Trey Winstead, Steven Fisk share lead after Round 1 at UNC Health Championship

First-round leaderboard

Things to know

• Rookie Trey Winstead logs six birdies over his final eight holes to claim his second 18-hole co-lead of the season
• Steven Fisk, No. 3 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, led all players with nine birdies in the first round
• Daniel Summerhays was one of two players to have a bogey-free round and sits one shot behind the co-leaders
• Raleigh native Carter Jenkins sits three shots off the lead following a first-round 3-under 67
• After earning the start via a top-25 finish last week, Julian Suri sits T10 at 3-under par after 18 holes

First-round-lead notes

3 - First-round leaders/co-leaders to win the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH (Kyle Thompson (2007), Mark Hensby (2000) and Skip Kendall (1994))

0 - First-round leaders/co-leaders to win on Tour in 2024

Charting the co-leaders

Trey Winstead (Co-leader/-6)

• Clinched his second 18-hole lead/co-lead of the season
  • Held a share of the 18-hole lead at the 2024 Panama Championship where he eventually finished T5, the first top-10 of his career
• Made the turn at even-par following two birdies (Nos. 10, 12) and two bogeys (Nos. 15, 16) on his first nine holes before carding a bogey-free 6-under 29 on his second nine holes
• First-round 64 is tied for his lowest round on the Korn Ferry Tour (64/R3/LECOM Suncoast Classic)
• In his rookie season on the Tour, entered the week No. 22 on the points list
  • Has started all 11 events this season and logged two top-10 finishes
• Best finish of the season was runner-up at the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
  • Held the outright 54-hole lead in Chile, but fell to eventual champion Taylor Dickson on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2024 season via a T28 finish at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, guaranteeing 12 starts to begin the season
• Prior to this season, made one PGA TOUR-sanctioned start as an open qualifier at the 2023 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics where he finished T43
• Played five seasons collegiately at Louisiana State University (2017-22), where he was a two-time medalist at the David Thoms Intercollegiate and garnered a 2017-18 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team selection
• Plays from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Steven Fisk (Co-leader/-6)

• Carded a 6-under 64 by logging nine birdies, the most by any player Thursday, against three bogeys
  • Nine birdies came on eight par-4s (Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 18) and one par-3 (No. 3)
  • Three bogeys came on the par-3 sixth, par-5 12th and par-4 18th
• Marks his lowest first-round score on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous best: 65/2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic)
• Entered the week ranked third on the points list after recording two top-10 finishes in nine starts this season, including one win
• Clinched his first PGA TOUR-sanctioned victory in April at the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club
  • In the next event following his maiden title on Tour, Fisk placed T2 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic after falling to Tim Widing on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff
• Last season, finished No. 64 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn fully exempt membership for the 2024 season (top 75 from Points List)
• Originally joined the Korn Ferry Tour in 2022 and is making his 57th career start this week
• Played four seasons at Georgia Southern University (2015-19), amassing a school-record nine career wins, including six as a senior in 2018-19, and posting one of the lowest single-season scoring averages in NCAA Division I history as a senior (69.03)
  • Decorated collegiate career included 2019 All-America First Team recognition and back-to-back Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year awards in 2017-18 and 2018-19
• Plays from Stockbridge, Georgia and now resides in Evans, Georgia

Quotables

Steven Fisk on his first-round 6-under 64… “There's a lot of good, a little bit of bad. Hit a lot of really good wedge shots to pretty much tap in and then made some really nice par putts, especially on the back nine when things got pretty crispy out there. Overall, pretty solid.”

Steven Fisk on how Raleigh Country Club fits his style of play… “I grew up in Georgia, so the bermudagrass is definitely my favorite. Something about the way that irons and wedges come out, I've just always enjoyed. So there's a little bit of comfort there. Played a lot of Donald Ross courses over the years, so to be able to play that, have some more experience and kind of understand how those work definitely helps.”

Trey Winstead on his rookie season on the Tour up to this point… “I'd say it's been great. Especially coming in from not having status last year and playing APTs and a few Mondays here and there, I'm really happy with the start of the season. To be in the position I am, I'm very lucky and very blessed to be able to play out here.”

Trey Winstead on his goals in his first year on the Korn Ferry Tour… “Everyone’s going to want to be on the PGA TOUR next year, so my goal for this year was, if I can keep my card, I felt like that was very attainable, achievable. I’m just at that point where I just focus on trying to get a little bit better every day. If I continue to get better every day, then the results will come and kind of see where that ends up at the end of the year.”