Doc Redman holds one-shot lead after Round 2 at Visit Knoxville Open

Doc Redman posts his second consecutive round of 7-under 64 to grab the 36-hole lead at the Visit Knoxville Open.

Doc Redman (first/-14)

• Cards a second consecutive 7-under 64 and plays the second round bogey-free
• Records a new 36-hole career-low score at 14-under 128, eclipsing his previous 36-hole low of 131 (twice: 2022 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, 2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS)
• Captured his first Korn Ferry Tour victory earlier this season at the 2026 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, where he also held a share of the 36-hole lead
• Retained Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season with a T34 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Third consecutive season with Korn Ferry Tour membership; his previous Korn Ferry Tour Points List finishes were No. 37 (2024) and No. 138 (2025); he took nearly three months off amid the 2025 season (March-May), saying he was “pretty unhappy traveling and playing golf, and a little lost in that sense”
• Played four full seasons on the PGA TOUR (2020-23) after he earned Special Temporary Membership with a solo second (as an open qualifier) at the 2019 Rocket Classic; he followed the accomplishment with consecutive FedExCup Playoffs appearances in 2020 and 2021, though he was relegated to the Korn Ferry Tour after a No. 157 finish in the 2023 FedExCup Fall standings
• One of two players to make the cut in all 10 Korn Ferry Tour Events this season (Caleb VanArragon)
• Logs his second made cut at the Visit Knoxville Open in what is his fourth start (T37/2019)
• Played two seasons at Clemson University (2016-18), where he earned two individual victories, garnered a 2017 All-America Third Team selection, and broke the school record for career scoring average (70.70) previously established by two-time PGA TOUR winner D.J. Trahan (71.49 from 1999-2003)
• Won the 2017 U.S. Amateur, defeating Doug Ghim in a playoff in the championship match at The Riviera Country Club

Additional notes

• Austin Hitt (T2/-13), the 18-hole co-leader, who stands No. 59 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, posts a 4-under 67 in the second round to make his first cut at the Visit Knoxville Open in what is his third start at the event.
• Cooper Dossey (T2/-13), who stands No. 13 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, logs his best 36-hole position on Tour since holding a share of the lead at the 2025 Evans Scholars Invitational (finished T9).
• Former University of Tennessee Volunteer Hunter Wolcott (T4/-12), who is competing as a sponsor exemption this week, and three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Taylor Dickson (T4/-12) are the only players bogey-free through two rounds of play.
• First-year member John Marshall Butler (T4/-12), who earned Korn Ferry Tour status this season with a No. 7 finish on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List, logs a new high 36-hole position a second consecutive 6-under 65 (previous 36-hole high position: T18/2026 Club Car Championship/finished T53).
• In addition to Wolcott, University of Tennessee alumni Bryce Lewis (T9/-11) and Rick Lamb (T30/-8) make the 36-hole cut and will play the weekend.
  • Lewis, who made two eagles (Nos. 7, 18) en route to an 8-under 63, stands inside the top 10 through 36 holes for the first time in his 33rd start on Tour (previous 36-hole high position: T24/2025 AdventHealth Championship/finished T53).
• Daniel Wetterich (T30/-8) posts a second-round 6-under 65 and is the only open qualifier to advance to the weekend.