A morning storm delay led to the first round being halted by darkness with 30 players from the field of 156 being forced to finish their opening round on Friday.
Garcia finished early while Lee was among the late finishers and Wagner made his final putt in twilight. All three started on the back nine and went bogey-free.
It was a great time for Garcia to find his form with the US Open only a month away.
“I’ve been playing decent and obviously I still feel like I can play better,” Garcia said. “Hopefully I can keep this momentum going and have a good solid week before the US Open.”
Garcia’s only US tour triumph since the 2008 Players Championship was in 2012 at Greensboro. His most recent title came last December at the Ho Tram Open in Vietnam on the Asian Tour.
“It was a great round of golf,” Garcia said. “I played pretty solid.”
Garcia sank a 17-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole to make the turn at one-under. At the par-3 second, he landed a tee shot three feet from the cup and made the birdie putt.
After adding a five-foot birdie putt on the fouth hole, Garcia ran off a 26-foot birdie putt at the sixth, eagled the par-5 seventh from 58 feet and followed with a 10-foot birdie putt at the eighth hole.
“I had a couple of pretty nice saves and I really got going on the (second) nine,” Garcia said. “I made a couple of bombs out there and that really helped.”
South Korean-born Kiwi Lee, who won his first PGA event at last year’s Greenbrier Classic, began his round with three birdies, the last of them from 21 feet.
Garcia sank a 17-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole to make the turn at one-under. At the par-3 second, he landed a tee shot three feet from the cup and made the birdie putt.
After adding a five-foot birdie putt on the fouth hole, Garcia ran off a 26-foot birdie putt at the sixth, eagled the par-5 seventh from 58 feet and followed with a 10-foot birdie putt at the eighth hole.
“I had a couple of pretty nice saves and I really got going on the (second) nine,” Garcia said. “I made a couple of bombs out there and that really helped.”
South Korean-born Kiwi Lee, who won his first PGA event at last year’s Greenbrier Classic, began his round with three birdies, the last of them from 21 feet.
He sank a 34-foot birdie putt at the 15th and a 13-footer at the fourth, birdied the par-5 seventh and rolled in a 19-foot birdie putt at the eighth to grab a share of the lead.
