Genesis Championship leaderboard: First round scores in full from South Korea
Genesis Championship leaderboard: Check out the scores from the first round of the Genesis Championship in South Korea on the DP World Tour.
1 | Haotong Li | -6 |
1 | Min-Kyu Kim | -6 |
3 | Alejandro Del Rey | -5 |
4 | Joseph Dean | -4 |
4 | Daniel Hillier | -4 |
4 | Elvis Smylie | -4 |
4 | David Micheluzzi | -4 |
4 | Tom Vaillant | -4 |
4 | Laurie Canter | -4 |
4 | Ewen Ferguson | -4 |
England's Laurie Canter and Scotland's Ewen Ferguson are only two strokes off the lead after 18 holes at the Genesis Championship.
Canter and Ferguson both returned 67s on Thursday at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in South Korea.
China's Haotong Li, a four-time DP World Tour winner, and home favourite MK Kim are the early pacesetters on six-under.
Li is enjoying somewhat of enjoying a career resurgence in 2025 having stepped back into the winner's circle at the Qatar Masters in February.
He also had top-five finishes in his home open, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Soudal Open.
Li contended at the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in July but couldn't keep up with Scottie Scheffler in the final round.
"Very pleased to finish like this, especially with a couple of up and downs on the last four holes," Li told Sky Sports Golf. "Those were very important to keep momentum going.
"The greens are very tricky and fast. You have to put yourself in the right positions, also off the tee as well. Off the tee, I did well until the last couple of holes. That's the key for the week.
Li is also closing in on a PGA Tour card for the 2026 campaign.
England's Marco Penge, who is second to Rory McIlroy in the Race to Dubai, has already secured his dual membership and is currently in the process of moving to the United States.
Kristoffer Reitan, Adrien Saddier, John Pary, Alex Noren, Daniel Brown and Jordan Smith are also in contention for PGA Tour cards.
Li would like to join them.
"I definitely just need to focus on my game," he added. "I know the points list (for PGA Tour cards) is getting tighter and tighter. I just need to play my game and hopefully there are some good results coming up."
Elsewhere, defending champion Ben Han carded an opening 76.
Former Masters champion Adam Scott has a battle to make the cut after carding an opening 74.
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