martin Laird, Zach Johnson
|
| 1:55 p.m. |
Sam Burns, Sungjae Im, Corey Conners
|
| 2:06 p.m. |
Joel Dahmen, Carlos Ortiz, Matthew Wolff
|
| 2:17 p.m. |
Nick Watney, Matt Wallace, Wyndham Clark
|
| 2:28 p.m. |
Kurt Kitayama, Chad Ramey, Andy Ogletree
|
| 2:39 p.m. |
Brett Drewitt, Sahith Theegala, Taylor Moore
|
| 2:50 p.m. |
Davis Riley, Curtis Thompson, Sam Saunders
|
| 3:01 p.m. |
Lucas Herbert, Seth Reeves, Quade Cummins
|
10th tee
| 8:05 a.m. |
Brendan Steele, Scott Stallings, Bo Van Pelt
|
| 8:16 a.m. |
Aaron Wise, Austin Cook, Kramer Hickok
|
| 8:27 a.m. |
Russell Knox, Anirban Lahiri, J.J. Spaun
|
| 8:38 a.m. |
Si Woo Kim, Lanto Griffin, Sung Kang
|
| 8:49 a.m. |
Nick Taylor, Nate Lashley, Martin Trainer
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, Chesson Hadley
|
| 9:11 a.m. |
Sergio Garcia, Sebastian Munoz, Peter Malnati
|
| 9:22 a.m. |
Ryan Armour, Will Zalatoris, Stephan Jaeger
|
| 9:33 a.m. |
Cody Gribble, Greyson Sigg, Paul Barjon
|
| 9:44 a.m. |
Mito Pereira, Hayden Buckley, Jared Wolfe
|
| 9:55 a.m. |
Joseph Bramlett, Alex Smalley, Cohen Trolio
|
| 10:06 a.m. |
Adam Svensson, Max McGreevy, Greg Sonnier
|
| 1:00 p.m. |
Seung-Yul Noh, Kelly Kraft, Doc Redman
|
| 1:11 p.m. |
Jonas Blixt, Luke List, Sam Ryder
|
| 1:22 p.m. |
Scott Piercy, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Adam Schenk
|
| 1:33 p.m. |
Andrew Landry, C.T. Pan, Keith Mitchell
|
| 1:44 p.m. |
Robert Streb, Brendon Todd, Patton Kizzire
|
| 1:55 p.m. |
Michael Thompson, Chez Reavie, William McGirt
|
| 2:06 p.m. |
Lucas Glover, Tyler Duncan, J.T. Poston
|
| 2:17 p.m. |
Brice Garnett, Denny McCarthy, Brandon Hagy
|
| 2:28 p.m. |
Vincent Whaley, Matthias Schwab, Joshua Creel
|
| 2:39 p.m. |
Trey Mullinax, Scott Gutschewski, John Augenstein
|
| 2:50 p.m. |
Andrew Novak, Callum Tarren, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
|
| 3:01 p.m. |
Dylan Wu, David Skinns, Grant Hirschman
|
TV, streaming, radio information
All times listed are ET.
Friday, Oct. 1
TV
Golf Channel: 4-7 p.m.
STREAMING
PGA Tour Live: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
RADIO
PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 1-7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 2
TV
Golf Channel: 4-7 p.m.
RADIO
PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 1-7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 3
TV
Golf Channel: 4-7 p.m.
RADIO
PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM: 1-7 p.m.
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