Charting the co-leaders (stats entering week)

Robby Shelton (T1/-15)

• Cards the low round of the day in 8-under 63 via nine birdies (Nos. 4-6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18) against one bogey (No. 16); matches his season-low 18-hole score which he has recorded three times this season
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner bidding to become the 14th player in Korn Ferry Tour history with at least five career wins
• Winner of the 2022 Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse who earned his fourth career victory at the event, helping him secure a return to the PGA TOUR for a second time after being a Class of 2019 Korn Ferry Tour graduate
• Making his 88th 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)
• For the second consecutive event, holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead, marking the eighth time in his Korn Ferry Tour career that he has been at the top of the leaderboard through the third round
• Is 3-for-7 in converting 54-hole leads/co-leads into victory (2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX, 2019 Visit Knoxville Open, 2019 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation)
• Making his third career appearance at the Pinnacle Bank Championship (Won/2022, MC/2019)
• Owns three top-10s in 14 starts this season (best: T5/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club), and has also played four events on the PGA TOUR
• 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 University of Alabama (2013-16), garnering three consecutive All-America First Team honors and breaking Justin Thomas' school record with seven career victories

Zach James (T1/-15)

• Cards three birdies in his last five holes to card 4-under 67 and tie four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Robby Shelton at the top of the leaderboard
• Holds the first 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 21st start on Tour (previous best: T2/2025 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/finished T16)
• Owns four top-25 finishes in 20 starts this season, highlighted by two top-10s including a runner-up at the Veritex Bank Championship where he held the 18-hole co-lead
• Making first career appearance at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse
• Korn Ferry Tour rookie who finished T26 at Final Stage of 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry for Korn Ferry Tour membership this season
• Finished No. 116 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup standings on PGA TOUR Americas, which marked his first season with membership on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned tour
• Played five seasons at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2014-19), an NCAA Division II program in Durant, Oklahoma; he earned nine collegiate victories and finished with a 72.13 career scoring average

Additional notes

• First-round leader Peter Kuest (T3/-14) posts 5-under 66 via two eagles and two birdies against one bogey, and leads the field with five eagles through three rounds; with a three-day total of 14-under 199, Kuest matches his career-best 54-hole total score, which was at the 2022 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health (finished T5).
• Christo Lamprecht (T3/-14) stands inside the top-five through 54 holes for the first time since the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard earlier this season, where he earned his career-best finish with a runner-up result; matches his second-best 54-hole total score with 14-under 199, only trailing his career-best by one stroke (14-under 198/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/finished T2).
• Class of 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Kevin Dougherty (T3/-14) is seeking his first Korn Ferry Tour victory in what is his 155th career start on the Korn Ferry Tour; stands inside the top-five through 54 holes for the third time this season (most recent: T2/Price Cutter Charity Championship/finished T7).
• Will Cannon (T6/-12), who earned his return back to the Korn Ferry Tour via a No. 6 finish in the Fortinet Cup on PGA TOUR Americas, establishes his career-best 54-hole position and best standing since the 2019 LECOM Health Challenge (T7/finished T9); Cannon won the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship on PGA TOUR Americas to become one of two players (Sandy Scott) to move inside The 10 at the final event and earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2025.
• Second-year member Nick Gabrelcik (T8/-11) stands inside the top 10 following 54 holes for the third time this season and first time since the LECOM Suncoast Classic/finished T25; matches the second-best 54-hole total of his Korn Ferry Tour career with 11-under 202, only trailing his career-best score of 12-under 201 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic earlier this season.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, Trace Crowe (T10/-10), who most recently won this season at the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH, cards a bogey-free 6-under 65 to stand inside the top-10 entering the final round for the sixth time this season.
• Rookie Neal Shipley (T14/-9), who has won two times this season and stands No. 3 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, posts his low round of the tournament in 6-under 65 via an eagle on the par-5 seventh and five birdies against one bogey, and moves 22 spots up the leaderboard after making the cut by one stroke inside the number.
• Preferred lies were in effect for Round 3.