Richard Green, Rob Labritz share first-round lead after opening 63s at Rogers Charity Classic

Defending champion Richard Green capped a bogey-free, 7-under 63 with an eagle at the par-5 18th on Friday to share the lead with PGA of America club professional Rob Labritz at the 13th playing of the Rogers Charity Classic. The pair sits one clear of Miguel Angel Jiménez.

Richard Green, 33-30 – 63 (-7)

• Carded a bogey-free, 7-under 63 with five birdies and an eagle at the par-5 18th, playing his back nine in 5-under 30
• The defending champion seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions; lone title came here a year ago, when he closed with 65 to defeat Ricardo González by one stroke at 18-under 192
  • Would become the second player to win the event in consecutive years, joining Scott McCarron (2017-18)
  • Owns a win (2025) and a runner-up finish (2024) in his last two starts at Canyon Meadows, and has carded 8-under 62 at the course in each of the past two years
• The 55-year-old Australian was a medalist at the 2022 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament; his 2025 victory made him the first Q-School medalist to win on PGA TOUR Champions since Shane Bertsch
• Finished 13th at last week’s Boeing Classic, where his second-round, bogey-free 65 was the low round of the day
• Entered the week ranked No. 24 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings; projected No. 11

Rob Labritz, 31-32 – 63 (-7)

• Carded a bogey-free, 7-under 63 with seven birdies, capping the round with a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-3 ninth after starting on No. 10
  • Holed out from off the green for birdie at Nos. 7 and 15, finished 4-for-4 scrambling and took 25 putts while hitting 14 of 18 greens
  • Marks his lowest 18-hole round on PGA TOUR Champions (previous low: 66, in his first start at the 2026 Chubb Classic)
• The 55-year-old PGA of America club professional and longtime director of golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in Bedford Hills, New York, seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions in his fifth season on Tour
• Playing this week on a sponsor exemption, making his seventh start of the 2026 PGA TOUR Champions season
  • Best career finish: T4, 2022 U.S. Senior Open at Saucon Valley Country Club
  • Recorded his first career top-five at the 2022 Rapiscan Systems Classic
• Earned his PGA TOUR Champions membership as medalist at the 2021 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament, closing with a bogey-free 64 at TPC Tampa Bay to finish 17-under 267, three strokes clear of Thongchai Jaidee and David Branshaw
• Two-time low club professional at the PGA Championship (2010/Whistling Straits, 2019/Bethpage Black) in eight career appearances

Other notes

• Miguel Angel Jiménez (third) carded seven birdies against a lone bogey for his second consecutive round of 64, following his final-round 64 at last week’s Boeing Classic, where he lost to Stewart Cink on the first playoff hole (No. 18). The 62-year-old seeks his first win of the 2026 season; he entered the week ranked No. 8 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings and is projected No. 5.
• Six players share fourth at 5-under 65: Michael Allen, Jason Caron, Thongchai Jaidee, Ryan Armour, Jerry Kelly and Michael Block.
• Jerry Kelly (T4), 2022 tournament champion, carded a field-high eight birdies. Coming off a T4 at last week’s Boeing Classic, he seeks his 15th career win on PGA TOUR Champions and his second victory of the 2026 season.
• Thongchai Jaidee (T4), 2023 Rogers Charity Classic runner-up, and PGA of America club professional Michael Block (T4) each posted bogey-free 65s.
• World Golf Hall of Fame member and 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Classic winner Retief Goosen (T10) carded a bogey-free 66 with an eagle at the par-5 11th; Canadian Mike Weir (T17) opened with a bogey-free 67.
• Cameron Beckman (T48) made a hole-in-one at the 174-yard, par-3 fifth, the ninth hole-in-one in Rogers Charity Classic history (previous: Ken Tanigawa, 2024/Round 2/hole 16).
• Seven past champions teed it up Friday: Richard Green (2025/63), Jerry Kelly (2022/65), Scott McCarron (2017-18/68), Ken Tanigawa (2024/69), Ken Duke (2023/69), Carlos Franco (2016/71) and Jeff Maggert (2015/73).
• Charles Schwab Cup No. 2 Zach Johnson and No. 10 Steven Alker (both T27) opened 68s.