7:20 p.m. — Sebastian Munoz and Chesson Hadley share the overnight lead at the John Deere Classic after opening round 63s. Munoz closed with five straight birdies to reach that mark, while Hadley made birdies at the par-3 seventh and par-4 eighth to tie Munoz.
Chez Reavie, Camilo Villegas and Hank Lebioda, who got to 8-under before dropping a shot at his final hole, are one stroke back at 7 under.
There were 101 players to break par in the first round.
The second round begins at 6:45 a.m. Friday.
5:50 p.m. — Sebastian Munoz closed with five straight birdies to take the outright lead in the first round of the 50th John Deere Classic. Munoz finished at 8-under 63.
Munoz had nine birdies and one bogey in his round. He was at 3-under par when stepping to the tee box at 14. He birdied the next five holes to take a one-shot lead over Camilo Villegas, Chez Reavie, Chesson Hadley and Hank Lebioda.
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5:35 p.m. — Hank Lebioda and Sebastian Munoz surged to the top of the leaderboard late in the afternoon in the first round of the 50th John Deere Classic.
Lebioda, a 27-year-old Floridian who has been in the top 10 in the past two PGA Tour events, birdied his 12th hole and Munoz got a birdie at No. 17 to tie with Chez Reavie and Camilo Villegas at 7-under par.
Reavie and Villegas both fired opening rounds of 64 in the morning group.
Sitting at 6-under were 2016 JDC champion Ryan Moore, Chesson Hadley and Nick Taylor. Moore played in the morning but Hadley and Taylor are still on the course.
4:15 p.m. — Chez Reavie and Camilo Villegas continue to be tied for the lead in the 50th John Deere Classic but several players in the afternoon group are creeping closer to the top of the leaderboard.
Reavie and Villegas both fired opening rounds of 64 to sit at 7-under, one stroke ahead of 2016 JDC champion Ryan Moore. Luke List, Kevin Tway, Cameron Champ and Michael Gellerman all were in the clubhouse at 5-under.
Des Plaines, Ill., native Doug Ghim, playing in the afternoon, was 5-under with four holes to play and there were nine afternoon entries already at 4-under. Among them was Hank Lebioda, who still had 11 holes in which to improve his score.
Former champion Zach Johnson, who started strong in the afternoon, had dropped back to 1-under.
3:15 p.m. — Chez Reavie and Camilo Villegas are tied for the lead and a familiar face is creeping up the leaderboard as the first round of the 50th John Deere Classic continues.
Reavie and Villegas both fired opening rounds of 64 to sit at 7-under, one stroke ahead of 2016 JDC champion Ryan Moore. Luke List, Kevin Tway, Cameron Champ and Michael Gellerman were tied for fourth at 5-under.
Zach Johnson, the 2012 JDC champion, birdied four of the first five holes before bogeying No. 7 to make the turn at 3-under.
12:15 p.m. — Luke List is your clubhouse leader of the 50th John Deere Classic PGA Tour event.
The 36-year-old carded seven birdies to offset two bogeys (3 and 18) to post an opening-round 66 at TPC Deere Run.
At the time, he was one stroke behind 2016 JDC champ Ryan Moore and Chez Reavie.
One of the morning marquee groups finished and the results were mixed for three former JDC champs – Dylan Frittelli, Brian Harman and Steve Stricker. Defending champ Frittelli carded a 3-under 68 to begin his title defense. Harman, the 2014 winner at Deere Run and three-time champ Stricker both opened with 1-under 70s.
10:30 a.m. — Under overcast skies, 2007 champ Jonathan Byrd got the 2021 John Deere Classic off and running Thursday morning at TPC Deere Run.
And it didn't take long for the birdies to start falling in the historic 50th anniversary event.
By mid morning, 48 of the 78 golfers on the par-71 facility were under par with Danny Lee leading the way. Starting on the back nine at Deere Run, Lee birdied holes 10, 14, 17 and 18 to make the turn at 4-under and added a par at the par-4 first hole.
Seven others were at 3-under, a group that included Cam Davis who is looking to go back-to-back on the PGA Tour after winning last week's Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.
Dylan Frittelli, the 2019 JDC champ, was 1-under through nine holes to begin his long-awaited title defense that was put on hold by the cancellation of last year's event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There was one change to the field before the tournament began this morning. Hunter Mahan withdrew because of a lower back injury and was replaced in the field by Parker McLachlin.
