Second-Round Leaderboard
Pos. Player R1 R2 Total
1 Chandler Blanchet 64 67 131 (-13)
2 Gordon Sargent 65 70 135 (-9)
T3 Ricky Castillo 68 68 136 (-8)
T3 Jesper Svensson 67 69 136 (-8)
T3 Blades Brown 69 67 136 (-8)
T3 Jeremy Paul 69 67 136 (-8)
Chandler Blanchet (T1/-13)
- PGA TOUR rookie and first-round leader cards a 5-under 67 to hold a four-stroke lead after the second round; four strokes
matches the tournament record for largest 36-hole lead (other: Carson Young/2023) - Holds first 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR; marks his first made cut on TOUR in nine career starts
- 131 marks his lowest opening 36-hole score on TOUR (previous best: 138/2026 The American Express)
- Opened first round with 8-under 64, setting his career-low 18-hole score on TOUR (previous best: 66/R1/2022 Butterfield
Bermuda Championship) - Making his sixth start this season (MC/Sony Open in Hawaii, MC/The American Express, MC/Farmers Insurance Open,
MC/WM Phoenix Open, MC/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches) - Making his Puerto Rico Open debut and leads the field in birdies (16); 16 birdies marks his career-high birdies or better
posted thru 36-holes on TOUR (previous best: 9, twice: 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship/2026 The American
Express) - Held 36-hole lead/co-lead on Korn Ferry Tour twice (2024 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald
Bay/finished T25, 2025 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods/Won); 1-for-2 on converting 36-
hole lead to victory - Seeks to become the second first-time winner on TOUR this season (Jacob Bridgeman/The Genesis Invitational) and 12th
player to earn their first win at the Puerto Rico Open (most recent: Karl Vilips/2025) - Enters the week at No. 141 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Two-time Korn Ferry Tour winner (2025 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Hiland Dairy Foods, 2025 Korn
Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance) finished No. 2 in the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List to
secure PGA TOUR membership for 2026 season
Miscellaneous Notes - Gordon Sargent (2nd/-9) posts a 2-under 70 to sit four strokes behind Blanchet in solo second; 9-under 135 marks his
career-low 36-hole score on TOUR (previous best: 136, 2025 World Wide Technology Championship/finished T63) - Ricky Castillo (T3/-8) cards a 4-under 68 in the second round; best finish in four starts on TOUR this season: 5th/Cognizant
Classic in The Palm Beaches - Swede Jesper Svensson (T3/-8) cards a 2-under 69, matching his career-best 36-hole position on TOUR (other: 2025
Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches /finished T32) - 18-year-old Blades Brown (T3/-8) posts a 5-under 67 in the second round to sit tied for third, two positions shy of his
career-best 36-hole position (T1/2026 The American Express/finished T18); has one top-25 finish on TOUR this season in
two starts (T18/The American Express, MC/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches) - Jeremy Paul (T3/-8) cards a bogey-free 67 in the second round; German is making his second start this season (MC/Farmers
Insurance Open) and second tournament appearance (T16/2025) - Making his PGA TOUR debut as a sponsor exemption, John Daly II (T7/-7) cards a 5-under 67 in the second round to hold
the best 36-hole position of the six amateurs in the field; has made one career start in a TOUR-sanctioned event as an
amateur (MC/2024 Compliance Solutions Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour) - Brigham Young University freshman Kihei Akina (T12/-6) posts a 68-70-138, marking his first made cut on TOUR in three
career starts (MC/2024 Black Desert Championship, MC/Bank of Utah Championship) - PGA TOUR winner Rafael Campos (T28/-4) is the only player in the field from Puerto Rico to make the cut after posting a 2-
under 70 in the second round; making his 16th start at the Puerto Rico Open, the most of any player at the event (best
finish: T3/2021) - 17-year-old and two-time AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year Miles Russell (T51/-2) birdies his last hole to post a 1-under
71 and make the cut on the number; marks the sponsor exemption’s first made cut on TOUR in fifth career start (best finish
in a TOUR-sanctioned event: T20/2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic on Korn Ferry Tour) - Nick Lindheim withdrew after the first round
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