Four tied at top after two rounds at Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya

There are four players tied for the lead following two rounds of the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya.

Charting the Co-leaders (stats entering week)

Davis Chatfield (T1/-6)

• Cards a second consecutive 3-under 69 with five birdies (Nos. 4, 5, 12, 14, 16) against two bogeys (Nos. 8, 15)
• Holds his fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead 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 2nd)
• 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

Shad Tuten (T1/-6)

• Posts a 3-under 69 for a second consecutive round, rolling in four birdies (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 18) with only one bogey (No. 15)
• Holds fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career and first since the 2023 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health (finished T6)
• Made six cuts in eight starts this season, highlighted by a T15 finish at the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club
• Began the 2025 season with conditional status after a No. 78 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points; finished inside the top 75 on the points list the prior two seasons (32nd/2023; 59th/2022)

Bryson Nimmer (T1/-6)

• Cards the second-lowest score of the week with a 5-under 67 to follow up his opening 1-under 71
• Holds first 36-hole lead/co-lead of his career in what is his 50th start on Tour (previous best: T8/2024 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/finished T12)
• Owns two made cuts in three starts this season (best: T53/Astara Chile Classic)
• Advanced through First and Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry to earn conditional status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season with a T88 finish at Final Stage
• Finished No. 114 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List; made seven cuts in nineteen starts with two top-25 finishes (best: T11 NV5 Invitational)

Zach Bauchou (T1/-6)

• Entered the second round in solo second after an opening 5-under 67, and followed it up with a 1-under 71
• Second 36-hole lead/co-lead of his career on Tour (2024 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance/finished T9)
• Made four cuts in seven starts this season with three top-25 finishes and a top-10 (T6/Club Car Championship)
• Retained fully exempt status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season by finishing No. 34 on the 2024 Points List; recorded 10 top-25s and five top-10s in 24 starts (best finish: T3/NV5 Invitational)

Additional notes

• 24-year-old rookie Kensei Hirata (T5/-5) made four birdies on the day (Nos. 3, 4, 10, 18) but surrendered three bogeys, including back-to-back bogeys on his final two holes (Nos. 8 – 9) to finish with a 1-under 71.
• Marcelo Rozo (T5/-5), who entered the week No. 31 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, stands inside the top five through 36 holes for the first time since the 2024 Utah Championship (finished T27).
• PGA TOUR Americas winner Stuart Macdonald (T5/-5), who finished No. 11 in the 2025 Fortinet Cup Standings on PGA TOUR Americas, made eagle on the par-5 fourth en route to a 5-under 65 and holds his best 36-hole position of the season (previous: T14/LECOM Suncoast Classic/T65).
• Augusto Núñez (T8/-4), who stands No. 38 on the 2025 Points List, cards one of two bogey-free rounds on the week at PGA Riviera Maya with a 1-under 71.
• Alvaro Ortiz (T19/-1), a Guadalajara, Mexico native, bounced back from a first-round 5-over 77 with a bogey-free 6-under 66, matching the low round of the week, to move inside the 36-hole cut line and advance to the weekend.
• The 36-hole cut was made at 3-over 147 – the highest 36-hole cut on Tour this season and highest since the 2024 Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at the Abaco Club (3-over 147) – with 74 players advancing to the weekend.
• Round three tee times will run from 6:50 – 11:50 a.m. local time in groupings.