Trey Winstead, Michael Johnson share 54-hole lead at LECOM Suncoast Classic

Charting the co-leaders

Trey Winstead (T1/-15)

• Posts a third-round 6-under 65 via nine birdies (Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8-12, 14) against three bogeys; ties his career-low 54-hole score with 15-under 198 (other: 18-under 198/2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished second)
• Holds the second 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 31st start
• Previous lead/co-lead was at the 2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, where he entered the final round with a four-stroke lead, and lost to Taylor Dickson in a playoff
• Looks to become the third 54-hole leader/co-leader in the last seven playings of the LECOM Suncoast Classic to go on to win (others: Hayden Buckley/2021, Mark Hubbard/2019)
• Stands inside the top-five for the fourth time this season following 54 holes (others: T4/The Panama Championship/finished T17, T5/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T7, T5/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T7)
• Owns five made cuts in six events played this season, posting three top-25 finishes highlighted by two top-10s
• Making his second appearance at the LECOM Suncoast Classic (other: T61/2024)
• Finished No. 35 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning fully exempt status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season (top 75 from Points List)
• Spent the final four events of the 2024 season on the bubble for PGA TOUR membership (top 30 on Points List), but finished T44 at the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance after he entered the week at No. 32 in the standings
• Played five seasons at Louisiana State University (2017-22), where he was a two-time winner, and was notoriously coached by his father, Chuck Winstead, who assumed the Head Coach position in 2005-06

Michael Johnson (T1/-15)

• 36-hole co-leader posts a third-round 3-under 68; holds the second 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 149th start
• Previous 54-hole lead/co-lead was at the 2018 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH/finished T4
• Making fourth career start at the LECOM Suncoast Classic (best finish: T17/2019)
• Looks to become the third 54-hole leaders/co-leaders in the last seven playings of the LECOM Suncoast Classic to go on to win (others: Hayden Buckley/2021, Mark Hubbard/2019)
• Had made four cuts in seven starts this season (best finish: T13/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard)
• Finished No. 69 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning fully exempt status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season (top 75 from Points List); finished in the top 75 of the Points List for the first time since 2018, when he finished No. 55 in the standings
• Began the 2024 season with conditional status (finishers between Nos. 76-100 from 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List) and posted a T6 in the second event of the season, The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, to climb the priority ranking and play the remainder of the season
• Played five season at Auburn University (2011-16), where he was a five-time winner and a First-Team All-American his senior season; tied with Roland Thatcher for most single-season wins (three)

Additional notes

• Third-year member Alistair Docherty (T3/-14), who finished No. 32 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and narrowly missed out on a TOUR card (top 30 from Points List), ties his career-high 54-hole position and matches his lowest 54-hole score of his Korn Ferry Tour career with 14-under 199 (other: 14-under 199/2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/finished T4).
• Class of 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Ryan McCormick (T3/-14), who finished No. 161 in the FedExCup Fall standings on the PGA TOUR last season, looks to log his first top-10 finish of the season and stands inside the top-three following the third round for the first time in any PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since the 2023 NV5 Invitational on the Korn Ferry Tour (finished third).
• Class of 2022 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Augusto Núñez (T5/-13) stands inside the top-five following 54 holes for the first time since 2022 (most recent: T2/2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX/finished T3); has made the cut in all seven starts this season.
• Rookie Seungtaek Lee (T5/-13) stands inside the top-five entering the final round for the second time this season (other: T3/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/finished T6).
• Nick Gabrelcik (T7/-12), who finished No. 5 in the Class of 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking, records the lowest 54-hole score of his Korn Ferry Tour career with 12-under 201 (previous: 14-under 202/2024 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods/finished T7); stands inside the top-10 for the third time this season following 54 holes (others: T3/2025 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club/finished T6, T7/2025 The Panama Championship/finished T2).
• First- and second-round leader/co-leader Jorge Fernández Valdés (T12/-11) posts a third-round 1-over 72 to fall to T12.
• Eight players card the low round of the day in 6-under 65: Winstead, McCormick, Docherty, Nunez, Gabrelcik, Crowe, Joshua Creel (T7/-12) and Kyle Westmoreland (T12/-11).