Luke Guthrie holds two-stroke lead after Round 1 of suspended The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club

The first round was suspended due to darkness at 5:45 p.m. ET and will resume Monday at 7 a.m., with 38 players needing to complete the first round. The second round will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Charting the leader

Luke Guthrie (First/7-under)

• Poised to hold the third first-round lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour Career in what is his 130th start on Tour (most recent; 2018 BMW Charity Pro-Am by TD SYNNEX/finished T24)
• Finished T76 at last week’s The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island in what was his first start on Tour since the 2023 season
• Making his fourth career start this week at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club; made the cut in all three previous starts (best finish; T24/2017)
• Opening round 7-under 65 marks the lowest round of his career at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic (previously; 68/R2/2018)
• Gained Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2025 season by earning medalist honors at Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, guaranteeing starts in the first eight events of the season
• Earned his first PGA TOUR card at the conclusion of the 2012 Korn Ferry Tour season; he captured victories at the WNB Golf Classic and Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron to secure a No. 2 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour money list
• Made 59 cuts in 106 starts on the PGA TOUR with seven top-10 finishes, including a podium finish at the 2013 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
• Played collegiately at the University of Illinois for four seasons (2008-12), helping the Fighting Illini win four consecutive Big Ten Conference Championships and winning seven times as an individual, including a pair of Big Ten titles in 2011 and 2012
• Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, resident

Additional player notes

• Korn Ferry Tour winner Austin Smotherman (second/5-under), who finished fourth in last week’s season opener, posts a 5-under 68 and eyes his third made cut at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in what is his fourth career start in the event.
  • The Dallas, Texas, resident finished inside the top 25 in his two previous made cuts at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic (T4/2024; T19/2020).
• Tanner Gore (T3/4-under), who finished No. 66 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn fully exempt status for the 2025 season, holds the best 18-hole position of his career in what is his 30th start on Tour; surpasses his previous best first round position of T4 that he set last time out at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island.
• First-year Korn Ferry Tour member Samuel Anderson (T3/4-under), who earned medalist honors at Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, records a 4-under 68 in Sunday’s opening round.
  • Made 16 starts on PGA TOUR Americas during the 2024 season, logging six made cuts and five top-10 finishes with a runner-up at the Diners Club Peru Open.
• Hank Lebioda (T3/4-under), who claimed his first career Korn Ferry Tour victory at last week’s The Bahamas Golf Classic, is the only player in the field to complete the opening round bogey-free with a 4-under 68.
• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Johnny Keefer (T13/3-under), who finished No. 1 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Americas to earn fully exempt status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season, made four birdies in a five-hole stretch (Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9) against one bogey (No. 18) en route to a 3-under 69.
  • Finished No. 25 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University rankings to earn exempt membership into North America Swing of the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season.
  • In 10 starts on PGA TOUR Americas last season, Keefer finished inside the top 10 in all but one start, recording four runners-up and one win (CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open) to secure the No. 1 spot in the Fortinet Cup.