Vicente Marzilio, Ben Kohles and Sam Choi share the BMW Charity Pro-Am lead at 8 under, setting up a tight Korn Ferry Tour weekend.
The BMW Charity Pro-Am has turned into a three-man traffic jam, and nobody has room to blink.
Vicente Marzilio, Ben Kohles and Sam Choi share the 36-hole lead at 8 under on the Korn Ferry Tour, creating a weekend leaderboard packed with very different pressure points.
One guy is chasing a career breakthrough. One is trying to cash in on years of experience. One is fighting to flip a rough season into something much louder.
Marzilio opened with a scorching, bogey-free 8-under 63 at Thornblade Club, the best round of his young Korn Ferry Tour career, before grinding out an even-par 70 at Country Club of Spartanburg.
The 24-year-old entered the week No. 99 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and had never held a 36-hole lead or co-lead on this stage.
That changes now.
Marzilio earned his Korn Ferry Tour card through 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School after a strong first professional season on PGA TOUR Americas.
He also brings a Texas college golf connection, having played at North Texas and Texas Tech.
Kohles is the dangerous veteran in the mix. The 36-year-old fired a bogey-free 6-under 65 at Thornblade, highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 16th.
He’s a four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner, a three-time graduate and the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.
But here’s the edge: Kohles has held or shared a 36-hole Korn Ferry Tour lead four previous times and hasn’t converted any of them. This is chance No. 5.
Choi may be the wild card. The 26-year-old shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 at Thornblade, closing with a birdie at No. 9.
He entered the week No. 132 in points, with just three made cuts in 12 starts this season, but he’s suddenly right in the fight.
The leaderboard is unusually compressed, too. Only three previous BMW Charity Pro-Ams have had 36-hole leaders at 8 under or higher, and the gap from the lead to the cut line is just six shots.
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Amateur William Jennings, the Alabama sophomore and 2026 NCAA runner-up, also made the cut in his PGA TOUR-sanctioned debut.
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