Overview
- Blanchet shot a season-best 9-under 62 at Port Royal to take a one-shot first-round lead, a performance recorded by multiple outlets on Thursday.
- He made two eagles, holing a roughly 50–52-foot putt on the par-5 17th and converting a five-foot eagle on the par-5 seventh, and added six birdies with one bogey.
- Four players — Ben Kohles, Corey Conners, Danny Walker and Ben Silverman — opened with 8-under 63 and sit one stroke behind Blanchet on the tightly packed leaderboard.
- Port Royal played easier than usual with milder wind and an average score near 68.5, which helped low rounds and produced a cut line at 5-under after two rounds.
- Blanchet entered the week 114th in the FedExCup Fall standings and his opening-round lead improves his chance to climb into the top 100 as the Bermuda Championship moves into three more rounds and leaves only four Fall events after this week.