Five tied for lead after first round at James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational

Things to know

• Five international players share the first-round lead at the inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational.
• All five co-leaders hail from different countries: Ángel Cabrera (Argentina), Miguel Angel Jiménez (Spain), Alex Cejka (Germany), Thomas Bjørn (Denmark) and David Bransdon (Australia).
• The five co-leaders are the most after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions since the 2024 Regions Tradition (six).

Ángel Cabrera, 35-33 – 68 (-4)

• The 55-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (26th start)
  • Best finish: fourth (2024 SAS Championship)
• Making his third start of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions, his best finish is T19 (Trophy Hassan II)
  • This is his first time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions
• Previous best 18-hole position: T2 (2024 Stifel Charity Classic) – finished T15
• Matched his low 18-hole score of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions (seventh round)
  • Previous instance: Trophy Hassan II (secound round)
• Won three times on the PGA TOUR, including two majors (288 starts)
  • Last win on the PGA TOUR: 2014 Greenbrier Classic
• Started the week as second alternate and got in when Mark Hensby withdrew

Miguel Angel Jiménez, 33-35 – 68 (-4)

• The 61-year-old seeks his 16th win on PGA TOUR Champions (190th start).
  • Last win: 2025 Hoag Classic
  • Would remain 18th on the PGA TOUR Champions all-time wins list
• Seeks his third win of the 2025 season (sixth start)
• Previous wins in 2025: Trophy Hassan II (Feb. 6-8); Hoag Classic (March 21-23)
  • Entered the week No. 1 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Is currently the only two-time winner of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • (Note: This is the seventh event of 2025)
• Would be his second three-win season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instance: 2022
• This is his 19th time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (5-for-18).

Alex Cejka, 35-33 – 68 (-4)

• The 54-year-old seeks his fourth win on PGA TOUR Champions (98th start)
  • Last win: 2023 Senior Open Championship
• This is his seventh time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions.
  • Is 1-for-6 when converting those into victories (0-for-3 in 54-hole events)
• Making his sixth start of the 2025 season, he has three top-10 finishes
  • Best finish of 2025: T2 (Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai)
  • Entered the week No. 8 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings

Thomas Bjørn, 33-35 – 68 (-4)

• The 54-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (29th start)
  • Best finish: second (2024 Trophy Hassan II)
• This is his second time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (0-for-1)
  • Previous instance: 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic (finished T3 – 36-hole event)
• Making his fifth start of the 2025 season, his best finish is T6 (Trophy Hassan II)

David Bransdon, 35-33 – 68 (-4)

• The 51-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (26th start).
  • Best finish: 3rd (2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic)
• This is his first time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous best 18-hole position: T4 (2024 Cologuard Classic) – finished T17
• Making his fifth start of the 2025 season, his best finish is T20 (Cologuard Classic)
• Looks to become the second consecutive winner on PGA TOUR Champions from the 2024 Q-School (December 2023) graduating class, joining fellow Australian Steve Allan, who won last week’s Galleri Classic.
  • Bransdon finished 5th and Allan finished 4th at 2024 Q-School (Final Stage)
  • Finished No. 38 in the 2024 Charles Schwab Cup standings

Other notes

• 71-year-old Jay Haas (T6) opened with 3-under 69 to shoot his age or better for the 31st time on PGA TOUR Champions (and eighth time in 10 rounds in 2025). During today’s first round, Haas made a hole-in-one on No. 12 with a 5-iron from 190 yards.
  • This is his third ace on PGA TOUR Champions (previous: 2011 3M Championship; 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Classic).
  • This is the third ace of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions (previous: Jeev Milkha Singh/Trophy Hassan II; Hiroyuki Fujita/Cologuard Classic).
• Darren Clarke, who won the 2020 TimberTech Championship played at The Old Course at Broken Sound, posted 2-under 70 and sits T8.
• Making his debut on PGA TOUR Champions, J.J. Henry (T66) carded 5-over 77.
• David Frost withdrew during the first round.

Team competition

• In addition to the PGA TOUR Champions 54-hole stroke play event, there is a team competition that features 26 football legends.
• Format: On Friday and Saturday, there will be 26 two-person teams (one Champions Tour player and one football legend) playing a two-man Best Ball. The counted score for each hole is either the Champions Tour player’s gross score or the football legend’s net score.