The Englishman and the American shot a 4-under-par 66 at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and have a one-shot lead over a five-player group, which includes Lee Westwood and Zach Johnson.

Notoriously one of the most difficult on the PGA Tour calendar, the Champions Course lived up to its reputation and the average score after the first round was 2-over-par.

On a day where wind caused havoc for a number of players as gusts often topped the 20 miles per hour, Lewis and English rode out the conditions better than anyone else.

“I struggled for a while, and then I think really things got so low that you couldn’t get any lower,” Lewis said at the end of his round. “So it was like, ‘Well, only good things can happen now.’”

The Englishman eagled the third hole and made birdies at the fifth and the 18th in a bogey-free round.

English, who is still searching for his first PGA Tour win since 2013, bogeyed the sixth and the 13th, but rescued his round with birdies at the first, seventh, 11th and 18th and an eagle at the third.

“I didn’t hit it my best, but I knew it was going to be one of those rounds you’re going to have to grind it out,” he said once back in the clubhouse.

“It’s windy out there, you’re going to have a lot of cross-winds, and it played really tough. My short game was on point, and I made some really good putts.”

Both leaders will start their second round from tee No. 10 on Friday, with English out with the first group alongside Harold Varner III, Kyoung-Hoon Lee at 6:45 a.m. ET.

Lewis, meanwhile, will tee off at 1:25 p.m. along with Rob Oppenheim and Mark Anderson.

Behind the leading duo, a five-man group comprising Zach Johnson, Cameron Tringale, J.T. Poston, Lee Westwood and Bryan Stuard is one shot behind, with Wyndham Clark, Brendan Steele and Doc Redman two shots adrift of the leaders.

Pre-tournament favorite Tommy Fleetwood finished with an even par 70, while former world No. 1 Brooks Koepka had a day to forget in his hometown tournament.

The four-time major winner, who was the bookmakers’ joint-favorite alongside Fleetwood, made a triple bogey and a double bogey over the course of four holes on the front nine and ended up with a 4-over-par 74.

Things went even worse for Keith Mitchell, the man who Koepka lost to at PGA National last year. The defending champion shot 75, despite making two birdies in the final two holes, while Rickie Fowler, who won the tournament in 2017 and finished second alongside Koepka last year, finished with a 6-over-par 76.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Friday.

Round 1 leaderboard

Tom Lewis, Harris English -4Zach Johnson, Cameron Tringale, J. T. Poston, Lee Westwood, Bryan Stuard -3Wyndham Clark, Brendan Steele, Doc Redman -2

Selected tee times (All times ET)

Tee No. 1

6:45 a. m. —Robert Streb, Beau Hossler, Mark Hubbard7:45 a. m. —Jim Herman, Aaron Wise, Rory Sabbatini7:55 a. m. —Brian Stuard, Scott Brown, Sungjae Im11:55 a. m. —Byeong Hun An, Xinjun Zhang, Erik van Rooyen12:05 p. m. —Ian Poulter, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford12:25 p. m. —Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Rickie Fowler12:35 p. m. —Justin Rose, Billy Horschel, Tommy Fleetwood12:45 p. m. —Charl Schwartzel, Emiliano Grillo, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

Tee No. 10

6:45 a. m. —Harris English, Harold Varner III, Kyoung-Hoon Lee7:05 a. m. —Chris Stroud, Kevin Streelman, Matt Wallace7:35 a. m. —Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland, Louis Oosthuizen7:45 a. m. —Brooks Koepka, Matthew Wolff, Keith Mitchell7:55 p. m. —Scott Stallings, Lee Westwood, Jamie Lovemark12:15 p. m. —C. T. Pan, Greg Chalmers, Jim Furyk12:25 p. m. —Ryan Palmer, Keegan Bradley, Lucas Glover1:25 p. m. —Rob Oppenheim, Mark Anderson, Tom Lewis