Byung-Hun An and Scottie Scheffler Start Tied for 38th in First Fall Series Event

Procore Championship Round 1: 2-Under 70 for Byung-Hun An
Hughes Leads, Griffin in Second, Henley in Fourth
Spaun Tied for 7th, Kim Joo-hyung Tied for 67th

Byung-Hun An, ranked 74th in the FedEx Cup standings, made a steady start to the first event of the Fall Series.

Byung-Hoon An started the first round of the Procore Championship tied for 37th place. Photo by AFP Yonhap News

On September 11 (local time), An shot a 2-under-par 70 in the first round of the Procore Championship on the PGA Tour (total prize money of 6 million dollars), held at the Silverado Resort North Course (par 72, 7,138 yards) in Napa, California, United States. He is tied for 37th place alongside world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and others. An picked up birdies on his opening hole, the 10th (par 4), and the 15th (par 5), reducing his score by two strokes on the front nine. On the back nine, he offset a bogey on the 2nd hole (par 3) with a birdie on the 8th (par 4).

Mackenzie Hughes of Canada took the solo lead with a 9-under-par 63, one stroke ahead of the field. Ben Griffin of the United States and others are tied for second at 8-under-par 64. Russell Henley and Lanto Griffin are tied for fourth at 7-under-par 65, while J.J. Spaun and others finished the first round tied for seventh at 5-under-par 67. Kim Joo-hyung, ranked 94th in the FedEx Cup standings, is tied for 67th at even-par 72.

While Fall Series events typically feature players ranked 51st or lower in the FedEx Cup standings, this year's Procore Championship has attracted many top-ranked players. American golfers chose to play in the Procore Championship to prepare for the Ryder Cup, a golf competition against Europe, scheduled for the end of this month.

Starting with the Procore Championship, the PGA Tour Fall Series will continue with seven tournaments: the Sanderson Farms Championship and the Shriners Children's Open in October, followed by the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the World Wide Technology Championship, the Utah Bank Championship, and the RSM Classic in November.