Alvaro Ortiz, S.H. Kim share second-round lead at AdventHealth Championship

Alvaro Ortiz (T1/-13)

• Cards the low round of the day with a bogey-free 9-under 63, featuring eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch (Nos. 16-7), to tie the Blue Hills Country Club course record (Wilson Furr/2023/Round 1)
• One of two players to record a bogey-free round Friday (Chandler Blanchet/5-under 67)
• Holds his second career 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (1st/2022 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T22)
• Records second made cut in third career appearance at the AdventHealth Championship (T23/2022; MC/2024)
• Finished No. 57 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in what was his second season on Tour, earning fully exempt status for the 2025 season
• Previously finished No. 133 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Played two seasons on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica (2020-21; 2023), highlighted by a No. 4 finish on the 2020-21 Order of Merit
• Decorated amateur career included a victory at the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship, which earned him an exemption for the 2019 Masters Tournament (finished T36 and was the second-lowest amateur, only behind Viktor Hovland, who finished T32)
• Played four seasons at University of Arkansas (2014-18), where he earned two collegiate victories

S.H. Kim (T1/-13)

• Follows 6-under 66 (one of four players who held share of the 18-hole co-lead) with second-round 7-under 65, highlighted by an eagle at the par-5 13th, to hold his first 36-hole lead/co-lead on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Stands T4 or higher through 36 holes for the fourth time this season (T2/118th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro/finished T2; 3rd/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished P2; T4/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T34)
• Boasts three top-10s, highlighted by runner-up finishes at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island and the 118th VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro, in seven Korn Ferry Tour starts this season
• Posted T31 finish at the 2022 AdventHealth Championship, his only previous appearance at the event
• Has four runner-up finishes in 29 career starts on the Korn Ferry Tour (two each in 2022 and 2025)
• Finished No. 68 in the 2023 FedExCup Fall as a PGA TOUR rookie, but finished No. 130 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall, leaving him with conditional status for the 2025 PGA TOUR season
• Earned PGA TOUR membership upon conclusion of the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season, which saw him finish in the top 25 of the standings as a rookie
• Prior to earning Korn Ferry Tour membership, won the 2020 KPGA Championship, becoming the first player in the history of the Korean Tour to win an even as a Monday qualifier, and won the 2021 Japan PGA Championship on the Japan Golf Tour

Additional notes

• Carter Jenkins (third/-10), one of four 18-hole co-leaders, stands T3 or higher through 36 holes for the first time since the 2024 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH (T2/finished T4); his last two finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List are 34th (2023) and 42nd (2024).
• Conditional member Brandon Hoelzer (4th/-9), who was the last man to gain entry to the field via the priority ranking, had not stood higher than T25 through 36 holes in any of his previous 16 career starts on Tour; he also entered the week without a top-25 finish in his 16 career starts on Tour.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and two-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate Ben Taylor (T5/-8), one of four 18-hole co-leaders, stands inside the top five through 36 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the first time since the 2019 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship (T4/finished T2).
• Trent Phillips (T5/-8), who finished in the top 75 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List each of the last two seasons, records his second-highest 36-hole position in what is his 57th career start on Tour (career-high 36-hole position: 4th/2024 Veritex Bank Championship/finished third).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Andrew Kozan (T13/-3), playing this week via a sponsor exemption, records his second made cut in what is his sixth start this season (T72/Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Kansas State University alum Jeremy Gandon (T24/-2), one of four 18-hole co-leaders, cards 4-over 76, his highest 18-hole score of the 2025 season.
• A season-high five open qualifiers make the 36-hole cut; the only previous event where multiple open qualifiers made the cut this season was the Veritex Bank Championship (two).
  • Conditional member Bryce Lewis (T24/-2) records his second made cut in his sixth start of the season (T25/LECOM Suncoast Classic).
  • Conditional member Ryan Hall (T24/-2) records his first made cut in what is his fourth start this season.
  • Cristian DiMarco (T41/-1), son of three-time PGA TOUR winner Chris DiMarco, makes the cut in Korn Ferry Tour debut.
  • Conditional member Travis Trace (T59/E) records his first made cut in what is his fourth career start on Tour.
  • Conditional member KK Limbhasut (T59/E) now has four made cuts in his last six starts.