Blades Brown, Trent Phillips and Paul Peterson sit tied atop the leaderboard after Round 2 of the Colonial Life Charity Classic at The Woodcreek Club.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Blades Brown (T1/-8)

• Coming off a T9 finish at last week’s ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, his second PGA TOUR top-10 this season (third/Puerto Rico Open)
• His last Korn Ferry Tour start was a runner-up finish at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya, his second top-three of the season; entered the week No. 10 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• This marks the fourth time he has led/co-led after a round this season; he has done so once on the PGA TOUR and twice on the Korn Ferry Tour
  • The American Express (T1/second round); finished T18
  • Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya (first/third round); finished second
  • Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club (T1/third round); finished third
• Entered the week No. 120 in OWGR, the highest-ranked player in the field
• His 19th birthday is May 21; bidding to become the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history, a title currently held by Aldrich Potgieter, who won the 2024 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club at 19 years, 4 months, 11 days
• Turned professional in 2024 and earned special temporary membership for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Season; finished No. 68 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, including four top-25s in 14 starts, to secure full status for the 2026 season

Trent Phillips (T1/-8)

• Has made eight birdies and 28 pars and is the only player bogey-free through 36 holes
• Has three top-20 finishes in nine starts on the Korn Ferry Tour this season (best: T3/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island) to rank No. 32 on the points list; missed the cut at last week’s ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic
• Fifth-year pro who turns 26 years old on May 18; born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and resides in Inman, South Carolina
• Competed collegiately at the University of Georgia and turned pro in 2022 after finishing No. 8 in the PGA TOUR University Ranking

Paul Peterson (T1/-8)

• At last week’s ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, closed with a final-round 65 to finish T11, his second top-25 finish (T5/Puerto Rico Open) in four TOUR starts this season
• Has three made cuts in six starts on the Korn Ferry Tour this season (best: T15/Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club)
• Finished No. 17 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning PGA TOUR membership (top 30 from Points List) for the first time in what was his second consecutive season on the Korn Ferry Tour. Played all 26 events on the 2024 schedule and recorded three top-10s, highlighted by a victory at the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation
• As a PGA TOUR rookie in 2025, posted three top-25 finishes in 26 starts, including a career-best runner-up at the ISCO Championship

Additional notes

• The 8-under totals are tied for the season’s highest 36-hole lead, relative to par (The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, The Panama Championship).
• Chez Reavie (T6/-6) carded the day’s best round, a 7-under 63, to improve 95 spots on the leaderboard.
• Carson Young, winner of the South Carolina Amateur when it was played at The Woodcreek Club in 2013, carded a 70 on Friday and is T14 at 5-under.
• Open qualifier Jamie Wilson, an alumnus of University of South Carolina (2016-21), carded a second-round 67 and is T32 at 3-under; it marks his first made cut in his third start on Korn Ferry Tour.
• First-round leader Bryce Lewis is T32 at 3-under after carding a second-round 75.