Ludvig Åberg
Ludvig Aberg posted an 8-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead at the RBC Heritage golf championships in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Aberg made five of his eight birdies on the back nine and stayed bogey-free. He holed a 16-foot birdie putt at the par-3 17th to reach 8 under. The Swede, chasing his first title of the season, leads the duo of Harris English and Viktor Hovland by one stroke.
There is a six- way tie behind the duo at 6-under 65 includes Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Andrew Novak, Michael Brennan, England’s Matt Fitzpatrick and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox.
Eight different countries are represented among the 14 players who sit T10 or better on the leaderboard.
In nine starts this season English has finished T30 or better in all but one event, The Players
Championship.
Hovland equaled equals his lowest round at this event; and is one of the seven players with a bogey-free round.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is at T20 and has snapped his streak of six consecutive opening round scores of 70 or higher with a 3 under 68.
Chi takes lead in Brazil
Andre Chi was 9-under through 17 holes when the first round of the Brazil was suspended due to darkness. When he returns to finish his round, a birdie on the par-5 closing hole at Rio Olympic Golf Course would give him a 10-under 61, tying the course record set by Jonathan De Los Reyes at this event in 2024.
Americans Dawson Armstrong and Jake Sollon carded rounds of 8-under 63, while five players are T4 at 7-under. Rafael Becker carded a 2-under 69 and is the low Brazilian.
Van Arragon tied with Solomon at the front
Caleb Van Arragon and Jacob Solomon are tied atop the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya after carding six-under 66 rounds.
Van Arragon opened with a bogey-free 6-under 66, highlighted by a hole out from the fairway for eagle on the par-4 11th.
He comes into the tournament off his best result of the 2026 campaign with a T4 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, his first top-10 finish of the season and fifth inside the top 25.
He is also one of three players to make the cut in all eight events of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season, along with Ian Holt and Doc Redman.
Solomon carded with seven birdies at Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 16, 17 against one bogey at No. 15.
Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Roger Sloan is tied third with conditional member Brandon Harkins a further stroke behind.
Langer and three others head the Seniors
Steve Allan, Miguel Angel Jiménez, Brian Gay and World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer
share the lead after each opening with 6-under 66 at the Senior PGA Championship.
Langer is seeking a record-extending 13th senior major title and 48th win overall on the PGA Tour
Champions.
Angel Jiménez, is also seeking his fourth major title, and his first title since the Kaulig Companies Championship last year.
As for Allan, he has yet to win a major title and is looking to be the first Australian to win the Senior PGA Championship. Gay, is seeking his first win on the Tour.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen is tied fifth with a round of 67.
