Published on: Aug 22, 2026, 11:30:26 IST

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Kansas City , The Dubai-born Indian golfer Rayhan Thomas added an explosive 7-under 65 round to his first round 64 to move into a seven-way shared lead at the AdventHealth Championship after 36 holes.

Thomas, at 15-under for two rounds, shares the lead with Taylor Dickson, Joseph Bramlett, Davis Shore, John Marshall Butler, Chris Francoeur, and the first-round leader Andrew Kozan.

Thomas began on the tenth with two birdies and then dropped a shot on the 12th but landed an eagle on Par-5 13th. Two pars later, he bogeyed the 16th but birdied the next two holes.

On his second nine, he dropped a shot on the second, but birdied third and then had three in a row from the fifth to the seventh for a total of eight birdies and an eagle against three bogeys.

The seven-way tie matches the Korn Ferry Tour record for the most players sharing the lead at the halfway stage, previously achieved at the 2021 Albertsons Boise Open and the 119th Visa Argentina Open.

Thomas, who has three top-25 finishes this season, including a tied 3 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, is in his 45th start and is the first time he is leading or co-leading in his Korn Ferry Tour career. The former Oklahoma State player is No. 68 on the 2026 Points List.

He earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2025 after advancing through all three stages of PGA Tour Q-School. He finished No. 88 on the 2025 Points List and entered this season with conditional status before improving his position through another successful Q-School campaign.

Dickson, a three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 to reach 15-under. The 2026 Bahamas Great Golf Classic winner is No. 13 on the Points List and has two additional top-10 finishes this season.

Shore produced the day's second-best score among the leaders, firing a bogey-free 9-under 63. He comes into the weekend after finishing runner-up at last week's Albertsons Boise Open.

Butler shot the lowest round of the second day, a bogey-free 10-under 62, to vault into the tie for the lead. Bramlett, meanwhile, closed with a flourish, birdieing four of his final five holes for a 7-under 65.

The veteran, who spent six straight seasons on the PGA Tour from 2019 through 2025, is now in his best-ever position after 36 holes on the Korn Ferry Tour. Francoeur also shot 65 to reach 15-under.

Kozan, the first-round leader after a spectacular 12-under 60, followed with a 3-under 69 to remain at 15-under. It is his first 36-hole lead or co-lead in his 100th Korn Ferry Tour start.

The halfway cut fell at 8-under 136, the second-lowest 36-hole cut relative to par in Korn Ferry Tour history.

At the conclusion of the AdventHealth Championship, the top 156 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events.

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