CALEDON, Ontario – The No. 1 player in the Fortinet Cup, Davis Lamb, fired a 6-under 65 on Saturday at the Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates, climbing to 18-under total and taking a two-stroke lead into the final round. The 28-year-old Maryland native carded seven birdies against a lone bogey and will look to close out his second win of the PGA TOUR Americas season on Sunday.

Lamb entered the week atop the Fortinet Cup standings and has shown no signs of slowing down. In eight starts this season, he’s recorded four top-10 finishes, highlighted by a win at the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship and a runner-up finish at the Bromont Open. His strong Segment I showing earned him conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for 2026 after finishing No. 2 in the Fortinet Cup standings at the conclusion of the Latin America Swing.

It’s been a bounce-back year for Lamb, who lost his Korn Ferry Tour status after finishing No. 120 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List. He regained status on PGA TOUR Americas via co-medalist honors at First Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School and has taken full advantage of the opportunity. His return to form echoes his breakout 2023 campaign on PGA TOUR Canada, where he won back-to-back events to start the season and ultimately finished No. 3 in the Fortinet Cup to earn conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for the 2024 season.

Originally from Potomac, Maryland, and now based in Jupiter, Florida, Lamb has been around the game for as long as he can remember. A multi-sport athlete growing up, he played everything from lacrosse and hockey to baseball and football before choosing to pursue golf full-time. His passion for the sport was sparked at Congressional Country Club, where both his parents played recreationally and where Lamb built many of his closest friendships. A former standout at Notre Dame and Florida Atlantic, Lamb turned professional in 2021 and now sits just one round away from another career milestone.

Final-round tee times of the Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates are set to begin at 7:20 a.m. ET and run through 1 p.m. on Sunday off the No. 1 tee in twosomes. 

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About Davis Lamb (first/-18)

• Stands No. 1 in the Fortinet Cup off the strength of four top-10s in eight starts, highlighted by his win at the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship and a runner-up finish at the Bromont Open
• Secured conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for the 2026 season after finishing No. 2 in the Fortinet Cup upon the conclusion of Segment I, which was awarded to the top two players in the standings
• Earned co-medalist honors at First Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School to initially earn status through the 2025 Latin America Swing on PGA TOUR Americas
• Finished No. 120 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to lose his status for the following season
• Played two seasons on PGA TOUR Canada and finished No. 3 in the 2023 Fortinet Cup to earn conditional status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2024 season; Lamb clinched back-to-back victories to start off the 2023 season on PGA TOUR Canada
• Turned professional in 2021 after playing four seasons at the University of Notre Dame (2016-20) followed by his graduate season at Florida Atlantic University (2020-21)
• Played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, football, and soccer growing up, but chose golf due to the sport being deeply ingrained in his life naturally – both his parents played casually when Lamb was growing up and it was also how he made many of his closest friendships, most notably at his home course at Congressional Country Club
• Has been golfing for as long as he remembers, and recalls hitting a ball around the kitchen with plastic clubs when he was younger
• Born and raised in Potomac, Maryland, and currently resides in Jupiter, Florida

Competition notes  

Course Setup: Par 71 / 6,983 yards; R3 average: 69.147

Weather: Sunny with a high of 24 (75). Wind from the northwest at 6-14 km/h with gusts up to 21 km/h.   

• Rookie Carson Bacha (T2/-16) cards 6-under 65 via an eagle on the par-5 10th and five birdies against one bogey; Bacha recorded his best finish in three starts at the Bromont Open, finishing solo third in what was his first career made cut as a professional.
• Two PGA TOUR University Class of 2025 alums are tied for second place at 16-under heading into the final round: Bacha, a recent Auburn alum, finished No. 14 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking to secure exempt status on PGA TOUR Americas for the North America Swing, in addition to Drew Goodman who finished No. 15 out of Oklahoma.
• First-year member Riley Lewis (T2/-16) improves his standing on the leaderboard after ending the first two rounds T5, and establishes a new career-high 54-hole position (previous best: T5/Explore NB Open/finished T6).
• Patrick Newcomb (T8/-14) posts the low round of the day in 8-under 63, carding the second-lowest 18-hole score of his career (best: 62/2024 BioSteel Championship) and best round of the season; stands inside the top 10 following 54 holes for the third time this season, and looks to record his third top-10 in his 10th start.
• Team Canada member Chris Crisologo (T15/-12) is the lone Canadian in the top-25 through three rounds of the Osprey Valley Open; Crisologo has made six consecutive cuts in seven starts this season.
• Argentina’s Marcos Montenegro (T22/-11) cards three straight rounds in the 60s and is the lead Latin with one round remaining; Montenegro (No. 30) is one of four Latins who entered the week inside the top 30 of the Fortinet Cup standings: No. 12 Vicente Marzilio, No. 14 Ricardo Celia and No. 21 Abel Gallegos.
• Second-year professional Mason Williams (T22/-11) records his second hole-in-one of the season on the 200-yard par-3 15th; it is Williams’ seventh career ace and second in three weeks on Tour (other: Bromont Open/No. 11/Round 2).
• The 514-yard par-5 first played as the easiest hole in the third round (-0.941 strokes under par).
• Hole No. 6, the 499-yard par-4, played as the toughest hole at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands Course) in the third round (+0.265 strokes over par).
• Yi Cao was assessed a one-stroke penalty during the third round of the Osprey Valley Open for exceeding the time allowed to play a stroke in accordance with the PGA TOUR Americas Pace of Play policy. Cao took 62 seconds to play his third stroke on the 12th hole, exceeding the time allowed to play the stroke by 22 seconds.