Overview
- World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded a 6-under 66 to tie Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun, Akshay Bhatia and Sepp Straka for the Round 1 lead at Albany Golf Club.
- Keegan Bradley and Corey Conners are one stroke back at 5 under after opening 67s, with Straka posting a bogey-free round and Scheffler dropping his only shot at the 18th.
- Akshay Bhatia holed a greenside bunker shot for eagle at the par-4 seventh, and Wyndham Clark also made eagle from sand on the same hole.
- Round 2 features Scheffler teeing off Friday at 12:08 p.m. ET with Conners, with live coverage from 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and streaming via NBC Sports platforms.
- The invitational carries a $5 million purse with $1 million to the winner and is played in the Bahamas during the PGA Tour offseason.