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Thomas Bjørn leads after Round 1 at Invited Celebrity Classic

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Written by Staff @PGATOUR

Format: The Invited Celebrity Classic features 78 PGA TOUR Champions professionals (54 holes of stroke play) alongside 40 celebrities (54 holes of Modified Stableford scoring).
A 36-hole cut will reduce the field to the top 50 and ties (Champions Tour) and top 30 (Celebrity division)
On the heels of a runner-up finish in his only other PGA TOUR Champions start this season, the Trophy Hassan II, Denmark’s Thomas Bjørn birdies No.18 to claim solo possession of the lead.
2022 champion and last year’s runner-up Mardy Fish leads the celebrity division with +37 points.

Following a runner-up finish in his only other start this season at the Trophy Hassan II, 53-year-old Denmark native opened his first Invited Celebrity Classic with a bogey-free 7-under 64.
Was 6-under through 12 holes, before finishing with five pars and a birdie (No. 18).
Best 18-hole position in a 54-hole PGA TOUR Champions event before this week was T9 at the 2024 Trophy Hassan II (finished 2nd).
Winner of 19 International victories.

Beginning on No. 10, Jerry Kelly made the turn in 1-under 34; birdied five of his last eight holes to post a 6-under 65; was a perfect 13-for-13 in fairways hit; in the Invited Celebrity Classic’s two previous contests of 2022 and 2023, finished sixth and T4, respectively; seeks a 12th career win on PGA TOUR Champions and first since the 2022 Shaw Charity Classic.
After making the turn in 2-under, Paul Broadhurst birdied four of his last six holes to open with a 6-under 65; hit 17-of-18 greens in regulation; in two previous Invited Celebrity Classic starts, finished T7 in 2022 and T11 in 2023; seeks a sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions and first since the 2018 Ally Challenge.
With nine birdies and three bogeys, Y.E. Yang made just one par on his first 13 holes (par-3 sixth); made par on each of his last five holes, good for a 6-under 65; posted a career-best five straight birdies on Nos. 7-11 (previous record: four); remains in search of his first win on PGA TOUR Champions in his 58th start; best finish: 2nd/2022 Ascension Charity Classic.