Cole Hammer takes two-stroke lead into Sunday at Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank

Cole Hammer expands his lead to two strokes heading into the final round of the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank.

Charting the leader

Cole Hammer (first/-15)

• Seeking first career Korn Ferry Tour victory in his 51st career start on Tour
• Cards 4-under 67 via five birdies against one bogey to take a two-stroke lead over 36-hole co-leader Davis Chatfield
• Holds his first 54-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event, with his previous career-high 54-hole position being T5/2024 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard (finished sixth)
• Would become the first player this season to hold both the second- and third-round leads and go on to win
• Looks to become the fourth first-time winner this season (alongside Hank Lebioda, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, and Kyle Westmoreland)
• Leads the field with 20 birdies through 54 holes
• One of eight players who shared the 18-hole lead at last week’s 118th VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro (finished T68), which marked his first lead/co-lead of any kind in a Korn Ferry Tour event
• Finished T26 at the 2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, his only previous appearance in this week’s event
• Finished No. 65 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn fully exempt status for the 2025 season; he previously finished No. 161 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in what was his first full season on Tour
• Finished No. 5 in the 2022 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at the University of Texas (2018-22), where he won four collegiate events, including medalist honors at the 2021 Big 12 Conference Championship
• Earned the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking upon conclusion of the elite amateur season

Additional notes

• The 36-hole co-leader Davis Chatfield (second/-13) posts 2-under 69 and sits in second place through 54 holes for the second time this season (other: T2/2025 The Panama Championship/finished T17).
• Logan McAllister (T3/-12) ties the low round of the day in 8-under 63; establishes a new career-high 54-hole position (previous: T6/2023 LECOM Suncoast Classic, lost in a playoff to three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Scott Gutschewski to finish runner-up).
• Chandler Blanchet (T3/-12), a conditional member in his fourth season on the Korn Ferry Tour, records the best 54-hole position of his career since the 2020 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health (T3/finished T36).
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour runner-up S.H. Kim (T5/-11) establishes a season-best 54-hole position; stands inside the top 10 through 54 holes for the third time in what is his fifth start this season (T6/118th VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro/finished T2; T7/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished P2); leads the membership in most consecutive rounds at par or better for the 2025 season (19).
• Runner-up of the 2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, Trey Winstead (T5/-11), matches his career-low round for the second time this season and ties the low round of Round 3 in 8-under 63; previously carded 9-under 63 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club earlier this season.
• Korn Ferry Tour rookie Kensei Hirata (T5/-11), a six-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour and the highest-ranked player in the field, stands inside the top five through 54 holes for the second time in what marks his fifth career start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: 4th/2025 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T2).
• In his first full season on the Korn Ferry Tour, Christo Lamprecht (T9/-9) stands inside the top 10 through 54 holes for the third time this season (previous: T2/2025 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished 4th; T3/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/finished T2).
• Conditional member Bryson Nimmer (T13/-8) cards a bogey-free 6-under 65 and stands T13 through 54 holes in his first start of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season; finished T88 at Final Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School to earn conditional status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season.
• Augusto Núñez (T30/-6) aced the 221-yard, par 3 15th and records his third hole-in-one in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event; has made all five cuts this season to climb the Korn Ferry Tour Priority Ranking following the first reshuffle.