The first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship kicked off Thursday from the Country Club of Jackson and it was a rare opening round that saw the afternoon wave with nearly a full stroke advantage over the morning tee times. There was some wind in the morning, but it seemed like the cool conditions to start the day were more of a factor.
Andrew Putnam was the first to get in at 5-under in the morning portion of the day, but was later matched by two Korn Ferry graduates in Kevin Yu and Brandon Matthews. They would later be matched by four afternoon tee times and passed by both Davis Riley and Will Gordon. The latter two would get in at 6-under and will take a one-shot lead into their Friday morning tee times.
Overall, the leaderboard is packed with 67 players within five shots of the lead going into Round 2. There will be a lot of movement heading into the weekend and it should present us with plenty of betting value before they tee it up on Friday.