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| Weather: Mostly sunny. High of 79 and wind from the SSE at 5-10 mph.
Golf Course: Par 70 / 7,037 yards Resources: Full Leaderboard | PGA TOUR Media Site 36-hole cut: 63 players at 5-under 135 from a field of 156
Justin Biwer (San Diego, California) carded a course-record tying 61 Friday at Cragun’s Legacy Courses and leads by four over six players after the second round of the CRMC Championship presented by Northern Pacific Center in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Through 36 holes, Biwer is 14-under with one eagle, 20 birdies, 11 pars, one bogey, two double bogeys and one triple bogey. On Friday, his front nine included an eagle on the par-4 13th and bookend double bogeys on Nos. 12 and 14. He closed with five consecutive birdies on Nos. 5-9 to shoot a back-nine 28 and take a four-stroke lead.
Biwer earned PGA TOUR Americas membership via Q-School in April and is currently No. 43 on the points list with two top-10s in eight starts. He also has a pair of top-10s in three Korn Ferry Tour starts as a nonmember, and at No. 108 on the points list, he qualified for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the first Finals event in two weeks.
Canadians Max Sekulic (Rycroft, Alberta) and Brady McKinlay (Lacombe, Alberta) are part of the six-way tie for second at 10-under. Sekulic closed his bogey-free 63 with a 40-foot eagle putt on No. 9, while McKinlay aced the 136-yard 16th with a 50-degree wedge en route to his second-round 63.
Also tied for second is Patrick Flavin (Highwood, Illinois), the third-ranked player on the points list, and Tom Fischer (Birmingham, Alabama), a rookie out of Ole Miss who finished No. 14 in the PGA TOUR University Class of 2026. Rounding out the players at 10-under are Peter Knade (Jupiter, Florida) and David Perkins (East Peoria, Illinois).
Due to forecasted inclement weather Friday night and Saturday morning, the third round will be played in threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 tees, with tee times running from 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
About PGA TOUR Americas PGA TOUR Americas identifies and prepares the game’s future stars as players compete to earn membership on the Korn Ferry Tour and eventually the PGA TOUR. The 2026 schedule consists of 15 events in nine countries, and the season culminates in October with the Dominican Republic Tour Championship presented by Scotiabank, where the top 10 players on the season-long points list earn Korn Ferry Tour membership the following season.
Since the inaugural PGA TOUR Americas season in 2024, Johnny Keefer (2024) and Michael Brennan (2025) have finished No. 1 on the PGA TOUR Americas points list, and both players earned their PGA TOUR cards for the 2026 season.
Media Contacts
Chris Richards (on-site) Director, Communications – PGA TOUR Pathways
Gregory Villalobos (remote) Media Official – PGA TOUR Pathways |
August 24 – 30, 2026