Rosenmueller, Buchanan Co-Lead at -14 After Round 2. Fourteen Players Within 3 Shots of the Leaders (Second Round Notes)

Thomas Rosenmueller (T1/-14)

• Cards bogey-free 6-under 65 with six birdies on the front nine and nine consecutive pars on the back nine, totaling 14-under 128 through two rounds
• Holds his second 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (previous: 2026 Evans Scholars Invitational/finished T25)
• Recorded back-to-back top-10s in PGA TOUR events last month (T10/ISCO Championship; T9/Corales Puntacana Championship)
• Finished No. 151 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall standings as a rookie
• Previously 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 and finished atop its 2020 Order of Merit, earning HotelPlanner Tour membership for 2021
• Played four seasons at University of North Texas (2015-19), where he won twice individually and garnered All-Conference USA Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017

 
Jackson Buchanan (T1/-14)

• Cards bogey-free 8-under 63, marking his third round of 63 or better this season (previous: 62/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/Round 1; 63/Evans Scholars Invitational/Round 1)
• Holds his second 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour (previous: 2026 Blue Championship/finished T9)
• Stands No. 64 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of two top-10s, both of which have come in his last three starts (T9/The Blue Championship; T5/Evans Scholars Invitational)
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time with a T42 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Finished No. 27 on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List in his first year as a professional
• Finished No. 12 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at University of Illinois (2021-25), where he was the 2025 Byron Nelson Award recipient and 2024 Big Ten Conference Golfer of the Year

 
Additional Notes

• Korn Ferry Tour winner Ross Steelman (T3/-13), who stands No. 3 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his victory at The Blue Championship, establishes a season-high 36-hole position (previous: T4/UNC Health Championship/finished P2)
• Hunter Eichhorn (T3/-13), who stands No. 8 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and leads the Tour with eight top-10s, is T5 or higher through 36 holes for the seventh time this season (most recent: T5/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/finished T7); he converted five of the previous six occurrences into top-10s
• Davis Shore (T3/-13), who stands No. 28 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is inside the top five through 36 holes for the third time this season (previous: T1/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T18; T4/Evans Scholars Invitational/finished T5)
• PGA TOUR winner Kevin Tway (T9/-11), who won the 2013 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, makes a hole-in-one with a gap wedge on the par-3 17th (134 yards) and cards the low round of the day, 10-under 61
• Three players have yet to record a bogey or worse through 36 holes: Chris Francoeur (T17/-10), Jeremy Gandon (T17/-10), David Kocher (T27/-8)