Things to know

• Steve Allan recorded the best round of his PGA TOUR Champions career with a bogey-free 63 to take a two-shot lead over Doug Barron into Saturday’s second round of play at the DICK’S Open.

Steve Allan (9-under)

• Allan is looking to secure his second win of the season after claiming his maiden Tour title at The Galleri Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino, which snapped a winless streak of 8,162 days (22 years, four months, six days) dating back to the 2002 Holden Australian Open; He would become the third player with multiple 2025 victories with a win this week.
• Allan is making his second career start at the DICK’S Open after a T6 effort in 2024, where he was solo-second after 18 holes with a 7-under 65.
• His round tied the low opening-round score at the DICK’S Open, matching Joe Ozaki in 2008.
• He earned the second 18-hole lead/co-lead of his Champions Tour career (2024 Invited Celebrity Classic, T3); the last player to hold at least a share of the first-round lead at the DICK’S Open and go on to win was Barron (65/T1) in 2019.

Additional notes

• The 2019 champion, Doug Barron, posted a 7-under 65 to sit solo-second through 18 holes, matching the same opening-round score from the year he won. He owns four top-25 finishes in four career appearances at the event; entered the week with three top-10 finishes in 2025, including a season-best T2 at the American Family Insurance Championship (with partner Dicky Pride). He's looking to become the third player in tournament history to capture multiple titles.
• Making his tournament debut, Jerry Kelly is one of five players to open with 6-under 66, T3. He won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in April for his 13th career Champions Tour title and finished solo-second at the Regions Tradition but has not finished inside the top 20 in four starts since then.
• Paul Goydos opened with a 5-under 67 to sit T8. The 2016 champion is third on the event’s all-time earnings list with $714,751, thanks to the win and three additional top-five finishes. He has finished outside the top 25 just one time in 12 career starts (T26/2008).
• Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who has won four times this year, opened with a 3-under 69 (T20). He owns five top-10 finishes at the DICK’S Open in his last five starts, including a T3 in 2021.
• Rochester, New York, native Jeff Sluman, making his second start of the 2025 season, opened with a 4-under 68 to sit T10. He won the 2001 B.C. Open at En-Joie G.C. as one of six victories in his PGA TOUR career. He owns one top 10 in 11 career appearances at the DICK’S Open (T10/2018).
• Making his PGA TOUR Champions debut, three-time TOUR winner and 2006 B.C. Open champion John Rollins posted a 2-under 70 (T31). His win marked the last playing of the event, which was contested at Atunyote Golf Club due to severe flooding of the adjacent Susquehanna River.
• Open qualifier Gordon Burns posted 4-under 68 (T10). The 51-year-old Canadian is playing in his fourth career PGA TOUR Champions event. He previously competed in the 2025 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame (T28), 2024 Rogers Charity Classic (T73) and 2024 The Ally Challenge (T55), open qualifying into all three events.
• Seven past DICK’S Open champions are in the field: Cameron Beckman/2021 (73/T56), Barron/2019 (65/second), Paul Goydos/2016 (67/T8), Jeff Maggert/2015 (69/T20), Bernhard Langer/2014 (71/T45), Willie Wood/2012 (68/T10) and John Huston/2011 (69/T20).