Darren Clarke and Michael Wright each matched 7-under 65s to share the first-round lead at the Chubb Classic presented by SERVPRO.

Darren Clarke, 34-31 – 65 (7 under)

• Eagled two of his last four holes (Nos. 15 and 18), playing the par 5s in 6-under for the day, en route to an opening 7-under 65.
• This is his low 18-hole score at Tiburón Golf Club (13th round).
  • Previous low: 67 (2025/R1)
  • Note: Carded 65 in the final round of the 2020 Chubb Classic, played at The Classics at Lely Resort.
  • Tiburón Golf Club has hosted the Chubb Classic since 2021.
• The 57-year-old seeks his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (152nd start).
  • Last win: 2025 American Family Insurance Championship (team event with partner Thomas Bjørn)
  • Last win in an individual event: 2022 ISPS HANDA Senior Open
• Holds the first-round lead/co-lead for the seventh time on PGA TOUR Champions (sixth in an individual event).
  • Is 2-for-6 converting those into victories
    • Won the 2021 Sanford International
    • Won the 2025 American Family Insurance Championship (team event with partner Thomas Bjørn)
• Making his second start of the 2026 season, he finished T7 at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualala (Jan. 22-24).
• Making his seventh appearance at the Chubb Classic, he has one top-10 finish (third/2025).

Michael Wright, 31-34 – 65 (7 under)

• After opening 5-under through 12 holes, he double-bogeyed No. 13 before birdieing four of his last five holes.
• The 51-year-old Australian seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (45th start).
  • Best finish: T5 (two times; 2024 Sanford International, 2025 DICK’S Open)
• This is his second time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (0-for-1).
  • Co-led at the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic (finished T53) – 36-hole event
  • Led the field in birdies (nine)
• Making his second appearance at the Chubb Classic, he finished T12 in 2025.

Other notes

• Defending champion Justin Leonard (T3) tallied eight birdies en route to opening with 66. His position-by-round in his last four rounds at the Chubb Classic is T8-first-Won-T3.
  • Ranks T1 in the field in putts per green in regulation (25 on 16)
• Despite a double-bogey on No. 17, 2020 Chubb Classic winner Scott Parel birdied Nos. 11-15 on his way to 6-under 66.
• Ricardo Gonzalez (T3) closed with eagle on No. 18 to shoot 6-under 66. His lone victory on PGA TOUR Champions came in the month of February at the 2024 Trophy Hassan II.
• Rob Labritz (T3) birdied Nos. 11-14 to post 6-under 66 in his 82nd start on PGA TOUR Champions.
• Making his PGA TOUR Champions debut, Naples native George McNeill (T23) birdied his first three holes en route to 2-under 70. McNeill turned 50 years old on Oct. 2, 2025.
• Five-time Chubb Classic champion (2011, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023) and World Golf Hall-of-Fame member Bernhard Langer (T34) opened with 1-under 71.
  • He is one win shy of tying the PGA TOUR Champions record for most wins at one event (Hale Irwin earned six wins at the Turtle Bay Championship).