First-round leader Caleb VanArragon carded a second-round, 3-under 69 to stay in the lead at the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya.

Charting the leader (stats entering week)

Caleb VanArragon (first/-9)

• Holds the second 36-hole lead/co-lead in what is his 35th start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous: T1/2025 Korn Ferry Tour Championship/finished T12)
• At 9-under 135, breaks the previous 36-hole tournament scoring record of 6-under 138 set by Davis Chatfield, Bryson Nimmer, Shad Tuten and Zach Bachou at the first rendition of the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya on the Korn Ferry Tour last season
• Opened with a bogey-free, 6-under 66, highlighted by a hole out from the fairway for eagle on the par-4 11th
• Enters the tournament coming off his best result of the 2026 campaign with a T4 at the LECOM Suncoast Classic, his first top-10 finish of the season and fifth inside the top 25
• Records his ninth made cut of the 2026 season; Doc Redman is the only other player to make the cut in all nine Korn Ferry Tour events this season
• Finished No. 56 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie, earning full status for the 2026 season, off the strength of six top-25 finishes and three top 10s in 26 starts
• Finished T18 at the 2025 Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya
• Earned Korn Ferry Tour membership for the first time last season via 2024 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Played five seasons at Valparaiso University (2019-24), where he was a five-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection and the 2024 MVC Golfer of the Year

Additional notes

• Three of the eight Korn Ferry Tour events this season were won by the 36-hole leader/co-leader.
• Of the 10 players who stand T8 or higher, only Zac Blair (2019 Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae) has won on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Stuart Macdonald (second/-8), who finished runner-up at the 2025 Tulum Championship, birdied his last two holes (Nos. 17, 18) of the day en route to a 5-under 67.
• Blane Hale Jr. (T3/-7), who finished No. 61 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, stands inside the top five after 36 holes for the first time in what is his 33rd start on the Korn Ferry Tour (previous high 36-hole position: T8/2025 Tulum Championship/finished T8).
• Sponsor exemption Eugenio Chacarra (T8/-6), who is the highest-ranked player in the field in the Official World Golf Ranking at No. 125, cards a 4-under 68 to make the cut in his first start on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Rick Lamb (T15/-5), who finished No. 37 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, bounces back from an opening 3-over 75 with a bogey-free, 7-under 65, setting a new tournament single-round scoring record (previous: 66; Mitchell Meissner/2025/Round 1, Alvaro Ortiz/2025/R2, Caleb VanArragon/2026/Round 1).
• Sponsor exemption Alejandro Madariaga (T35/-2), who is a native of Puebla, Mexico, makes the cut in his first start on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Stephen Franken (T48/-1), who is making his first Korn Ferry Tour start since the 2022 season, makes the cut on the number and is the only open qualifier (of four) to advance to the weekend.