It’s tight atop the AdventHealth Championship golf leaderboard at Blue Hills C.C.

Thinking of heading out to Blue Hills Country Club for Saturday’s penultimate round of the AdventHealth Championship golf tournament?

Two pieces of advice for those joining the gallery: bring sunscreen and brace for an exciting logjam atop the leaderboard.

With plentiful mid-80s sunshine again in store for Saturday, no fewer than seven professional golfers will return to the sprawling Blue Hills track either leading or within 3 strokes for Round 3.

Alistair Docherty, a 30-year-old from Vancouver, Washington who played at Cal State-Chico, became the man to beat Friday with a second-round score of 6-under 66 on the par-72 course.

Paired with his first-day round of 65, Docherty is at 13-under halfway through the tournament.

Ryan Gerard, a 2022 UNC Tar Heels grad, occupies second place at 12-under after firing a Friday 66 that matched his opening-round score.

First-day co-leader Jeff Overton was one of three golfers at 11-under. Two more were knotted at 10-under.

As for some of the local entrants in this week’s competition:

• Blue Valley North grad Harry Higgs moved up 44 spots Friday, carding a 5-under 67 after shooting an opening-round 71. He’s at 6-under.
• Former K-State standout Robert Streb went the other direction. After opening with a 69, he shot 71 Friday to sit at 4-under entering Saturday’s third round.
• And former Shawnee Mission East and KU Jayhawks standout Chase Hannah shot even-par 72 following a Thursday 70. He was 2-under through two rounds.

The projected cut line Friday night was 4-under.

Some 156 pros were competing in the annual four-day, 72-hole event in KC. The field was to shrink, though, as some failed to make the cut for the weekend.

The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental feeder tour for the PGA, and the AdventHealth Championship is the Korn Ferry season’s 10th of 26 tour stops.

The Korn Ferry Tour will this year award 30 PGA Tour cards to top players based on points earned throughout the lower series’ 2024 season. Korn Ferry alumni currently comprise some 83% of the PGA Tour’s membership.

This is the 14th year of AdventHealth’s sponsorship — the health care system earlier this week re-upped through 2029 — and fifth straight time the tourney has taken place at Blue Hills.

Past AdventHealth champions include two-time PGA Tour winners Sepp Straka (who won here in 2018), reigning event champion Grayson Murray (2023) and Cameron Young (2021), who currently ranks No. 16 in the world.

Tickets for this year’s AdventHealth Championship — $10 for adults per day — are available at www.adventhealthchampionship.com/tickets. Admission’s free for those 17 and younger, members of the military and AdventHealth workers with identification.

According to a news release, last year’s AdventHealth Championship “raised nearly $250,000 for the tournament’s benefactor, the AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation, to distribute through the Play It Forward program, which aims to support fundraiser awareness and assist philanthropic needs.”

The event has generated nearly $1 million in funds for local charities in the Kansas City community since 2009, according to AdventHealth Championship officials.

Friday, in Kansas City; at Blue Hills Country Club

Second round, par 72

(-13)

Alistair Docherty...65-66—131

(-12)

Ryan Gerard...66-66—132

(-11)

Tanner Gore...68-65—133

S.Y. Noh...67-66—133

Jeff Overton...64-69—133

(-10)

Kyle Westmoreland...68-66—134

Carter Jenkins...67-67—134

(-9)

Quade Cummins...69-66—135

Cooper Dossey...66-69—135

Matt McCarty...70-65—135

(-8)

Wil Bateman...69-67—136

Ryan Blaum...67-69—136

Zecheng Dou...69-67—136

Noah Goodwin...67-69—136

Paul Haley II...68-68—136

Brendon Jelley...71-65—136

Rick Lamb...68-68—136

Trent Phillips...71-65—136

(-7)

Zach Bauchou...68-69—137

Chandler Blanchet...70-67—137

Jonathan Byrd...68-69—137

Yi Cao...68-69—137

Joshua Creel...69-68—137

Taylor Dickson...71-66—137

RJ Manke...69-68—137

Mitchell Meissner...69-68—137

Chris Naegel...71-66—137

Aldrich Potgieter...72-65—137

Garett Reband...69-68—137

Doc Redman...70-67—137

Jacob Solomon...68-69—137

Vince Whaley...65-72—137

(-6)

