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2023 Wells Fargo Championship leaderboard, scores: Tommy Fleetwood overtakes Xander Schauffele late in Round 1
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A bogey-free round gives Fleetwood the overnight lead after trouble for Schauffele late
Pristine conditions prevailed Thursday as the Wells Fargo Championship returned to Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, a venue that was a one-time omission from the 2022 PGA Tour as it hosted the Presidents Cup. And plenty of the game's top names sought to make moves early at the latest designated PGA Tour event for 2023, boasting a purse of $20 million and a $3.6 million paycheck for the winner.
Xander Schauffele appeared primed to take the overnight lead late in the round after back-to-back birdies put him two strokes clear of the field with just three holes to play. But the closing three holes at Quail Hollow -- coined 'The Green Mile' -- are not for the faint of heart, and two bogeys for Schauffele in that stretch flipped the leaderboard. Tommy Fleetwood emerged on top after firing a bogey-free, 6-under 65 that included two birdies in the same stretch that bit Schauffele.
Schauffele, whose tee shot on the par-4 18th found the hazard, wasn't the only player in his group to encounter trouble late, either. Jordan Spieth was 2 under for the round while standing on the 18th tee box, but a pair of shots into the hazard led to a triple-bogey 7 on that hole and a 1-over 72 for the day.