Chandler Blanchet leads at 9 under, a shot clear, after one round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course. The draw has barely mattered: the two halves of the field are within 0.1 of a stroke of each other over Thursday, inside the noise, so the leaderboard stands.
Adjusted standings · after round 1
| # | Player | Raw | Adj | Round by round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandler Blanchet | −9 | −9.1 | |
| T2 | Corey Conners | −8 | −8.1 | |
| T2 | Ben Kohles | −8 | −7.9 | |
| T2 | Ben Silverman | −8 | −7.9 | |
| T2 | Danny Walker | −8 | −7.9 | |
| T6 | Emiliano Grillo | −7 | −7.1 | |
| T6 | Andrew Novak | −7 | −7.1 | |
| T6 | Jonathan Byrd | −7 | −6.9 | |
| T6 | Chan Kim | −7 | −6.9 | |
| T6 | Mackenzie Hughes | −7 | −6.9 | |
| T11 | Joel Dahmen | −6 | −6.1 | |
| T11 | Davis Riley | −6 | −6.1 | |
| T11 | Kensei Hirata | −6 | −6.1 | |
| T11 | Ren Yonezawa | −6 | −6.1 | |
| T11 | Brice Garnett | −6 | −5.9 | |
| T11 | Zac Blair | −6 | −5.9 | |
| T11 | Eric Cole | −6 | −5.9 | |
| T11 | Taylor Moore | −6 | −5.9 | |
| T11 | Austin Smotherman | −6 | −5.9 | |
| T20 | Seamus Power | −5 | −5.1 |
Adjusted: each Thursday and Friday round scored against the players in the same wave that day, then put back on the day's average. Weekend rounds count as played. The waves played within 0.1 of a stroke this week, so the order is the board's; tenths separating tied players are noise. Raw is the official board.
How the leaders are doing it
Strokes gained on the field over one round, split by where they came from. The four parts add up to the total; off the tee counts par 4s and par 5s only.
Chandler Blanchet has gained 6.5 strokes on the field, 3.1 of them on approach. Corey Conners's 5.5 is built the same way, 3.1 on approach. Ben Kohles's 5.5 is built the same way, 5.0 on approach. Of the four, putting carries over least from one round to the next, so a score built on it is the most likely to fade: 77% of Jonathan Byrd's gain has come on the greens. Ben Kohles has gained the most from tee to green, 6.0 strokes off the tee and on approach, while losing 1.5 on the greens: the more repeatable half of the game.
How the waves played
Field average to par by wave, with the number of players in brackets:
A positive gap means the afternoon played harder. With about 60 players in each wave, a wave's average is uncertain by about 0.4 of a stroke, so gaps smaller than that are not worth reading. The two halves of the draw are 0.1 of a stroke apart so far, which is inside that.
Round 1 in numbers
The field averaged -2.52 to par in round 1. Hole 16 (par 3) played hardest in round 1, averaging 3.27, with 30% of the field making bogey or worse. Hole 17 (par 5) was the easiest, averaging 4.24, with 68% making birdie or better. The low round of the day was Chandler Blanchet's 62 (-9).
Round 2
The waves swap for round 2: the morning half goes out in the afternoon. Expect the adjusted gap to move again once those scores are in.
How this is calculated
Each Thursday and Friday round is compared with the average score of the players who went out in the same wave that day, then put back on the day's average, so the adjusted figure reads like a score to par. That removes the weather and the course setup each wave faced. Weekend rounds go off in score order, which puts the best players together late in the day, so splitting them by tee time would mix skill in with the conditions; they count as played. Scores come from the official hole-by-hole scoring. Only players with every round complete are ranked.
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