Sam Bennett...73-65—138

Ricky Castillo...69-69—138

Davis Chatfield...70-68—138

Cristobal Del Solar...69-69—138

Jorge Fernandez-Valdes...67-71—138

Emilio Gonzalez...69-69—138

Harry Higgs...71-67—138

Connor Howe...73-65—138

Jamie Lovemark...69-69—138

William Mouw...69-69—138

Kaito Onishi...68-70—138

Jeremy Paul...68-70—138

Seth Reeves...69-69—138

Daniel Summerhays...67-71—138

Braden Thornberry...69-69—138

Kevin Velo...68-70—138

Dalton Ward...69-69—138

Griffin Wood...64-74—138

Sudarshan Yellamaraju...71-67—138

(-5)

Trevor Cone...70-69—139

Brandon Crick...71-68—139

Steven Fisk...71-68—139

Nelson Lautaro Ledesma...73-66—139

KK Limbhasut...70-69—139

Augusto Nunez...71-68—139

Rob Oppenheim...71-68—139

Kevin Roy...71-68—139

Brian Stuard...70-69—139

Joe Weiler...67-72—139

(-4)

Fred Biondi...69-71—140

Brian Campbell...69-71—140

Tommy Gainey...69-71—140

Joey Garber...72-68—140

Brandon Harkins...70-70—140

Grant Hirschman...72-68—140

Bo Hoag...71-69—140

Van Holmgren...72-68—140

Kyle Jones...68-72—140

Jeffrey Kang...69-71—140

Russell Knox...71-69—140

Spencer Levin...71-69—140

Etienne Papineau...69-71—140

Thomas Rosenmueller...74-66—140

Austin Smotherman...70-70—140

Ross Steelman...68-72—140

Robert Streb...69-71—140

John VanDerLaan...69-71—140

Danny Walker...72-68—140

Missed cut

(-3)

Andrew Beckler...72-69—141

Erik Compton...69-72—141

Blaine Hale Jr....71-70—141

Charlie Hillier...70-71—141

Sung Kang...75-66—141

Satoshi Kodaira...71-70—141

Max McGreevy...69-72—141

Jackson Suber...70-71—141

Patrick Welch...69-72—141

Trey Winstead...70-71—141

(-2)

Patrick Cover...69-73—142

MJ Daffue...70-72—142

Hunter Eichhorn...71-71—142

Mark Goetz...72-70—142

Chase Hanna...70-72—142

Michael Johnson...70-72—142

Tain Lee...72-70—142

Logan McAllister...73-69—142

Dan McCarthy...71-71—142

Ryan McCormick...71-71—142

Tag Ridings...70-72—142

Marcelo Rozo...71-71—142

Isaiah Salinda...68-74—142

Chase Seiffert...72-70—142

Bo Van Pelt...70-72—142

(-1)

John Augenstein...71-72—143

Frankie Capan III...74-69—143

Roberto Diaz...69-74—143

Rhein Gibson...72-71—143

Brent Grant...72-71—143

Evan Harmeling...72-71—143

David Kocher...73-70—143

Davis Lamb...70-73—143

Pontus Nyholm...77-66—143

Charles Porter...69-74—143

Davis Shore...69-74—143

Dawie Van Der Walt...72-71—143

T.J. Vogel...70-73—143

Brett White...73-70—143

(Even)

Bronson Burgoon...71-73—144

Morgan Hoffmann...75-69—144

Brad Hopfinger...71-73—144

Philip Knowles...73-71—144

Hank Lebioda...73-71—144

Alvaro Ortiz...73-71—144

Ollie Schniederjans...72-72—144

(+1)

Mason Andersen...75-70—145

Cody Blick...73-72—145

Brett Drewitt...75-70—145

Austin Hitt...72-73—145

Yuxin Lin...71-74—145

Dimitrios Papadatos...75-70—145

Christopher Petefish...74-71—145

Kevin Stadler...70-75—145

Kristoffer Ventura...72-73—145

(+2)

Cole Hammer...75-71—146

Bryce Hendrix...74-72—146

Callum McNeill...72-74—146

John Pak...74-72—146

Paul Peterson...74-72—146

Kyle Stanley...73-73—146

Thomas Walsh...76-70—146

(+3)

Andrew Kozan...72-75—147

Jack Maguire...78-69—147

Sam Saunders...72-75—147

Trevor Werbylo...74-73—147

(+4)

Chad Collins...73-75—148

Fabian Gomez...72-76—148

Walker Lee...72-76—148

(+5)

Dillon Board...73-76—149

Chad Campbell...75-74—149

Jared Du Toit...76-73—149

(+6)

Myles Creighton...74-76—150

(+7)

Robert Russell...76-75—151

(+9)

Steven Bowditch...78-75—153

Mason Glinski...80-73—153

This story was originally published May 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM.