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Jeremy Paul maintains lead through 36 holes at UNC Health Championship
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Jeremy Paul makes birdie on No. 17 at THE CJ CUP
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Charting the leader (stats entering week)
| Category | Jeremy Paul |
| Age | 32 |
| 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List | No. 127 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s on Korn Ferry Tour in 2026 | 7-0-0 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s in Korn Ferry Tour Career | 95-1-7 |
| Starts – Wins – Top-10s at UNC Health Championship | 3-0-0 |
Jeremy Paul (first/-13)
- Holed a 44-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to card a 6-under 64 to finish with nine birdies in the second round
- Records a new 36-hole career-low score at 13-under 127, passing his previous 36-hole low score of 131 (2022/Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health, 2023/Utah Championship)
- Marks the lowest 36-hole score at Raleigh Country Club as host of the UNC Health Championship (128/Jimmy Green/1999), and matches Chris Baker for the lowest 36-hole score in the history of the UNC Health Championship (2019/The Country Club at Wakefield Plantation)
- Opened with a bogey-free 7-under 63 to take the 18-hole solo lead
- Holds the first 36-hole lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career in what is his 96th start (previous best: T2/2022 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/finished T14, T2/2022 UNC Health Championship/finished T19, T2/2022 Simmons Bank Open/finished T5)
- Has one top-25 finish in seven starts on Tour this season (T25/Astara Golf Championship)
- Earned PGA TOUR membership for the first time with a No. 21 finish on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List (top 30) off the strength of his first career victory at the season-opening 2024 The Great Bahamas Golf Classic and seven additional top-25 finishes
- Finished No. 135 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall Standings as a PGA TOUR rookie, logging six top-25 finishes over 26 starts, highlighted by a T2 at the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship
- Third start at the UNC Health Championship, best finish came in 2022 (T19)
- Played four seasons at the University of Colorado in Boulder (2013-17), where he collected three wins and 21 top-10s in 47 starts; led the team in scoring all four years and earned an All-American honorable mention honors in 2016
- Helped Germany to a 12th-place finish at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championships in Cancun, Mexico
Additional notes
- Alvaro Ortiz (second/-11), who finished No. 26 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, makes nine birdies (Nos. 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17) against one bogey (No. 6) en route to an 8-under 62, marking the best 18-hole score of his career (previous best: 63, three occurrences).
- Theo Humphrey (third/-8), who is making his second career start at the UNC Health Championship (2021/MC), stands inside the top 10 through 36 holes for the second event in a row (T9/Visit Knoxville Open/finished T6), and holds his best position after two rounds since co-leading the 2021 Veritex Bank Championship (finished second).
- Conditional member Tyler Wilkes (T4/-7), who earned a start this week via his top-25 finish at the Visit Knoxville Open (T23), makes four birdies (Nos. 4, 9, 10, 18) and an eagle (No. 8) to card a bogey-free 6-under 64 and move 43 spots up the leaderboard.
- Ross Steelman (T4/-7), who finished T12 at the 2025 UNC Health Championship, stands inside the top five through 36 holes for the first time since the 2025 Blue Championship (T5/finished T4).
- Of the eight open qualifiers, only Alex Heffner (T31/-3), a Harrisburg, North Carolina native, makes the 36-hole cut in his Korn Ferry Tour debut.
