Tom Hoge leads by one stroke after the primary spherical because the 2025 PGA Tour season teed off at The Sentry in Hawaii.
The American shot a nine-under-par 64 to steer from compatriot Will Zalatoris and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama.
The 35-year-old opened with 4 birdies in his first 5 holes, ending the day with 10 birdies and a lone bogey on the sixth.
Matsuyama carded a birdie-eagle-birdie run on the again 9 to maneuver up the leaderboard, with Cameron Younger, Collin Morikawa and Canada’s Corey Conners all two pictures additional again.
World quantity two Xander Schauffele, final yr’s winner of The Open and US PGA Championship, is the highest-ranked participant within the subject and opened with a one-under 72.
The event brings collectively 31 PGA Tour winners and 29 gamers who completed inside the highest 50 FedEx Cup standings final yr.
World primary Scottie Scheffler, who received 9 instances final season – together with the Masters – was ruled out after undergoing surgery to restore a hand harm sustained whereas cooking Christmas dinner.
