Chandler Blanchet leads Neal Shipley by five after Round 2 at Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods

Charting the leaders

Chandler Blanchet (first/-20)

• Posts back-to-back 10-under 62s to total 124, tying the second-lowest opening 36-hole score in Korn Ferry Tour history, only trailing Stephan Jaeger/123/2016 Ellie Mae Classic
• Eight birdies (Nos. 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17) and a hole-out eagle from 139 yards on the par-4 second highlighted a second-round 10-under 62
• He is one of three players to be bogey-free through 36 holes (Pablo Ereno Perez, Adrien Dumont de Chassart)
• Holds the second 36-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career (other: 2024 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished T25)
• Breaks his previous best 36-hole score by five strokes with 20-under 124 (previous best: 11-under 129/2025 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro)
• 20-under par marks the lowest 36-hole score relative to par in consecutive rounds in Korn Ferry Tour history, breaking the previous of record of 19-under par shared by four players (Johnny Keefer/2025 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard/R2-R3, Matt McCarty/2024 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/R2-R3, Kevin Chappell/2010 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic/R1-R2, Webb Simpson/2008 Chattanooga Classic/R1-R2)
• 36-hole score total of 124 breaks the 36-hole tournament scoring record at the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods by four strokes (most recent: 128/2015/Dawie van der Walt)
• Ties the fourth-lowest 36-hole score in any consecutive rounds in Korn Ferry Tour history
• Logs third made cut in his fourth career appearance at the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods (T15/2024, T37/2022, MC/2020)
• Owns eight top-25 finishes in 14 starts this season, highlighted by two top-10s (T9/Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank; T7/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS)
• Began the 2025 season with conditional status after a No. 84 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Won the 2023 Totalplay Cup on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica (now PGA TOUR Americas) to secure fully exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024; recorded five top-10 finishes, including two victories, en route to earning Player of the Year honors
• Played collegiately for four seasons at the University of West Florida (2014-18), winning an individual national title at the 2017 NCAA Division II Championships and the 2017 Division II Jack Nicklaus Award, presented to the top Division II golfer

Additional notes

• Rookie Neal Shipley (2nd/-15), who has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour this season, posts a career-best 36-hole score with 15-under 129 (previous: 10-under 132/2025 LECOM Suncoast Classic); establishes a career-high 36-hole position and stands inside the top five following the second round for the fourth time this season (previous best: T4/three times).
• Third-year member Patrick Welch (3rd/-14) matches his career-low 18-hole score with 9-under 63 via an eagle on the par-5 11th and eight birdies against one bogey (previous instance: 63/2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS); stands inside the top five following 36 holes for the first time since the 2024 Memorial Health Championship (T2/finished T31).
• The No. 2 finisher in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, Brendan Valdes (T4/-13), birdies his final three holes (Nos. 7-9 – started on the back-nine) to log his career-low round with a bogey-free 7-under 65; establishes a new career-high 36-hole position (previous: T27/2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open/finished T13) and marks his second made cut in five starts this season.
• Open qualifier Harrison Ott (T4/-13), who is making his second career start on the Korn Ferry Tour this week, makes his first cut on the Korn Ferry Tour and posts his best 18-hole score in 7-under 65 since the 2023 Quebec Open powered by Videotron Business on PGA TOUR Canada (now PGA TOUR Americas).
• Ott is one of three open qualifiers to make the cut this week, joining Brannon Fahrny (T16/-10) and Connor Howe (T46/-7) in advancing to the weekend; notably, Fahrny is making his Korn Ferry Tour debut at this week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods.
• Ross Steelman (T8/-11) stands inside the top 10 following 36 holes for the fourth time this season (most recent: T5/The Ascendant presented by Blue/finished T4); Steelman recorded his best finish of the season at last week’s The Ascendant presented by Blue, earning a T4 result after entering the final round with a three-stroke lead.
• Rookie Ian Gilligan (T46/-7) posts 9-under 63 and birdies his final two holes (Nos. 8, 9 – started on the back-nine) to make the cut by one stroke inside the number; Gilligan finished No. 4 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking to earn exempt membership on the Korn Ferry Tour for the remainder of the 2025 season.
• First-year member Marcus Plunkett (T57/-6), who recorded a career-best T9 finish at last week’s The Ascendant presented by Blue, makes the cut on the number with two birdies in his last three holes (Nos. 7, 8 – started on the back-nine); gained entry into this week’s Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods via his top-25 finish last week.
• Sebastian Moss (T57/-6) makes the cut on the number to advance to the weekend for the first time in his Korn Ferry Tour career; Moss made his fifth career start this week after finishing No. 8 in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking .