Will Cannon posts career-low-tying 61, takes one-shot lead after Round 1 at Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Will Cannon (first/-9)

• Opens with bogey-free, 9-under 61, tying his career-low round on the Korn Ferry Tour (2026 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/Round 2) and tying the 18-hole tournament scoring record previously established by six players (most recent: Ian Gilligan/2025/Round 3)
• Holds his second 18-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 2019 Wichita Open/MC)
• Stands No. 61 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with one top-10 finish in 17 starts (T3/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS)
• Previously finished No. 79 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, retaining conditional status for the 2026 season
• Secured a return to the Korn Ferry Tour with a No. 6 finish on the 2024 PGA Tour Americas Points List, a feat he achieved with a victory at the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship
• Played the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, finishing outside the top 100 of the standings both seasons
• Two-time Alabama State Amateur Championship winner (2014, 2015) who played four seasons at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (2012-16)

Additional notes

• Two PGA Tour winners stand in the top five through the first round (Tyler DuncanT2; Adam HadwinT4).
• Turk Pettit (T2/-8), who stands No. 81 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, cards a 7-under 28 on the back nine en route to a bogey-free 8-under 62; he earned Korn Ferry Tour membership via a T104 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA Tour Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.
• Yuta Sugiura (T4/-7), who rose to No. 23 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with a win in the previous event, the AdventHealth Championship, opens with a bogey-free, 7-under 63.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Simmons Bank ambassador Zack Fischer (T17/-4), who stands No. 21 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, opens in 4-under 66.
• Nashville, Tennessee, native Blades Brown (T59/-2), who stands No. 10 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, cards 2-under 68 after opening his round with three consecutive birdies.
• The Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation is the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events; the top 132 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List upon conclusion of this week’s final round will qualify for next week’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.