CALEDON, Ontario – Four players are tied at the top of the leaderboard at 9-under par after the opening round of the Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates. This marks the second time this season that at least four players have held a share of the lead following the first round.

Paul Chaplet, a second-year member of PGA TOUR Americas, turned in the first 9-under 62 of the day to take the clubhouse lead through the morning wave. The Costa Rican – and 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship winner – is coming off a strong showing during the Latin America Swing and has a newfound confidence in what is his second season in North America. Chaplet’s 9-under 62 in the first round matched his career-low 18-hole score, which he posted only three events ago in the second round of the Explore NB Open, finishing T18.

China’s Yi Cao also fired a 9-under round to join the lead group. Cao is making just his second PGA TOUR Americas start this season after spending the prior season on the Korn Ferry Tour. The Delta, British Columbia resident, finished No. 5 in the 2023 Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Canada to earn conditional Korn Ferry Tour status and looks to make a return to the Tour when 10 cards are awarded at the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship.

David Perkins, who already picked up a win earlier this summer at the Explore NB Open, kept the season’s momentum rolling with a strong start. Perkins carded an eagle and eight birdies against one bogey to post 9-under 63 and tie for the lead. Currently ranked No. 2 in the Fortinet Cup standings, the Illinois native looks to overtake the No. 1 spot from Davis Lamb, whom he trails by only eight points. Perkins finished No. 28 in the Fortinet Cup last season after logging three top-10s.

Rounding out the four co-leaders is 22-year-old rookie Drew Goodman, who has made the cut in all three of his starts since earning status in June, and each week, he’s steadily improved his finishes. The Oklahoma native finished No. 15 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking to earn exempt status on PGA TOUR Americas for the North America Swing, following a collegiate career that consisted of 10 top-five finishes in addition to a Trans-Mississippi Amateur title in 2024.

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s Heathlands Course is host to the Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates for the third time in the event’s five-year history. Second round tee times will begin at 7:30 a.m. ET and run through 2:42 p.m. ET off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees on Friday.

Charting the leaders

About Paul Chaplet (T1/9 under) 

• Second-year member on PGA TOUR Americas making his 26th career start
• Owns three top-25 finishes this season in nine starts and stands No. 44 in the Fortinet Cup
• Captured a season-best T8 finish at the final event of the Latin America Swing – the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship – to move inside the top 60 and secure exempt status for the North America Swing
• Finished No. 85 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup to retain conditional status for the 2025 Latin America Swing
• Although Chaplet finished No. 92 in the 2023 Totalplay Cup on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica, he was one of the top three finishers in the Dev Series Final, which earned him membership into the 2024 Latin America Swing of PGA TOUR Americas
• Earned his first PGA TOUR-sanctioned membership on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica in 2023
• Turned professional in 2021 after four combined seasons at Arizona State University (2017-20) and Sam Houston State University (2020-21)
• Won the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship at Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic, and earned an invitation to the 2016 Masters Tournament (missed cut); notably, he was the first Costa Rican to compete in the major

About Yi Cao (T1/9 under)

• Making his second start on PGA TOUR Americas this week and holds status on the Tour through his No. 94 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour in the prior season
• Earned his best finish of 2025 in his PGA TOUR Americas debut at the Bromont Open presented by Desjardins, posting a T38 result
• Has played in six PGA TOUR-sanctioned events in the 2025 calendar year thus far, including two PGA TOUR starts at the RBC Canadian Open and 3M Open (both missed cuts)
• Began the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season with conditional status (via No. 5 finish in 2023 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Canada) and finished No. 94 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning conditional membership for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season (finished between 76-100 on the Points List)
• Primarily split time between PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR China (2014-16, 2018), and earned his first Korn Ferry Tour card via finishing No. 5 in the 2023 Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Canada
• Turned professional in 2012 after moving to Canada at 15 years old from Beijing, China, to pursue a professional golf career
• Delta, British Columbia resident

About David Perkins (T1/9 under)

• Won the 2025 Explore NB Open to claim his first career victory
• Enters the week No. 2 in the Fortinet Cup, only trailing No. 1 Davis Lamb
• Finished the Latin America Swing as the No. 8 player in the Fortinet Cup with three top-10s
• Three-time winner on the Minor League Golf Tour; in February, won a two-day event at Indian Spring Country Club in Boynton Beach, Florida, with an eagle on the first playoff hole
• First professional victory came at the 2022 Illinois Open, held at White Eagle Golf Club in Naperville, Illinois, just 140 miles from his hometown of Peoria, Illinois
• Growing up, attended the John Deere Classic with his father; received a sponsor exemption into the 2021 John Deere Classic on his 23rd birthday (June 15, 2021)
• As an amateur, was ranked as high as 32nd in WAGR; finished runner-up at the 2020 Jones Cup behind champion Davis Thompson, and lost to Mac Meissner in a playoff at the 2020 Southern Amateur
• In five seasons at Illinois State (2016-21), posted 18 top-10s and one victory and was twice named Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Year
• Became a member of a PGA TOUR-sanctioned tour for the first time in 2024 when he finished runner-up to Jay Card III at the mid-season Q-School site in Dothan, Alabama
• Posted six top-20s, including three top-10s, and finished 28th in the 2024 Fortinet Cup to retain membership through the 2025 Latin America Swing

About Drew Goodman (T1/9 under)

• 22-year-old rookie on PGA TOUR Americas this season
• Has made all three cuts in each start on PGA TOUR Americas since earning status in June, and has improved his results with each start (68th/Explore NB Open, T27/Bromont Open presented by Desjardins, T16/Commissionaires Ottawa Open presented by Lepine Apartments)
• Made his professional debut at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship via open qualifying, and missed the cut by one stroke
• Finished No. 15 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking to earn exempt status on PGA TOUR Americas for the North America Swing
• Played four seasons at the University of Oklahoma (2021-25), earning 10 top-five finishes throughout his career as well as winning the 2024 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
• Born and resides in Norman, Oklahoma

Competition notes 

Course Setup: Par 71 / 6,983 yards; R1 average: 68.601
Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high of 23 (73). Wind from the northeast at 4-16 km/h with gusts up to 28 km/h.  

• Four first-round, co-leaders mark the second time this season there have been at least four players tied at the top of the leaderboard (other: fifth/KIA Open).
• Rookie Riley Lewis (T5/8 under) records a career-low 18-hole score via nine birdies against one birdie to post 8-under 63 and stand T5; sits inside the top 10 following 18 holes for the fifth time this season.
• Sponsor exemption and Team Canada member Johnny Travale (T7/7 under) posts bogey-free 7-under 64 in his first start of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Americas; Travale finished No. 154 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup to lose his status for this season.
• Conditional Korn Ferry Tour member Charles Reiter (T14/6 under) posts 6-under 65 via an eagle on the par-5 first and five birdies against one bogey in his PGA TOUR Americas debut.
• Hole No. 1, the 514-yard par-5, played as the easiest hole in the first round (-0.949 strokes under par), and recorded 31 eagles in addition to 90 birdies.
• Hole No. 15, the 200-yard par-3, played as the toughest hole at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in the first round (+0.282 strokes over par)..