The first round of the 2025 Baycurrent Classic is in the books.

The PGA Tour's lone event in Japan kicked off a bit early Thursday, Oct 9 (or Wednesday, Oct. 8 night for those of us in the United States) thanks to a typhoon south of the country, causing havoc on the course. While the leaders shot 4 under to begin, there were more than twice as many players to shoot over par than under in the opening round as wins of 20 to 30 wreaked havoc at Yokohama Country Club, a new venue for the tournament with a new sponsor this year.

Here's what you missed while you were sleeping from the Baycurrent Classic:

New year, new course, Greyserman still contends

Last year, Max Greyserman finished a shot behind Nico Echavarria at Accordia Narashino Country Club, one of three runner-up finishes he had in 2024. And to kick off the Baycurrent Classic, no one is beating him after 18 holes.

Greyserman opened in 4-under 67, tied with Brian Campbell and Bud Cauley for the early lead at Yokohama Country Club. Tee times on Thursday were moved up a couple hours to help players try to beat the worst conditions from a typhoon passing to the south of Japan. Only 24 of the 78 players in the field shot under par, but Greyserman picked up right where he left off in Asia.

"I really like the golf course," he said. "It's different than last year's golf course. Last year it was a more straightforward test, kind of narrow, can you put the ball in play, can you put it on the green, kind of flat greens, and this golf course is very much like maybe Northeast golf, lot of slope on the golf course, around the greens, on the greens. So a lot of runoffs, a lot of runoffs, bunkers, fairway runoffs. I enjoy playing that style of golf maybe like a Pinehurst No. 2 type of golf where everything's shaved around the greens. I think it's maybe more fun to play and there's more creativity."

His creativity showed off Thursday, gaining nearly 2 strokes around the greens and 2.3 strokes on them. He lost strokes on approach, but his short game and putting helped him be tied for the early lead, still in search of his first victory.

"I love playing in Japan," Greyserman said. "It's a great culture, respectful people, respectful fans. In the U.S. I don't usually get claps when I hit it to 30 feet and here I do. I feel like they maybe look at golf more of like an art form or they're trying to learn, especially when I'm on the range and stuff I see people trying to imitate my swing and stuff like that whereas in the U.S. it's more of like an entertainment product. So it's fun being over here. Good food too, I'm not going to complain about that."

Crazy Brian Campbell stat

Campbell is one of six two-time winners on the PGA Tour in 2025. However, when he hasn't won (both of his wins have come in playoffs at the Mexico Open and John Deere Classic), he had been a middle-of-the-road golfer.

In 21 starts, Campbell has missed 11 cuts. Outside of his wins, his best finish is T-32. It has been feast or famine for the 32-year-old, but history suggests good things to come in Japan.

Campbell opened in 4-under 67, finishing 5 under in his last six holes after making bogey on three of his first five holes. He lost nearly two strokes off the tee, but his approach play and putting helped him reset after a poor start.

"I started on 10 and that's definitely the harder side," Campbell said. "I mean, it's blowing 20 to 30 at times. Really just trying to stay in the tournament and save pars when you can, take advantage of the downwind holes, and made some good par saves. I played my front nine really solid and then just caught fire on my last four holes basically. It was just a solid round that turned into really good at the end."

Adam Scott does a lot of thinking

There aren't many things in the golf world as timeless as Adam Scott is. He has been a factor on the worldwide stage his entire career, and in Japan, that's no different after the first round.

The Aussie opened in 3-under 68 and is one behind the lead pack at Yokohama Country Club. He's a part of an eight-way tie for fourth, including Sahith Theegala, Sam Ryder and others. But how did Scott get off to a great start in difficult conditions?

"I think it made us think a lot out there," he said. "We didn't practice out here with 25-mile-an-hour, 30-mile-an-hour wind, so there were a couple of holes, certainly the dogleg holes all of a sudden require some thought off the tee as to what you're going to hit.

"And a few of the shots into the greens you had to get creative with, too. You just couldn't float your wedges up into the air into that kind of strong wind. The course held up well and I think it was a good test today."

He birdies four of his first five holes with a bogey in the stretch, too, before 12 straight pars coming home. It's a score he's happy with considering the conditions, but he also wouldn't mind if the wind continues to blow.

"Well, I actually think the wind kind of helps me so I don't mind if it blows a little bit tomorrow," he said. "Maybe not this hard, but I'd like to see some wind the rest of the week, I think it kind of levels it all out a bit in my favor."

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Baycurrent Classic 2025: First round scores, updates, highlights

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