Davis Chatfield holds the clubhouse lead Thursday at the NV5 Invitational, which was suspended due to darkness at 8:19 p.m. local time with 20 players needing to complete their first round. This was the second stoppage of the day with dangerous weather pausing play at 2:32 p.m. and resuming at 4:30 p.m. after a 1 hour and 58 minute delay.

The first round will resume at 7:30 a.m. on Friday.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Davis Chatfield (first/9 under)

• Made six birdies in his opening nine holes (Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18) for a 6-under 29, rolled in three more birdies on his second nine (at Nos. 1, 2, 4) for a career-best, bogey-free 9-under 62 (previous best: 8-under 63/2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/R2)
• Career-high, 18-hole position in 67 previous Korn Ferry Tour starts was T2 (2025 Panama Championship/finished T17)
• One of four players with multiple runner-up finishes this season; finished T2 at the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH and took solo second at the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
• In 18 starts this season, owns eight top 25 finishes with five top 10s
• Made the cut in two previous starts at the NV5 Invitational; finished T3 in 2024 for his best result at the event (2023/T75)
• Finished No. 44 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to maintain fully exempt membership for the 2025 season; he previously finished No. 62 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Played five seasons at the University of Notre Dame (2017-22), earning a 2022 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team selection as a fifth-year senior

Additional notes

• Cooper Dossey (T2/8 under), who finished No. 76 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, made 10 birdies in the first round (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18) to pace the field.
• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Caleb VanArragon (T2/8 under) is poised to hold his best position after the first round and stands inside the top five for the second time this season (previous: T3/Astara Chile Classic/finished T75).
• Ian Gilligan (T4/7 under), who finished No. 4 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, posts a 7-under 64 with seven birdies (Nos. 1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18) against one bogey on the par-4 12th.
• Julian Suri (T4/7 under), who began the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season as a conditional member, posts a bogey-free, 7-under 64 and currently holds his best 18-hole position [previous best after 18 holes: T8 at the 2024 Visit Knoxville Open (finished T22) and 2025 UNC Health Championship (MC)].
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Neal Shipley (T4/7 under) currently stands inside the top five after 18 holes for the third time this season and is bidding to become the 14th player in Tour history to achieve the Three-Victory Promotion, earning an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR.
• Including Shipley, four winners from the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season currently stand T8 or better: Sudarshan Yellamaraju (T8/6 under), Logan McAllister (T8/6 under) and Johnny Keefer (T8/6 under).