Will Cannon, Alvaro Ortiz, Sandy Scott share 36-hole lead at Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Will Cannon (T1/-14)

• Eighteen-hole leader follows bogey-free, 9-under 61 – which tied his career-low round on the Korn Ferry Tour (2026 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/Round 2) and tied the 18-hole tournament scoring record – with 5-under 65 to tie the 36-hole tournament scoring record at 14-under 126
  • Previous 36-hole tournament scoring record: 127/Paul Peterson, 2024; Austin Hitt, 2025
• Holds third 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 2019 LECOM Health Challenge/finished T9; 2026 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS/finished T3)
• Stands No. 61 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with one top-10 finish in 17 starts (T3/Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS)
• Previously finished No. 79 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, retaining conditional status for the 2026 season
• Secured a return to the Korn Ferry Tour with a No. 6 finish on the 2024 PGA Tour Americas Points List, a feat he achieved with a victory at the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship
• Played the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, finishing outside the top 100 of the standings both seasons
• Two-time Alabama State Amateur Championship winner (2014, 2015) who played four seasons at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (2012-16)

Alvaro Ortiz (T1/-14)

• Korn Ferry Tour winner cards bogey-free, 9-under 61 to tie his career-low round on Tour (2026 OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank/Round 2) and the 18-hole tournament scoring record previously established by seven players (most recent: Will Cannon/2026/Round 1)
• Holds third 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous: 2022 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club/finished T22; 2025 AdventHealth Championship/finished T3)
• Stands No. 20 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his win at the UNC Health Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title
• Finished solo sixth at the 2025 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, his lone top-10 finish in three previous starts at the event
• Previously finished No. 26 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, No. 57 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, and No. 133 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership with a No. 4 finish on the 2020-21 PGA Tour Latinoamerica Order of Merit, a feat he accomplished with a victory at the 61st Abierto Mexicano de Golf – which has since become the VidantaWorld Mexico Open on the PGA Tour
• Won the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship and played four seasons at the University of Arkansas (2014-18), where he earned two victories and an All-Southeastern Conference Second Team laurel

Sandy Scott (T1/-14)

• Cards second consecutive round of 7-under 63 and ties the 36-hole tournament scoring record at 14-under 126
• Holds first 36-hole lead/co-lead in a Korn Ferry Tour event (previous career-high 36-hole position: T6/2025 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region/finished T8)
• Stands No. 30 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in his second season on Tour
• Finished No. 55 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning full status for the 2026 season
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time with a No. 8 finish on the 2024 PGA Tour Americas Points List, accomplishing the feat off the strength of a runner-up finish at the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship
• Played the 2023 season on PGA Tour Latinoamerica, finishing No. 14 on its Order of Merit
• Played six seasons at Texas Tech University (2016-22), where he earned two individual victories

Additional notes

• Phichaksn Maichon (T5/-11), who stands No. 76 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and finished No. 6 in the 2025 PGA Tour University Ranking after four seasons at Texas A&M University, is the only player in the field without a score of bogey or worse through 36 holes.
• Korn Ferry Tour winner and Simmons Bank ambassador Zack Fischer (T12/-9), who stands No. 21 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, moves into the top five with a 5-under 65.
• Nashville, Tennessee, native Blades Brown (T25/-7), who stands No. 10 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, records his 14th made cut in 16 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour this season.
• The Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation is the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events; the top 132 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List upon conclusion of this week’s final round will qualify for next week’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
  • Seven players who began the week outside the top 132 on the Points List made the cut:
    • No. 152 David Kocher (T18/-8)
    • No. 149 Lanto Griffin (T12/-9)
    • No. 148 Marshall Meisel (T25/-7)
    • No. 146 Rhein Gibson (T48/-5)
    • No. 143 Rob Oppenheim (T25/-7)
    • No. 142 Ryan Burnett (T25/-7)
    • No. 134 Joshua Creel (T12/-9)