Invited Celebrity Classic leaderboard: Who is leading the PGA tournament?

Round 1 of the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic concluded on April 19. The PGA Tour Champions and Charles Schwab Cup tournament is being played at the Las Colinas Country Club for a purse of $2.2 million and to raise money for charity.

Thomas Bjørn has the solo lead at 7-under. He carded a bogey-free round with four birdies on the front nine and three on the back nine. Jerry Kelly, Paul Broadhurst, Y.E. Yang and Clark Dennis are tied second at 6-under. Six players are tied for sixth at 5-under in the par 71 course.

Despite having a driving accuracy of 53.85%, Bjørn went 88.89% in the greens in regulation and 100% in scrambling.

Arjuna Award recipient Arjun Atwal carded a 2-under for the round to tie for 29th with 2023 Invited Celebrity champion Mark Hensby and 13 others. Hensby was the only player to card in an eagle for the round. He followed that on the third hole with a birdie on the next.

2021 PNC Championship winner John Daly is in last place at 8-over with 10 bogeys, six pars and two birdies.

The field features 78 PGA Tour players and 40 celebrities. PGA Tour players will follow a stroke play format, while the celebrities follow a modified stableford format of scoring.

Former tennis player Mardy Fish leads the celebrity leaderboard with 37 points, while LPGA star Annika Sorenstam follows at 35 points. John Smoltz, Josh Donaldson, Justin Williams and Taylor Twellman are tied for third with 34 points.

Round 2 of the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic has been suspended because of a projected storm accompanied by lightning in the Greater Dallas area. The Tournament committee has decided to re-format the 54-hole event to a 36-hole tournament due to the storm.

Play is set to resume on April 21 following the announced Round 2 tee times.

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2024 Invited Celebrity Classic Leaderboards

The top 20 of the professional leaderboard after Round 1 of the 2024 Invited Celebrity Classis stands at:

Position	Player	Round 1 Score
1	Thomas Bjørn	-7
T2	Jerry Kelly	-6
T2	Paul Broadhurst	-6
T2	Y.E. Yang	-6
T2	Clark Dennis	-6
T6	Olin Browne	-5
T6	John Senden	-5
T6	Corey Pavin	-5
T6	Jason Bohn	-5
T6	Chris DiMarco	-5
T6	Boo Weekley	-5
T12	Vijay Singh	-4
T12	David Toms	-4
T12	Paul Stankowski	-4
T12	Ken Tanigawa	-4
T12	Dough Barron	-4
T12	K.J. Choi	-4
T18	Brett Quigley	-3
T18	Alex Cejka	-3
T18	Brian Gay	-3
T18	Charlie Wi	-3
T18	Gene Sauers	-3
T18	Retief Goosen	-3
T18	Dicky Pride	-3
T18	Woody Austin	-3
T18	Bob Estes	-3
T18	Gibby Gilbert III	-3
T18	Greg Chalmers	-3

Top 20 celebrities standings after Round 1 of the 2024 Celebrity Invited Classic:

Position	Player	Round 1 Points
1	Mardy Fish	37
2	Annika Sorenstam	35
T3	John Smoltz	34
T3	Josh Donaldson	34
T3	Justin Williams	34
T3	Taylor Twellman	34
T7	Tony Romo	33
T7	Derek Lowe	33
T9	Adam Thielen	32
T9	Mark Mulder	32
11	Bud Norris	31
12	Ray Allen	30
T13	Phil Nevin	29
T13	Joe Carter	29
T13	Blair O'Neal	29
T16	Jon Lester	28
T16	Dwight Freeney	28
T18	Tom Galvine	27
T18	Alert Pujols	27
T18	Marty Turco	27

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