Caleb VanArragon and Jacob Solomon co-lead after carding 6-under 66 at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya.

Charting the co-leaders (stats entering week)

Caleb VanArragon (T1/-6)

• Opens with a bogey-free 6-under 66, highlighted by a hole out from the fairway for eagle on the par-4 11th
• Holds second 18-hole lead/co-lead in what is his 35th start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous 18-hole lead: T1/2026 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T18)
• Enters the tournament coming off his best result of the 2026 campaign with a T4 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, his first top-10 finish of the season and fifth inside the top 25
• One of three players to make the cut in all eight events of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season, along with Ian Holt and Doc Redman
• Finished No. 56 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning full status for the 2026 season, off the strength of six top-25 finishes and three top-10s in 26 starts
• Finished T18 at the 2025 Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time last season via 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Played five seasons at Valparaiso University (2019-24), where he was a five-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection and the 2024 MVC Golfer of the Year

Jacob Solomon (T1/-6)

• Cards a 6-under 66 with seven birdies (Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 16, 17) against one bogey (No. 15)
• Holds first 18-hole lead/co-lead in what is his 72nd start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous high 18-hole position: T2/2023 Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club/finished T16)
• Making his third start of the 2026 season this week, finished T44 at the Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank in his only made cut of the season
• Earned conditional membership for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season via Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, advancing through First and Second Stage
• Lost Korn Ferry Tour membership following a No. 207 finish on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Previously, finished No. 66 (2023) and No. 68 (2024) on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Played four seasons at Auburn University (2015-19), earning a 2019 All-Southeastern Conference Second Team selection and a 2016 SEC All-Freshman laurel

Additional notes

• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Roger Sloan (T3/-5), who stands No. 14 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, holds his best 18-hole position of the season after a 5-under 67 (previous season high: T5/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished solo second)
• Conditional member Brandon Harkins (T3/-5), who is making his second start of the 2026 season, opens with a bogey-free 5-under 67, matching VanArragon and Turk Pettit (T5/-4) for the only bogey-free rounds of the day
• Ryo Ishikawa (T5/-4), who is credited with 20 wins on the Japan Golf Tour, stands inside the top five after the first round for the second time in what is his 16th start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T5/2017 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/finished T9)