Patrick Sheehan (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) carded a bogey-free 66 on Friday at Cordoba Golf Club and leads by one through 36 holes at the 94 Abierto del Centro Zurich presentado por Personal in Cordoba, Argentina. Patrick Flavin (Highwood, Illinois) and Thomas Ponder (Dothan, Alabama) are tied for second at 8-under, while four players are T4 and two strokes off the lead.
A Penn State alumnus (2019-23), Sheehan is a second-year member on PGA TOUR Americas after earning his card via Q-School in both 2025 and 2026. His best finish in 10 starts last season was T14 at the Bromont Open presented by Desjardins, and he missed the cut last week in the season-opening 71st ECP Brazil Open. In his last summer as an amateur, Sheehan won the 2024 Pennsylvania Amateur and advanced to the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur.
Vicente Marzilio (Buenos Aires, Argentina), one of five first-round co-leaders, is T8 at 6-under, while reigning Latin America Amateur Championship winner Mateo Pulcini (Rio Cuarto, Argentina) made the cut and is T28 at 4-under.
