Four players share Bupa Championship lead midway through second round

MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Joseph Winslow, Brett White, John Marshall Butler and Willy Pumarol share possession of the lead midway through the second round of the Bupa Championship at 10-under. Second-round play was suspended at 6:44 p.m. local time due to darkness.

Winslow carded a 7-under 65 in the second round at Club de Golf Mexico and surged to the top of the leaderboard, moving up 25 spots. Winslow entered the week at No. 52 in the Fortinet Cup and would move into the top five of the points list with a victory.

After an opening round 6-under 66, White followed up his first round with a 4-under 68 to take a share of the clubhouse lead. In three starts on PGA TOUR Americas in 2025, White has not finished lower than T9 and finished in the top five at the 70th ECP Brazil Open (T4) and the Diners Club Peru Open (T3). White entered the week as the No. 9 player in the Fortinet Cup and is projected to take hold of the top spot if he goes on to win.

Butler opened play with an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead. Butler is 3-under through 15 in the second round.

After missing the cut at the KIA Open, Butler responded with his best finish as a professional at the Diners Club Peru Open, where he finished T3. He jumped from No. 30 to No. 12 in the Fortinet Cup points list after his performance in Peru.

After starting the 2024 season without status on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned circuit, Pumarol earned exempt status for the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas North America Swing. Pumarol finished No. 100 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup to retain conditional status for the 2025 Latin America Swing. In 10 starts last season, Pumarol made five cuts, highlighted by a solo-11th at the ATB Classic.

Due to the suspension of play, 64 players making up 22 groups are expected to resume second-round play in position at 7 a.m. local time on Saturday.

Charting the leaders

About Joseph Winslow (T1/-10) 

• Searching for his second career win and first on PGA TOUR Americas in his 113th career PGA TOUR-sanctioned start
• First and only win came at the Yantai Championship on PGA TOUR China
• Finished No. 57 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup; registered two top-10s with his best finish coming at the 69th ECP Brazil Open (T4)
• Is the fourth member of his family, along with his father, sister, and brother to play Division I golf
• Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals

About Brett White (T1/-10) 

• Searching for his first career win in his 61st career PGA TOUR-sanctioned start
• Has not finished outside of the top-10 in three starts this season on PGA TOUR Americas; best finish came at the Diners Club Peru Open (T3)
• Finished No. 112 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup after making nine starts during the North America Swing
• In 2017, spent three weeks in the hospital with viral encephalitis. Did not play the game for an entire year, until the summer of 2018. Following his hospital stay, he was confined to a wheelchair and had to undergo 10 weeks of physical therapy to learn to walk again. Won the Nevada Open two years after his original diagnosis.
• Earned Co-Medalist honors at the first stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, which earned him exempt status through the 2025 Latin America Swing
• Making his season debut at the 70th ECP Brazil Open
• Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan; resides in Houston
• Family includes his wife, Natalie

About Willy Pumarol (T1/-10) 

• Made five cuts in 10 starts on PGA TOUR Americas in 2024, highlighted by a solo-11th finish at the ATB Classic
• Finished No. 100 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup to retain conditional membership for the 2025 Latin America Swing
• Best career finish came on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, at the 2019 Puerto Plata Open (T3)
• Practices out of Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida

About John Marshall Butler (T1/-10) 

• In nine events played in 2024, Butler made six cuts, highlighted by two top-25 finishes, including a T5 finish at the Times Colonist Victoria Open presented by Andrew Sheret Limited
• Finished No. 80 in the 2024 Fortinet Cup standings, securing exempt membership for the 2025 Latin America Swing
• Played collegiately at Auburn (2020-24) and served as the team captain of the Tigers 2024 National Championship team
• Was named Second Team All-SEC, PING All-Region and PING Honorable Mention All-America in his senior season at Auburn

Competition notes

 

Course Setup: Par 72 / 7,349 yards; R2 average: 70.842*

Weather: Cloudy with a high of 81. Wind from the NNE at 2-9 mph with gusts up to 24 mph.

• Joseph Winslow and Brett White share the clubhouse lead at the Bupa Championship midway through the second round at 10-under.
• Play was suspended at 2:45 p.m. local time due to lightning and resumed at 5:05 p.m. on Friday.
• Twenty-two groups consisting of 64 players were unable to finish play Friday due to lightning; first-round play will resume at 7 a.m. on Friday.
• Three countries are represented in the top five and ties: United States (five), Dominican Republic (one) and Argentina (one).
• Joey Savoie is the low-Canadian midway through the second round (-8/T8).
• Brett Roberts made a hole-in-one on the 188-yard par-3.
• Hole No. 4, the 445-yard par 4, is playing as the toughest hole midway through the first round (+0.188).