Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Robby Shelton (T1/-16)

• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner bidding to become the 14th player in Korn Ferry Tour history with at least five career wins
• Making his 87th career start, would have the fourth-fewest starts by a five-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, only trailing Chris Smith (46), Sean Murphy (55) and Matt Gogel (70)
• Holds his seventh 54-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event; 3-for-6 converting to victory (2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX, 2019 Visit Knoxville Open, 2019 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation)
• Leads the field with 21 birdies and one eagle; no other player in the field has more than 19 birdies and eagles
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate who earned PGA TOUR membership with multi-win Korn Ferry Tour seasons in 2019 and 2022
• Following a No. 87 finish in the 2023 FedExCup Fall standings, finished No. 141 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall standings, leaving him with conditional PGA TOUR status for the 2025 season
• Previously qualified for the 2020 FedExCup Playoffs as a PGA TOUR rookie, finishing No. 66 in the 2019-20 FedExCup standings
• Finished No. 2 in the 2017 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Canada to earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2018 season
• Played three seasons at the University of Alabama (2013-16), garnering three consecutive All-America First Team honors and breaking Justin Thomas' school record with seven career victories

Taylor Montgomery (T1/-16)

• A five-time runner-up finisher on the Korn Ferry Tour seeking first PGA TOUR-sanctioned title; He is one of eight players in Korn Ferry Tour history without a victory and at least five runner-up finishes (six-time runner-up Greg Whisman has the most runner-up finishes without a win in Korn Ferry Tour history).
• Holds third 54-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: T1/2022 Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse/finished T3, T2/2021 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/finished T2)
• 16-under 194 marks his lowest 54-hole score in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 195, three times, including 2021 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health)
• Bidding to become the eighth 36-hole leader/co-leader to go on to win this season; he would be the third consecutive 36-hole leader/co-leader who went on to win
• 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
• Played four seasons at University of Nevada-Las Vegas (2013-17)

Additional notes

• Sponsor exemption Bio Kim (third/-14), a 10-time international winner who previously played three seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour (2012, 2013, 2018), stands inside the top five through 54 holes of a Korn Ferry Tour event for the second time in his career (T2/2012 Stadion Classic at UGA/finished T7); he is bidding to become the eighth sponsor exemption to win on the Korn Ferry Tour since 1998 (most recent: Ben Silverman/2023 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club).
• Rookie Kensei Hirata (T4/-13), who entered the week at No. 134 in the Official World Golf Ranking, ties Pontus Nyholm (T11/-11) for the low round of the day with 8-under 62 and equals his career-low round on Tour (2025 Veritex Bank Championship/Round 3).
• Open qualifier and 18-year-old professional Blades Brown (T4/-13), who needs a two-way T40 finish to earn Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the 2025 season, establishes a new career-high 54-hole position in what is his eighth Korn Ferry Tour start (previous: T11/2025 Veritex Bank Championship/finished T2).
• Second-year member Étienne Papineau (T4/-13), who finished No. 70 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie for fully exempt status this season, records two bogeys and cards 1-under 69 after playing the first 36 holes without a bogey.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner David Kocher (T4/-13) holds his highest 54-hole position since the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance/third/finished T14.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Brigham Young University alum Daniel Summerhays (T8/-12), making only his third start of the season since returning from back surgery, cards a third consecutive round in the 60s for the first time in his last five starts on Tour.
• Brigham Young University alum Cole Ponich (T24/-9), making his first Korn Ferry Tour start as a professional, can gain entry to next week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse with a top-25 finish Sunday; he won the 2024 Utah State Amateur Championship contested at Ogden Golf & Country Club, and won the 2025 Provo Open in his professional debut.
• Ogden, Utah, native and longtime Ogden Golf & Country Club member Connor Howe (T41/-7), making his third start of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season, falls outside the top 40 after a 1-over 71.