PGA Tour rookie Chandler Blanchet shot a career-low, 8-under-par 64 to take a one stroke lead at the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is quite a turnaround for Blanchet, who had missed the cut in all his first five starts of the season. This is also the first time that he holds a 18-hole lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, bogeyed his first hole at Grand Reserve Golf Club, the par-4 10th, only to follow with nine birdies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blanchet is ahead of Gordon Sargent, who bogeyed the 18th. Had he made a par, Blanchet would have ended the day atop the leaderboard with Blanchet. Other than the bogey, Sargent had a remarkable round that featured one eagle and six birdies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sweden native Jesper Svensson is lying third with a bogey-free 5-under 67, one shy of his best 18-hole score on Tour this season. Canada’s Adam Hadwin highlights a six-way tie at 4-under 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eighteen-year-old Blades Brown is T10 after posting a 3-under 69, marking his 16th<\/sup> round in the 60s in 34 career rounds on Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another teenager, 17-year-old and two-time AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year Miles Russell (T39\/-1) posted a 1-under 71 in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making his PGA TOUR debut as a sponsor exemption, John Daly II is tied-21 after carding a 2-under 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, at the Chile Classic, a Korn Ferry Tour event, James Nicholas and Caleb Van Arragon are the join leaders. Both golfers carded bogey-free 7-under 64 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First-Round Leaderboard (Puerto Rico Open)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Leaderboard<\/strong> Chile Classic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PGA Tour rookie Chandler Blanchet shot a career-low, 8-under-par 64 to take a one stroke lead at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-10198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-golf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet.jpg",1528,878,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-300x172.jpg",300,172,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-768x441.jpg",640,368,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-1024x588.jpg",640,368,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet.jpg",1528,878,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet.jpg",1528,878,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"International<\/a>","tag_info":"International","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chandler-Blanchet.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10204,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198\/revisions\/10204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> R1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/td> Chandler Blanchet<\/td> 64 (-8)<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Gordon Sargent<\/td> 65 (-7)<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Jesper Svensson<\/td> 67 (-5)<\/td><\/tr> T4<\/td> Six Players Tied<\/em><\/td> 68 (-4)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Pos.<\/strong><\/td> Player<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> T1<\/td> James Nicholas<\/td> 64 (-7)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Caleb VanArragon<\/td> 64 (-7)<\/td><\/tr> T3<\/td> Augusto N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/td> 65 (-6)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Austin Hitt<\/td> 65 (-6)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Nicolo Galletti<\/td> 65 (-6)<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> Marshall Meisel<\/td> 65 (-6)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"