Tyler Duncan shoots a third-round 68 to get to 7 under at The Panama Championship, where he leads by one stroke heading into the final round.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Tyler Duncan (first/7 under)

• Takes the 54-hole lead with a 2-under 68, making three birdies against one bogey
• Followed up an opening round 1-under 69 with a 4-under 66 in the second round, his lowest score in 13 career rounds at The Panama Championship (previous: 69/five occurrences)
• Bidding for his first Korn Ferry Tour victory in his 97th career start on the Tour (best finish: T2/twice; last: 2017 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX)
• Holds third 54-hole lead/co-lead of his Korn Ferry Tour career, his first since the 2017 Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron (finished T5)
• Making his fourth career start at The Panama Championship, recorded his best career finish at the event with a T17 at last season’s iteration
• Finished No. 63 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning full status for the 2026 season
• Relegated to the Korn Ferry Tour after a No. 171 finish in the 2024 FedExCup Fall
• Two-time Korn Ferry Tour graduate earned his first PGA TOUR card by finishing No. 11 within the group of 25 players awarded TOUR cards through the old Finals structure (changed to current format beginning with 2023 season), and regained TOUR membership in 2019 through the old finals structure with a No. 12 finish
• Defeated Webb Simpson in a sudden-death playoff at the 2019 The RSM Classic to earn his first PGA TOUR victory; birdied three of the final four holes of his final round to force the playoff
• Turned professional in 2012 out of Purdue University (2008-12)

Additional Notes

• Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Mason Andersen (T2/6 under), who won the 117 VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro, bounces back from a second-round 2-over 73 with a bogey-free 5-under 65, the only bogey-free round on the day and sixth of the tournament.
• Cole Hammer (T2/6 under), who is making his fourth career start at The Panama Championship, records his lowest score at the event with a 4-under 66 in his 11th career round (previous best: 67/2024/Round 3).
• Ian Gilligan (T2/6 under), who finished No. 4 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025, holds his highest 54-hole position on Tour in his 15th career start (previous best: 3rd/2025 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation/finished T7).
• PGA TOUR winner Adam Hadwin (T5/5 under), who is making his first start of the 2026 season, cards a 2-under 68 and is in contention for his third Korn Ferry Tour win (2014 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank, 2014 Small Business Connection Championship at River Run).
• Brett White (T8/4 under), who finished No. 5 on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List, stands inside the top 10 after 54 holes for the second time in his Korn Ferry Tour career; the other occurrence came at the 2022 The Panama Championship (T5/finished T15).
  • Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2026 season by virtue of his top-10 finish on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List.
• Open qualifier Jackson Van Paris (T8/4 under), who finished No. 5 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2025, is in search of a top-10 finish to earn a start at next week’s Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard in Bogota, Colombia.