Trace Crowe holds a one-stroke lead after a third-round 64 at the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH. Sixty-six professionals made the cut at 3-under 137; the 36-hole cut was made upon conclusion of the second round, which resumed at 6:58 a.m. local time and concluded at 7:38 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Trace Crowe (first/-16)

• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Raleigh, North Carolina, resident cards 6-under 64, highlighted by a hole-out eagle at the par-4 fifth, to take one-stroke lead at 16-under 194.
• Holds second career 54-hole lead/co-lead on the Korn Ferry Tour, having converted his previous 54-hole lead into a sudden-death playoff victory at the 2023 NV5 Invitational
• Carded 8-under 62 in the second round, tying the second-lowest score in the six playings of the UNC Health Championship at Raleigh Country Club (60/Jimmy Green/1998, Round 1; 62/Matt Gogel/1998, Round 1)
• As a PGA TOUR rookie, finished No. 148 on the 2024 FedExCup Fall standings, leaving him with conditional PGA TOUR status for the 2025 season
• Finished No. 38 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List (top 30 earned PGA TOUR membership), but finished solo second at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry to earn PGA TOUR membership for 2024
• Finished No. 138 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Turned professional in 2020 and finished T91 at Final Stage of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now known as PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry)
• Played four seasons at Auburn (2015-19), winning three times individually and earning All-Southeastern Conference Second Team laurels in 2017 and 2019

Martin Laird (second/-15)

• Four-time PGA TOUR winner and 36-hole leader cards 4-under 66, sits one stroke off the lead at 15-under 195.
• Making his first Korn Ferry Tour start since September 2020, stands higher than T6 through 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the second time in what is his 50th career start on Tour (previous: 1st/2007 Athens Regional Foundation Classic/Won)
• Last stood T2 or higher through 54 holes of either a PGA TOUR or Korn Ferry Tour event at the 2022 Barracuda Championship (second/finished third)
• Earned PGA TOUR victories at the 2009 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, 2011 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 2013 Valero Texas Open, and 2020 Shriners Children's Open; his lone Korn Ferry Tour victory came at the 2007 Athens Regional Foundation Classic
• Entered the 2025 season having played 17 consecutive seasons on the PGA TOUR; he finished No. 147 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall for conditional status for the 2025 TOUR season
• Played two previous seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, finishing No. 156 in the 2005 standings, and earning PGA TOUR membership with a No. 13 finish in the 2007 standings
• Turned professional in 2004 after four seasons at Colorado State University (2000-04), where he earned six collegiate victories; he was inducted into the Colorado State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017

Davis Chatfield (third/-14)

• Seeking first Korn Ferry Tour win in what is his 62nd career start on Tour
• Stands two strokes off the 54-hole lead at 14-under 196; he has two bogeys through 54 holes, tied for the fewest over-par holes in the field this week (Ross Steelman/one bogey, one double bogey)
• Stands in the top three through 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the fifth time in his career and fourth time this season (1st/2025 Tulum Championship at PGA Rivera Maya/finished T10; second/2025 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished 2nd; T2/2025 Panama Championship/finished T17)
• One of two players on Tour to stand T3 or higher through 54 holes at least three times this season (Johnny Keefer/three)
• 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
• Played five seasons at University of Notre Dame (2017-22), where he was a 2022 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team selection
• Quarterfinalist at the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont Country Club, host of the 2025 U.S. Open

Additional notes

• Michael Johnson (fourth/-12), who finished No. 69 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, stands in the top four through 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the third time in his career (1/2018 UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH/finished T4; T1/2025 LECOM Suncoast Classic/finished T20).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List leader Johnny Keefer (T7/-10) stands inside the top 10 through 54 holes for the third time in his last four starts, and for the sixth time this season.
• Raleigh native Carter Jenkins (T16/-8) cards 3-under 67, while Campbell University alum Pontus Nyholm (T25/-6), who won last week’s Visit Knoxville Open for his first Korn Ferry Tour title, cards even-par 70.