Ben Kohles, Vincent Marzilio, Sam Choi share 36-hole lead at BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX

Vincent Marzilio, Ben Kohles and Sam Choi share the 36-hole lead at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX.

Charting the co-leaders (stats entering week)

Vicente Marzilio (T1/-8)

• Follows bogey-free 8-under 63 at Thornblade Club, his career-low round in 14 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, with even-par 70 at Country Club of Spartanburg
• Holds his first 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous career-high 36-hole position: T12/2026 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank/finished T18)
• Stands No. 99 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with a season-high finish of T18 (Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank)
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time after a T34 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Finished No. 23 on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List in his first year as a professional, posting a pair of top-five finishes in 16 starts (second/Bupa Championship; T4/KIA Open)
• Played three seasons at University of North Texas (2020-23) and one season at Texas Tech University (2023-24), earning his lone collegiate victory at the 2021 Conference USA Championship and garnering three All-Conference USA First Team selections
• Co-runner-up finisher at the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship, and finished solo third at the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship

Ben Kohles (T1/-8)

• Cards bogey-free 6-under 65 at Thornblade Club with four birdies and an eagle at the par-5 16th
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner holds his fifth 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event; he is 0-for-4 converting to victory
  • 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region/T1/finished T6
  • 2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/T1/finished T4
  • 2021 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron/T1/finished T54
  • 2020 Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass/T1/finished T14
• Three-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate (2012, 2020-21, 2023) who finished No. 1 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and was named the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year
• Posted two-win seasons in 2012 and 2023 en route to earning PGA TOUR membership upon conclusion of both seasons
• Finished No. 99 in the 2024 FedExCup Fall off the strength of a runner-up finish at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
• Boasts one top-10 finish in seven previous starts at the BMW Charity Pro-Am (T9/2018)
• Played four seasons at University of Virginia (2008-12), earning All-America Second Team recognition as a senior in 2012, after a third-team laurel as a junior in 2011; he was also a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year (2010 and 2011), three-time All-ACC selection (2010, 2011, 2012), and amassed a school-record seven career wins

Sam Choi (T1/-8)

• Cards a bogey-free 7-under 64 at Thornblade Club with a walk-off birdie on the par-3 ninth
• Ties his lowest round of the season (The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/Round 1) and second-lowest round in 24 previous starts on the Korn Ferry Tour (63/2024 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/Round 3)
• Holds his first 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous career-high 36-hole position: T15/2024 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health/finished T19)
• Stands No. 132 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with three made cuts in 12 starts; he recorded a season-high finish at last week’s UNC Health Championship (T19)
• Regained membership for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season as the medalist from Second Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry (Dothan, Alabama site)
• Finished No. 177 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie with two made cuts in 12 starts
• Finished No. 11 in the 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons at University of New Mexico (2018-22) and one season at Pepperdine University (2022-23)

Additional notes

• Only three of the previous 33 playings of the BMW Charity Pro-Am saw the 36-hole leader/co-leaders stand 8-under par or higher (1999/Mathew Goggin/6-under par; 1993/Doug Martin and Greg Whisman/8-under par; 2007/Jason Allred and Tommy Gainey/8-under par).
• Marks the first time since the 2023 Evans Scholars Invitational that the distance between the leader/co-leaders and the 36-hole cut score is six strokes or fewer.
• Ryan McCormick (T8/-6), J.J. Grey (T32/-3), Luke Guthrie (T46/-2), and Petr Hruby (T46/-2) – all conditional members – record their first made cut of the 2026 season.
• Competing via a sponsor exemption, amateur William Jennings (T20/-4), a sophomore at the University of Alabama and the runner-up finisher at the 2026 NCAA Championship, records a made cut in his PGA TOUR-sanctioned debut; he prepped at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina.