The CJ Cup 2020 Live Free: Surprisingly (unless you've been following along), Hatton has won at the steadiest rate so far in 2020. He's won two of the 11 events he's played so far in 2020, including last week's BMW PGA Championship in the U.K., which bumped him to the No. 10 player in the Official World Golf Rankings.

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A set of winners has congregated near the top of this week's CJ Cup at Shadow Creek leaderboard as Tyrrell Hatton (-7) leads with Xander Schauffele (-6) and Jon Rahm (-5) just behind him after Round 1. They may not be the three biggest names in the field, but they all post wins at an impressive clip and are now the three biggest threats to take down this $9.75 million purse.

On Thursday, Hatton shot a 7-under 65 to pace the field despite not feeling all that well after 20 hours worth of traveling from England to Las Vegas for this week's PGA Tour event. He said after his round that his caddie has been waking up at 2:30 a.m. local time this week, but they still went out and threw together the best round the day in a field that's among the best of the year. Hatton started 5 under through his first five and played the next 13 in a tidy 2 under for the lead.

"Almost like I was in a dream," he said of the first five holes. "Five under through five I think we were, which holing out on the third hole ... that's a bonus from 87 yards. Yeah, we got off to a great start. It was nice to have momentum early. I imagine it would have been a lot tougher round if being as tired as I was we didn't quite have that momentum. To shoot that score today, I'm really happy with."