Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Dalton Ward (first/-9)

• Cards 9-under 62, highlighted by eagles on all three par 5s (Nos. 2, 3, 16), plays his final 13 holes in 10-under par to tie his career-low round on the Korn Ferry Tour (2024 Visit Knoxville Open/Round 2)
• Ties a Korn Ferry Tour record for most eagles in a single round, marking the 43rd occurrence in Tour history (most recent: Trent Phillips/2024 Veritex Bank Championship/Round 1)
• Holds his second 18-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (2024 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship/finished T76)
• Finished T24 at the 2024 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron in what was his second start at the event (MC/2023)
• Finished No. 41 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List after beginning the season without membership; he earned Special Temporary Membership off the strength of third-place finishes as an open qualifier at the 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Marco (T3) and AdventHealth Championship (3rd)
• Previously finished No. 135 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Played four consecutive seasons on PGA TOUR Canada (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)

Additional notes

• Korn Ferry Tour winner Julian Suri (T2/-8) cards 8-under 27 on the back nine (his front nine for Round 1), tying the Korn Ferry Tour record for lowest 9-hole score with the 12th 9-hole score of 27 in Tour history (most recent: Kevin Velo/2024 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Neal Shipley (T2/-8) is bidding to tie the Korn Ferry Tour record for consecutive top-10s (six, shared by Doug Martin/1993, Tom Gillis/2009, John Mallinger/2011, Adrien Dumont de Chassart/2023) and to achieve the Three-Victory Promotion, which would earn him an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR and grant him eligibility for the upcoming FedExCup Fall events.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Johnny Keefer (T2/-8) opens with bogey-free 8-under 63; he is bidding to achieve the Three-Victory Promotion, which would earn him an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR and grant him eligibility for the upcoming FedExCup Fall events.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T2/-8) records eagles at the par-5 second and 16th en route to 8-under 63, his fifth round of 63 or lower this season on Tour (59/Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open/Round 1; 63, three times).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Christo Lamprecht (T8/-6), who won last week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse, cards a fifth consecutive round in the 60s.
• Upon conclusion of this week’s Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, the top 156 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events.