Davis Chatfield holds lead after Round 3 at Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Davis Chatfield (1st/-9)

• Posts a third consecutive 3-under 69, overcoming a double bogey on No. 6 and another bogey on No. 9 with six birdies (Nos. 2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 16)
• First 54-hole lead/co-lead of his career in what is his 59th start on Tour (previous: T2/2025 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished 2nd; 2nd/2025 Panama Championship/finished T17)
• Held a share of the 36-hole lead; fifth of his Korn Ferry Tour career and fourth of the 2025 season (T1/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T7; 1st/Panama Championship/finished T17; T1/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished second)
• Bidding for first career Korn Ferry Tour victory and to become the seventh first-time winner this season
• Owns seven made cuts in nine starts this season with three top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the Astara Chile Classic
• Finished No. 44 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to maintain fully exempt membership for the 2025 season; he previously finished No. 62 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Played five seasons at University of Notre Dame (2017-22), earning a 2022 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team selection as a fifth-year senior

Additional notes

• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Kensei Hirata (T2/-7), a six-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, records the best 54-hole position of his career in what is his ninth start on Tour (previous: T4/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic/finished T2).
• 36-hole co-leader Shad Tuten (T2/-7), who entered the season with conditional status after finishing No. 78 on the 2024 Points List, stands inside the top five through 54 holes for the first time since the 2023 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club (T3/finished T2).
• Canadian Stuart Macdonald (fourth/-6), who was a winner on PGA TOUR Americas last season (Diners Club Peru Open), cards a 1-under 71 and holds his best 54-hole position of the season (previous: T27/LECOM Suncoast Classic/finished T65).
• Jeremy Gandon (T5/-5), who won The Club Car Championship earlier this season, made birdies on his final two holes of the day en route to a 4-under 68
• The Charpey, France native is bidding to become the first multiple-time winner on Tour this season.
• Rookie Caleb VanArragon (T19/-2), who made the 36-hole cut on the number, overcame a double bogey on his opening hole to card the low round of the day with a 5-under 67.