David Lipsky part of 4-way tie for Bank of Utah lead

David Lipsky eagled his final hole and found himself part of a four-way tie for the lead when play was suspended due to darkness at the Bank of Utah Championship on Thursday in Ivins, Utah.

Lipsky posted a 6-under-par 65, as did Sweden's Jesper Svensson and Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen. Austin Cook was 6 under through 13 holes when play was halted at 6:47 p.m. local time. The round will resume Friday morning.

The tournament at Black Desert Resort is in its second season as part of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall schedule. Players who finish the fall inside the top 100 are guaranteed full tour cards for the 2026 season.

That means Thursday's strong start is good news for Lipsky, who entered the week No 99 in the standings, as well as Svensson (No 115), Olesen (No 116) and Cook (No 204).

Lipsky, 37, has won on the European and Asian tours but not yet on the PGA Tour.

At the par-5, 610-yard finishing hole Thursday, his second shot traveled 292 yards and settled less than 9 feet from the pin, allowing him to sweep in an eagle putt to close a round with five birdies and one bogey.

Lipsky said of his approach shot on No 18, "Luckily (it) was a little into the wind, which actually helped the shot. So it sort of took (hitting too) long out of play, so I could hit it as hard as I wanted to. Pulled off the shot, got the right bounces."

He added, "I hit it close a lot today, so I had a lot of tap-in birdies. I also had quite a few like mid-range putts, like 10 to 15 feet, and burnt a lot of edges today. So I was really happy to see that last one go in and give me some confidence going into tomorrow."

Svensson had back-to-back birdies twice during his bogey-free round.

He admitted that his game wasn't in the best shape entering the tournament, but he added, "Sometimes it's quite nice to go in and it's not really feeling well. You have no expectations of really doing anything good. Like my short-range putts still didn't feel great today. Rolled in a few good little longer putts which made up for it."

Olesen birdied five of his last seven holes after beginning his round on the course's back nine.

"It was a nice surprise," Olesen said of his hot finish. "... Felt like the body and the swing was a lot better than last couple of days. Yeah, felt like I hit a lot of good iron shots, rolling some nice putts, especially on the last nine holes."

One stroke off the pace, a seven-way tie included former PGA Tour winners Cameron Champ, Nick Dunlap and Ryan Gerard at 5-under-par 66.

Sahith Theegala, working his way back from a neck injury that disrupted his summer, opened his tournament with a 3-under 68, as did Australia's Jason Day.

Matt McCarty, the tournament's inaugural champion, shot a 2-under 69 on Thursday.