Round 1 coverage of the Farmers Insurance Open

Billy Horschel
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The Farmers Insurance Open is officially underway, as many of the best golfers in the world teed off on Wednesday morning. Below is the top leaderboard after Day 1 courtesy of ESPN.com. For the full leaderboard click here:

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Billy Horschel overtook Michael Thompson's lead and ended the day atop the leaderboard by 1 stroke, and discussed his round:

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Michael Thompson ended his round atop the leaderboard at 8-under par, but was ultimately passed by Billy Horschel. He discussed what worked so well for him afterwards:

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Rickie Fowler had a successful first round, finishing at -6. Fowler met with the media to discuss his play:

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C.T. Pan finished Round 1 with a score of 5-under par, and spoke with the media after his round:

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Pat Perez finished his day at even par, and discussed his round afterwards:

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