With matching rounds of 62 on Friday, Quade Cummins and Harry Hillier tied for the lead at 13-under at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open.

Quade Cummins (T1/-13)

• Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate records the best opening 36-hole score of his career at 13-under 127 (previous best: 12-under 130/2024 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health)
• Posted a second-round bogey-free 8-under 62 with six birdies (Nos. 2, 4, 7, 14, 15, 16) and an eagle on the par-4 11th
• Second 36-hole lead/co-lead on the Korn Ferry Tour (first/2022 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation/finished T27)
• Improves to 5-for-5 in made cuts at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open; the tournament he made his professional debut at during the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour season (best finish: T38/2024)
• PGA TOUR rookie who’s made nine cuts in 15 starts this season with two top-25s (best: T12/Zurich Classic of New Orleans)
• Earned his first PGA TOUR card with a No. 11 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, logging 14 top-25s with six top-10 finishes (best: T2/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club)
• Finished No. 6 in the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021 after six seasons at University of Oklahoma (2015-21)

Harry Hillier (T1/-13)

• Korn Ferry Tour rookie cards a career low 8-under 62 with seven birdies (Nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16) and an eagle (No. 7) against one bogey (No. 9) (previous low: 6-under 64/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/R1)
• Opened with a 5-under 65 to total 13-under 127, the lowest opening 36-hole score of his career (previous best: 6-under 134/118 VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro)
• Clinches first 36-hole lead/co-lead of his career (previous best 36-hole position: T27/118 VISA Argentina Open/finished T37)
• Owns eight made cuts in 14 starts this season, highlighted by a T6 finish at The Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time this season with a No. 7 finish in the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Fortinet Cup
• Won the 2024 Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship and logged five top-25s in the inaugural season of PGA TOUR Americas
• Te Puke, New Zealand, native, who played five seasons at University of Kansas (2018-22)

Additional notes

• First-round leader Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T3/-11) follows up his opening-round 11-under 59 with an even-par 70; holds best 36-hole position of the season (previous best: T7/118 VISA Argentina Open/finished T16).
• Class of 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Pierceson Coody (T3/-11), who improves to 3-for-3 in made cuts at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open, cards a 5-under 65 for his 10th consecutive sub-70 round.
• Cooper Dossey (5th/-10), who began the season with conditional membership, cards a second consecutive 5-under 65 and is inside the top 10 after 36 holes for the first time since the season opener at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island (T9/finished T15).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Austin Smotherman (T6/-9), who won last time out at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX, concluded his round with an eagle (No. 14) and four consecutive birdies (Nos. 15-18) en route to a 6-under 64.
  • Smotherman’s back-nine 28 matches the tournament low for a singular nine, fourth occurrence, and marks the fifth 28 on Tour this season (last: Samuel Anderson/UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH/front nine/R1).
• Ian Holt (T6/-9), who finished No. 10 in the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Fortinet Cup, stands inside the top five after the opening two rounds for the first time in his career (previous best: T10/2025 Astara Golf Championship/finished T26).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner Spencer Levin (T9/-8), who is coming off his best finish of the 2025 campaign with a T13 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, stands inside the top 10 through 36 holes for the first time since the 2023 Veritex Bank Championship (T10), which he went on to win.
• Former Wichita Open Winners Scott Piercy (T9/-8) and Sebastian Cappelen (T17/-6) both advance to the weekend.
• Open qualifiers Luke Long (T27/-5) and Stephen Stallings Jr.(T56/-3) both make the 36-hole cut for the first time on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Canadian Myles Creighton (T40/-4), who finished No. 45 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, made a hole-in-one on the par-3 12th en route to a 2-under 68.