John Marshall Butler and Justin Suh shared the lead as the first round was suspended due to darkness at 5:40 p.m. ET at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island.

Play will resume Monday at 7:30 a.m., with 15 players needing to complete the first round. The second round will begin as scheduled.

Charting the co-leaders

J.M. Butler (T1/10-under)

• Cards a bogey-free 10-under 62 in his Korn Ferry Tour debut, highlighted by a hole out for eagle on the par-4 17th from 117 yards
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time this season with a No. 7 finish on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List
• Recorded six top-25 finishes with two top 10s, including a win at the 2025 Bupa Championship en route to his No. 7 finish on the points list
• In his rookie season, finished No. 80 on the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Points List to secure exempt membership for the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas season
• Earned PGA TOUR Americas membership for the second half of the 2024 season through PGA TOUR Americas Mid-Season Q-School
• Turned professional in 2024 after four seasons at Auburn University (2020-24), where he earned Second Team All-Southeastern Conference honors (2024) and served as team captain of the 2024 National Championship team

Justin Suh (T1/10 under)

• Posts a 29 on his back nine with seven birdies, including a stretch of six consecutive (Nos. 2-7), en route to a 10-under 62 with 11 total birdies and one bogey on the day
• Finished No. 24 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of three top-10 finishes and a win at the 118 VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro, his second career win on Tour
• Making his third career start at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island (best finish: T55/2022)
• Finished No. 1 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn his first PGA TOUR card, fueled by a victory at the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region, to claim the top spot
• Recipient of the Jack Nicklaus Award as the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year
• Owns 89 PGA TOUR starts with 50 made cuts and five top-10 finishes (best: fourth/2023 World Wide Technology Championship)
• Played collegiately for four seasons at the University of Southern California (2015-19), where he was a 2018 and 2019 All-America First Team selection, a three-time All-Pac-12 Conference First Team honoree, and the 2018 Pac-12 Player of the Year

Additional player notes

• PGA TOUR Winner Ben Martin (T3/9 under) opens with a 9-under 63 with 10 birdies and one bogey, including a streak of seven consecutive birdies (Nos. 6-12).
• Colombian Camilo Villegas (T5/8 under) – a five-time winner on the PGA TOUR – carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 in the opening round, highlighted by six birdies in his final nine holes.
• Former champion Jeremy Paul (T5/8 under), who won the 2024 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island, opens with a bogey-free, 8-under 64, his lowest round in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since the 2024 Mexico Open at Vidanta World (Round 1/64).
• Bahamian Cameron Riley, a Freeport native who played collegiately at Florida A&M, sits at 3-under through 15 holes.