Cut: 78 professionals at 3-under 137 from a field of 155 professionals and one amateur.

Weather: Sunny. High of 91. Wind S à W 3-12 mph, gusts of 16-18 mph.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Taylor Montgomery (first/-14)

• Follows bogey-free 8-under 62 with 6-under 64 for a two-stroke lead and his third 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 2022 Panama Championship/finished T47, 2022 Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse/finished T3)
• 14-under 126 marks his lowest 36-hole score in a Korn Ferry Tour event by five strokes (previous: 131, three times, most recent being the 2022 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods)
• Leads the field with 15 birdies through 36 holes
• A five-time runner-up finisher on the Korn Ferry Tour seeking first PGA TOUR-sanctioned title
• Making third start of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season, as he holds conditional PGA TOUR membership from a No. 138 finish in the 2024 FedExCup Fall standings
• Qualified for the 2023 FedExCup Playoffs and finished No. 54 in the 2023 FedExCup Fall standings as a PGA TOUR rookie
• Finished No. 5 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to earn PGA TOUR membership for the 2022-23 season; he finished as the first man out of TOUR membership upon conclusion of the 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour season
• Recorded a T2 finish at the 2021 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health
• Played four seasons at University of Nevada-Las Vegas (2013-17)

Additional notes

• Second-year member Étienne Papineau (T2/-12), who finished No. 70 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie for fully exempt status this season, posts a second consecutive bogey-free round and is the only player in the field without a bogey through 36 holes.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Class of 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T2/-12) stands inside the top three through 36 holes for the third time in his young Korn Ferry Tour career (previous: T1/2023 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open/finished T2; T3/2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open/finished T5).
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Robby Shelton (fourth/-11) matches his season-high 36-hole position (T4/LECOM Suncoast Classic/finished T8).
• Open qualifier and 18-year-old professional Blades Brown (fifth/-10), who needs a two-way T40 finish to earn Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the 2025 season, establishes a new career-high 36-hole position in what is his eighth Korn Ferry Tour start (previous: T8/2025 Veritex Bank Championship/finished T2).
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Brigham Young University alum Daniel Summerhays (T8/-8), making only his third start of the season since returning from back surgery, ties the low round of the day with a 7-under 63 (Robby Shelton, Kensei Hirata), marking his second-lowest 18-hole score in what was his 550th career round on the Korn Ferry Tour (career-low round: 9-under 62/2020 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/Round 4).
• Ogden, Utah, native and longtime Ogden Golf & Country Club member Connor Howe (T8/-8), making his third start of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season, establishes a new career-high 36-hole position in a Tour event (previous: T15/2024 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished 66th).
• Farmington, Utah, native Preston Summerhays (T12/-7) cards 6-under 64 to tie his lowest round on the Korn Ferry Tour since earning membership via PGA TOUR University performance benefits (2025 NV5 Invitational/Round 1); he finished No. 7 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at Arizona State University.
• Brigham Young University alum Cole Ponich (T12/-7), making his first Korn Ferry Tour start as a professional, records his first made cut in what is his third appearance at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health (missed cuts in 2020 and 2024); he won the 2024 Utah State Amateur Championship contested at Ogden Golf & Country Club, and won the 2025 Provo Open in his professional debut.