Cut: 68 professionals at 6-under 136 from a field of 156 professionals

Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 91. Wind NW 4-14 mph.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Philip Knowles (first/-13)

• Cards bogey-free 7-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Korn Ferry Tour winners Adrien Dumont de Chassart and Zecheng Dou
• At 13-under 129, posts his second-lowest 36-hole score in what is his 43rd career start on the Korn Ferry Tour (career-low 36-hole score: 2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/125)
• Holds his second 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/finished PT2)
• Co-runner-up finisher at the 2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron; he held the outright lead after each of the first three rounds, but bogeyed the 72nd hole of regulation and (along with MJ Daffue) lost to Will Gordon in a playoff
• Made 28 PGA TOUR starts in the last three seasons and has three starts remaining on a PGA TOUR major medical extension; his lone top-25 came at the 2025 Puerto Rico Open/T16
• Earned PGA TOUR membership with a co-runner-up finish at the 2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, which was previously part of a season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals structure which awarded an additional set of 25 PGA TOUR cards based solely on points earned during the three-event Finals (the current season-ending Finals structure, which does not award a separate set of PGA TOUR cards, was implemented in 2023)
• Qualified for the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals with a No. 67 finish on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Eligibility Points List as a rookie
• Played the 2019 and 2021 seasons on PGA TOUR Canada prior to earning Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2022 season via a T73 finish at Final Stage of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament (now known as PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry)
• Played four seasons at University of North Florida (2015-19), where he was a 2019 All-America Third Team selection and 2019 Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year

Additional notes

• Korn Ferry Tour winner Adrien Dumont de Chassart (T2/-12) ties his season-high 36-hole position (Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health) and stands T10 or higher through 36 holes for the ninth time this season.
• Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Zecheng Dou (T2/-12) holds his highest 36-hole position in a Korn Ferry Tour event since the 2022 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship/T2/finished 3rd; he stands T3 or higher through 36 holes for the sixth time in what is his 144th career start on Tour (2-for-5 converting to victory, with wins at the 2019 The Bahamas Golf Classic and 2022 Ascendant presented by Blue).
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Johnny Keefer (4th/-11), who stands No. 1 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and is one of three players declared #TOURBound for the 2026 PGA TOUR season, cards 3-under 68 with six birdies, one bogey (par-4 18th) and one double bogey (par-4 11th); he is bidding to achieve the Three-Victory Promotion, which would earn him an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR and grant him eligibility for the upcoming FedExCup Fall events.
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Neal Shipley (T5/-10), who ranks No. 3 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and was declared #TOURBound for the 2026 PGA TOUR season earlier this week, stands in the top five through 36 holes for the fifth time this season; he is bidding to tie the Korn Ferry Tour record for consecutive top-10s (six, shared by Doug Martin/1993, Tom Gillis/2009, John Mallinger/2011, Adrien Dumont de Chassart/2023) and to achieve the Three-Victory Promotion, which would earn him an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR and grant him eligibility for the upcoming FedExCup Fall events.
• Sam Bennett (T5/-10), who finished No. 31 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie (top 30 players earned PGA TOUR membership for 2025), records his sixth made cut of the season and ends a streak of six consecutive starts without a made cut.
• Jackson Van Paris (T5/-10), who finished No. 5 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at Vanderbilt University, is one of four players to make the cut after beginning the week outside the top 156 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
  • Van Paris – No. 171 (projected No. 132)
  • Ben Martin (T48/-6) – No. 167 (projected No. 165)
  • Ian Gilligan (T18/-8) – No. 165 (projected No. 144); finished No. 4 in 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking
  • Bio Kim (T33/-7) – No. 161 (projected No. 152)
• Upon conclusion of this week’s Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, the top 156 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events.