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| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | -21 | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | David Puig | -15 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | Josele Ballester | -14 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | Scott Vincent | -12 | 18 | 4 |
| T5 | Branden Grace | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T5 | Thomas Detry | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T5 | Tom McKibbin | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T5 | Matthew Wolff | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| T10 | Cameron Tringale | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T10 | Marc Leishman | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Louis Oosthuizen | -9 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Harold Varner III | -9 | 18 | 4 |
| T12 | Luis Masaveu | -9 | 18 | 4 |
| T15 | Dean Burmester | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T15 | Richard T. Lee | -8 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Carlos Ortiz | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Dustin Johnson | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| T17 | Victor Perez | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| T20 | Charles Howell III | -6 | 18 | 4 |
| T20 | Joaquin Niemann | -6 | 18 | 4 |
| T22 | Yosuke Asaji | -5 | 18 | 4 |
| T22 | Abraham Ancer | -5 | 18 | 4 |
| T22 | Minkyu Kim | -5 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Ian Poulter | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Sebastian Muñoz | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Byeong Hun An | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Laurie Canter | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Martin Kaymer | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| T25 | Brendan Steele | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| 31 | Bubba Watson | -3 | 18 | 4 |
| T32 | Peter Uihlein | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T32 | Sam Horsfield | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T32 | Caleb Surratt | -2 | 18 | 4 |
| T35 | Paul Casey | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| T35 | Lee Westwood | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| T35 | Elvis Smylie | -1 | 18 | 4 |
| 38 | Adrian Meronk | E | 18 | 4 |
| T39 | Charl Schwartzel | +2 | 18 | 4 |
| T39 | Sergio Garcia | +2 | 18 | 4 |
| T39 | Cameron Smith | +2 | 18 | 4 |
| T39 | Younghan Song | +2 | 18 | 4 |
| T43 | Anthony Kim | +3 | 18 | 4 |
| T43 | Talor Gooch | +3 | 18 | 4 |
| 45 | Richard Bland | +4 | 18 | 4 |
| T46 | Lucas Herbert | +5 | 18 | 4 |
| T46 | Anirban Lahiri | +5 | 18 | 4 |
| T46 | Thomas Pieters | +5 | 18 | 4 |
| T49 | Travis Smyth | +6 | 18 | 4 |
| T49 | Jason Kokrak | +6 | 18 | 4 |
| T49 | Miguel Tabuena | +6 | 18 | 4 |
| T52 | Danny Lee | +7 | 18 | 4 |
| T52 | Graeme McDowell | +7 | 18 | 4 |
| 54 | Björn Hellgren | +8 | 18 | 4 |
| 55 | Michael La Sasso | +9 | 18 | 4 |
| 56 | Ben Campbell | +11 | 18 | 4 |
| Luis Carrera | 18 | 4 | ||
| Bryson DeChambeau | +2 | 3 |
| Pos | Team | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEGION XIII | -45 | 18 | 4 |
| 2 | FIREBALLS GC | -36 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | SOUTHERN GUARDS GC | -26 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | TORQUE GC | -22 | 18 | 4 |
| 5 | HYFLYERS GC | -17 | 18 | 4 |
| 6 | MAJESTICKS GC | -11 | 18 | 4 |
| 7 | 4ACES GC | -10 | 18 | 4 |
| 8 | CLEEKS GOLF CLUB | -7 | 18 | 4 |
| 9 | RANGEGOATS GC | -5 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | RIPPER GC | -4 | 18 | 4 |
| 11 | KOREAN GOLF CLUB | E | 18 | 4 |
| 12 | CRUSHERS GC | +1 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | SMASH GC | +7 | 18 | 4 |
| Pos | Player | Tot | Thru | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam Young | -19 | F | 4 |
| 2 | Scottie Scheffler | -13 | F | 4 |
| 3 | Ben Griffin | -12 | F | 4 |
| T4 | S.W. Kim | -11 | F | 4 |
| T4 | Adam Scott | -11 | F | 4 |
| T4 | Sepp Straka | -11 | F | 4 |
| T7 | Alex Noren | -10 | F | 4 |
| T7 | Alex Smalley | -10 | F | 4 |
| T9 | Alex Fitzpatrick | -9 | F | 4 |
| T9 | Rickie Fowler | -9 | F | 4 |
| T9 | Kurt Kitayama | -9 | F | 4 |
| T9 | Matt McCarty | -9 | F | 4 |
| T9 | Nick Taylor | -9 | F | 4 |
| T14 | Lucas Glover | -8 | F | 4 |
| T14 | Aldrich Potgieter | -8 | F | 4 |
| T14 | Kristoffer Reitan | -8 | F | 4 |
| T14 | J.J. Spaun | -8 | F | 4 |
| T18 | Michael Kim | -7 | F | 4 |
| T18 | Min Woo Lee | -7 | F | 4 |
| T18 | Andrew Putnam | -7 | F | 4 |
| T18 | Jordan Spieth | -7 | F | 4 |
| T18 | Sam Stevens | -7 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Daniel Berger | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Akshay Bhatia | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Tommy Fleetwood | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Nicolai Højgaard | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Shane Lowry | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Justin Thomas | -6 | F | 4 |
| T23 | Matt Wallace | -6 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Corey Conners | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Ryan Fox | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Ryan Gerard | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Harry Hall | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Denny McCarthy | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Maverick McNealy | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Sahith Theegala | -5 | F | 4 |
| T30 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | -5 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Sam Burns | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Bud Cauley | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Pi Coody | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Jason Day | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Chris Gotterup | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Max Greyserman | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Brian Harman | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Max Homa | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Viktor Hovland | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Taylor Pendrith | -4 | F | 4 |
| T38 | Gary Woodland | -4 | F | 4 |
| T49 | Keegan Bradley | -3 | F | 4 |
| T49 | Brian Campbell | -3 | F | 4 |
| T49 | Russell Henley | -3 | F | 4 |
| T49 | J.T. Poston | -3 | F | 4 |
| T53 | Hideki Matsuyama | -2 | F | 4 |
| T53 | Michael Thorbjornsen | -2 | F | 4 |
| T55 | Ricky Castillo | -1 | F | 4 |
| T55 | Nico Echavarria | -1 | F | 4 |
| T55 | Harris English | -1 | F | 4 |
| T55 | Keith Mitchell | -1 | F | 4 |
| T55 | Jordan Smith | -1 | F | 4 |
| T60 | Austin Smotherman | E | F | 4 |
| T60 | Jhonattan Vegas | E | F | 4 |
| T62 | Joel Dahmen | +1 | F | 4 |
| T62 | Tom Hoge | +1 | F | 4 |
| T62 | Collin Morikawa | +1 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Jacob Bridgeman | +2 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Ryo Hisatsune | +2 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Sungjae Im | +2 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Andrew Novak | +2 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Patrick Rodgers | +2 | F | 4 |
| T65 | Justin Rose | +2 | F | 4 |
| 71 | David Lipsky | +4 | F | 4 |
| 72 | Chandler Blanchet | +7 | F | 4 |