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Davis Chatfield shoots 59 to take first-round lead at Compliance Solutions Championship

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Davis Chatfield drains closing birdie putt to shoot 59 at Compliance Solutions

Davis Chatfield drains closing birdie putt to shoot 59 at Compliance Solutions

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    Third-year Korn Ferry Tour member Davis Chartfield cards a bogey-free 12-under 59 to break The Patriot Golf Club course record and become the 16th player in Tour history – third of the 2025 season – to record a sub-60 round.

      CategoryDavis Chatfield
      Age26
      2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points ListNo. 9
      Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 202523-0-6
      Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career72-0-9
      Starts – Wins – Top-10s at Compliance Solutions Championship2-0-0

      Davis Chatfield (1st/-12)

      • Becomes 16th player to shoot sub-60 on the Korn Ferry Tour
        • Two previous sub-60 rounds of the 2025 season were recorded at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open Benefiting KU Wichita Pediatrics by Myles Creighton (11-under 59/Round 3) and Adrien Dumont de Chassart (11-under 59/Round 1)
      • Made nine birdies on the day (Nos. 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18) and holed out from 268 yards on the par-5 15th for an albatross, becoming the fourth player this season to record an albatross (last: Samuel Anderson/The Ascendant presented by Blue/No. 15/Round 2)
      • Holds second 18-hole lead/co-lead of his career; previously held the first-round lead at the 2025 NV5 Invitational (finished T3)
      • One of six players to record multiple runners-up finishes on Tour this season; finished T2 at the UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH and took solo second at the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank
      • Owns 10 top-25s with six top-10 finishes in 23 starts on Tour this season
      • Made the cut in two previous starts at the Compliance Solutions Championship, logging top 20 finishes in both appearances (2024/T11; 2023/T17)
      • Finished No. 44 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to maintain fully exempt membership for the 2025 season; previously finished No. 62 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
      • Played five seasons at University of Notre Dame (2017-22), earning a 2022 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team selection as a fifth-year senior

      Additional notes

      • Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Zecheng Dou (second/-10), who stands No. 33 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, matches his 18-hole career low with a bogey-free 10-under 61 (three times, most recent: 2025 Veritex Bank Championship/Round 4).
      • Travis Trace (T2/-10), who stands No. 101 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, posts an 18-hole career best of 10-under 61 to match his best first-round position on Tour; both were previously set at the 2025 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX (8-under 63/Round 1; T2/finished T7).
      • Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T2/-10), who stands No. 26 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, records seven of his 11 birdies on his back nine for a 28, totaling a 10-under 61 for the round.
      • Five players stand three strokes back of the leader at T5, including Korn Ferry Tour winner Pontus Nyholm (T5/-9) as well as Marcelo Rozo (T5/-9) and Bronson Burgoon (T3/-9), who were the only three players in the 112-person field to record multiple eagles on the day.
      • Former University of Oklahoma Sooner Blaine Hale Jr. (T10/-8), who enters the week No. 51 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, stands inside the top 10 after 18 holes for the first time since holding the first-round co-lead at 2025 The Ascendant Presented by Blue (finished T49).
      • Davis Shore (T10/-8), who stands No. 42 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, cards a bogey-free 8-under 63 to match his 18-hole career low, which he set in the final round of the 2024 Compliance Solutions Championship en route to a T4 finish, the best result of his career at the time.
      • Korn Ferry Tour rookie Rayhan Thomas (T16/-7), an Oklahoma State University alum who stands No. 106 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, makes nine birdies against two bogeys to tie his career low with a 7-under 64 (four times, most recent: 2025 Wichita Open/Round 1).
      • Preston Summerhays (T16/-7), who finished No. 6 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking and stands No. 107 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, matches his best opening round score in his 15th career start on Tour (2025 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation).
      • Upon conclusion of this week’s Compliance Solutions Championship, the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance, the last of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events.

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