The PGA Tour takes us this week to the Wells Fargo Championship, held in Charlotte, North Carolina at the prestigious Quail Hollow Club. This report focuses on the highlights of round one at this esteemed event.
The current leader of the tournament is Xander Schauffele, representing the USA, with a total result of -7 under par. The leaderboard’s second place is tightly contested. Collin Morikawa (USA), Alex Noren (SWE), and Rory McIlroy (NIR) share the position, each with a total result of -4 under par. Five players share fifth place. These include USA’s Justin Thomas, Sungjae Im from Korea, Australia’s Jason Day, Sepp Straka from Austria, and Lee Hodges from the USA, each with a daily score of -3 under par.
The Wells Fargo Championship holds an impressive tournament-prize-money of $20,000,000, unrated but undoubtedly substantial.
The video of the PGA Tour Highlights offers a compilation of the most significant moments from round one of the Wells Fargo Championship. In turn, the Wells Fargo Championship Highlights feature the key performances and major golf swings that stood out during the first round.
Given that golf tournaments conclude after four rounds, one can look forward to the escalating competition, as the golfers bring forth their best performance in the forthcoming rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship.
Wells Fargo Championship: The PGA Tour round 1 highlights
About the PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the largest American professional golf tour. There are 36 tournaments on the tour’s schedule this season. The tournaments mainly take place in the USA, but there are also some international venues over the course of the season. The signature events introduced in 2023 offer higher prize money and a smaller field of participants. There will be a total of eight of these events in the 2024 season. The four Majors and the Players Championship are also part of the PGA Tour. At the end of the tours season, the 70 best players in the FedEx Cup season rankings will play in a three-tournament play-off for overall tour victory and an extra 18 million dollars in prize money.