Ben Kohles leads after Round 3 at BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX

Ben Kohles leads the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX by six shots after a third-round 64.

Ben Kohles (first/-15)

• Cards 7-under 64 at Thornblade Club with seven birdies, two bogeys and a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth, which is his fifth hole-in-one across 1,016 career rounds on the PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour
  • 2018 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS, Round 1 (No. 17 – Panther Creek Country Club)
  • 2023 Visit Knoxville Open, Round 1 (No. 4 – Holston Hills Country Club)
  • 2023 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, Round 2 (No. 8 – Hillcrest Country Club)
  • 2024 Bank of Utah Championship, Round 1 (No. 17 – Black Desert Resort)
• Six-stroke lead marks the largest 54-hole lead in tournament history and the largest 54-hole lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event since the 2025 Compliance Solutions Championship (Adrien Dumont de Chassart/seven strokes/won by seven strokes)
• Marks the 17th 54-hole lead of six-plus strokes in a 72-hole Korn Ferry Tour event (14 of previous 16 were converted into victory)
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner holds his third 54-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event; he is 2-for-2 converting to victory (2012 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, 2023 HomeTown Lenders Championship)
• Bidding to become the 14th player in Korn Ferry Tour history with five-plus career wins, he would be the first player since Stephan Jaeger (2020 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron) to reach five career wins
• 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 presented by TD SYNNEX (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

Additional notes

• Only four players in the final seven groups carded a round of even par or better Saturday: Ben Kohles (first/- 15/7-under 64), Hunter Eichhorn (T2/-9/2-under 69), Caleb VanArragon (T5/-7/1-under 70) and Tom Whitney (T10/-6/1-under 70).
• Competing via a sponsor exemption, amateur William Jennings (T18/-5), a sophomore at the University of Alabama and the runner-up finisher at the 2026 NCAA Championship, cards 1-under 70 and maintains his position in the top 25; he prepped at Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina.