Dylan Menante, Thomas Rosenmueller share Round 2 lead at Evans Scholars Invitational

Charting the Co-Leaders (stats entering week)

Dylan Menante (T1/-15)

• Follows bogey-free 8-under 63 with a 7-under 64 (eight birdies and one bogey) to total 15-under 127, two strokes shy of the 36-hole tournament scoring record (125/Ryan Gerard/2024)
• Holds his second 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 2026 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished T6)
• Stands No. 14 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his win at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya
• Finished No. 53 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie; he finished T24 in his tournament debut at the Evans Scholars Invitational, marking one of seven top-25s in his 22 starts last season
• Earned PGA TOUR Americas membership for the 2024 season via PGA TOUR University performance benefits and finished No. 70 on the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas Points List
• Finished No. 15 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking after three seasons at Pepperdine University (201922) and two seasons at University of North Carolina (2022-24)
• Won back-to-back Northeast Amateur titles in 2021 and 2022

Thomas Rosenmueller (T1/-15)

• Winner of the 2024 Evans Scholars Invitational cards 9-under 62, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 18th, and ties the low round of the day (Noah Goodwin)
• Holds his first 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (previous career-high 36-hole position: T4/2024 Evans Scholars Invitational/Won; T4/2023 Blue Championship/finished T12)
• Entered the week with back-to-back top-10s in PGA TOUR events (T10/ISCO Championship; T9/Corales Puntacana Championship)
• Finished No. 151 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall standings as a rookie
• Finished No. 9 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and earned PGA TOUR membership for the first time off the strength of his win at the 2024 Evans Scholars Invitational; the 2024 season marked his third consecutive season on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time with a T11 at Final Stage of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now known as PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry)
• Won three times on the Pro Golf Tour to win its 2020 Order of Merit and earn HotelPlanner Tour membership for 2021
• Played four seasons at University of North Texas (2015-19), where he won twice individually and garnered AllConference USA Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017

Additional notes

• Tommy Morrison (3rd/-14) cards an 8-under 63 for his 13th consecutive round in the 60s and stands inside the top 10 of the leaderboard for a ninth consecutive round; he is bidding for a fourth consecutive top-10 since earning Korn Ferry Tour membership via 2026 PGA TOUR University performance benefits, as he finished No. 6 in the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking after three and a half seasons at University of Texas.
• Ryan Burnett (T4/-12), the 18-hole leader, cards a 3-under 68 and stands inside the top 10 through 36 holes for the first time in what is his 51st career start on Tour (previous career-high 36-hole position: T14/2026 Colonial Life Charity Classic/finished T47).
• University of Illinois alum Jackson Buchanan (T4/-12), who finished No. 12 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, stands inside the top 10 after the second round for a third consecutive event (T10/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/finished T19; T1/The Blue Championship/finished T9).
• Ryo Ishikawa (T7/-11), a 20-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, stands inside the top 10 through 36 holes for the third time this season (T4/OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank/finished T3; T6/Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club/finished T10).
• Jorge Garcia (T57/-5) makes one of two holes-in-one at the par-3 17th Friday (Carson Young made the other) to make the cut on the number; he joins Ian Holt.