Johnny Keefer, Jeffrey Kang and Cooper Dossey share the second-round lead at the NV5 Invitational.

Charting the Co-leaders (stats entering week)

Johnny Keefer (T1/14 under)

• Cards a bogey-free 8-under 63 with seven combined birdies and eagles (six birdies, one eagle)
• Holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the second time this season (Veritex Bank Championship/won)
• Stands No. 2 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his victory at the Veritex Bank Championship, as well as nine top 25 finishes and five top-10s
• Highest-ranked player in the field at No. 86 in the Official World Golf Ranking
• Earned fully exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2025 season by finishing No. 1 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Americas; in 10 starts last season, made all 10 cuts and posted nine top-10s, including four runner-up finishes and a victory at the 2024 Manitoba Open
• Claimed the final spot in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking and finished No. 25 to earn exempt membership into the North America Swing of PGA TOUR Americas
• Played five seasons (2019-24) at Baylor University, where he recorded seven top-three finishes, highlighted by two victories (2021/Rice Intercollegiate, 2023/Valero Texas Collegiate); topped PGA TOUR member Jimmy Walker’s school record for career stroke average (71.45)

Jeffrey Kang (T1/14 under)

• At 14-under 128 (65-63), records the lowest 36-hole score of his career, topping his previous best score of his career, topping his previous best score of 131 (three times, last: 11-under 131/2025 Veritex Bank Championship)
• One of five players in the field bogey-free after 36 holes
• Previous career-high 36-hole position was T8 (twice, most recent: 2025 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods/finished T54)
• Owns four top 25 finishes with two top-10s in 16 starts this season, highlighted by a T3 finish at the Visit Knoxville Open
• Began the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season as a conditional member after finishing No. 81 on the 2024 Points List in his rookie season
• Earned guaranteed starts in the first eight events of the 2024 season via medalist honors at Second Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Made 33 career starts across four seasons on PGA TOUR Canada (now PGA TOUR Americas), logging 21 made cuts with 10 top-10s
• Played four seasons at the University of Southern California (2010-14) prior to turning professional in 2014

Cooper Dossey (T1/14 under)

• Records a 36-hole career-best at 14-under 128 after rounds of 63-65 (previous best: 14-under 130/2024 Price Cutter Charity Championship)
• Leads the field in birdies with 17
• Second 36-hole lead/co-lead of his career (2024 Price Cutter Charity Championship/finished T15)
• Made 11 cuts in 17 starts this season with two top-10s, finished T4 earlier this month at The Ascendant presented by Blue
• Began the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season as a conditional member after finishing No. 76 on the 2024 Points List (top 75 players earn fully exempt status for the following Korn Ferry Tour season)
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2024 season via a T14 finish at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Played two seasons on PGA TOUR Canada (now PGA TOUR Americas) from 2022 to 2023 where he accumulated four top-10 finishes in 19 career starts
• Played five seasons at Baylor (2016-21) where he was named a two-time All-American and the first player in program history to earn First-Team All-American honors in the 2019-20 season

Additional Notes

• Cody Blick (T4/13 under), who finished No. 64 on the 2024 Points List, cards a bogey-free 7-under 64 and holds his best 36-hole position since 2023 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club (1st/finished P2).
• Will Cannon (T4/13 under), who finished No. 6 on the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Fortinet Cup, stands inside the top five through two rounds for the first time on Tour since the 2021 HomeTown Lenders Championship.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Tyson Alexander (T8/12 under) plays the first two rounds bogey-free and makes his first cut at the NV5 Invitational in his fourth start.
• Cole Hammer (T8/12 under), who won the 2018 Western Amateur at Sunset Ridge Country Club in Northfield, Illinois, has stood inside the top 10 through 36 holes once this season (1st/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T3).
• Amateur Anthony Delisanti (T51/8 under), who is competing on a sponsor exemption this week, makes the cut in his first Korn Ferry Tour start.
• Sponsor exemption Charlie Nikitas (T61/7 under), who plays from Glenview, Illinois, made five birdies in his final nine holes (Nos. 10, 13, 15, 16, 17) to make the cut on the number.
• Three open qualifiers made the 36-hole cut, marking the eighth time this season in which multiple open qualifiers made the weekend (most: 5/AdventHealth Championship)
  • Brannon Fahrny (T15/11 under) makes the cut for the second week in a row as an open qualifier.
  • Hunter Eichhorn (T36/9 under) makes his second cut of the season and fourth of his career.
  • Chris Naegel (T61/7 under) makes his first cut of the season in his second start.
• The 36-hole cut was made at 7-under 135, matching the second-lowest 36-hole cut score (both in terms of total score and score relative to par) in Korn Ferry Tour history; sixth occurrence in which the 36-hole cut score was 135 and eighth time the 36-hole cut relative to par was 7-under
  • The 2025 Veritex Bank Championship broke the record earlier this season with a 36-hole cut score of 9-under 133.