Sony Open R2

January 14-17
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
$6,600,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4

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Nick Taylor fired seven birdies and an eagle for an 8-under 62 marred by a single bogey at the 14th on Friday to take a two-shot lead in the Sony Open.

The ideal weather conditions and light breeze led to a packed leaderboard with a group of five players in second place behind Taylor and a further group of eight tied for seventh place three shots behind him. Taylor’s playing partner, Keith Mitchell, also shot a 62 and there were only four holes where neither made a birdie.

”I think it’s probably harder out here to make double (bogey) and there’s a lot of birdie opportunities,” said Taylor. ”You can make four, five, six pars in a row and you’re probably getting lapped, especially with how the fairways are running.”

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Among the group in seventh place is overnight leader Joaquin Niemann who followed up his opening 62 with a 69 that consisted of pars, two birdies and a bogey.

“Today was a weird day,” said Niemann. “I didn’t feel like I played bad. I actually hit it pretty good. I just didn’t hit it pretty close. I was all day in between. But I’m still in good position, so just looking forward for the weekend.”

“I’m playing great. I think if I just keep playing the way I’m playing, hitting a lot of greens, giving myself a lot of chances, I’ll be doing good.”

Harris English, winner of last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions, opened with a 70 on Thursday but recovered with a 64 and is T35 alongside ten others at 6-under.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	Total
1	Nick Taylor	-12	66	62	128
T2	Stewart Cink	-10	67	63	130
T2	Russell Henley	-10	66	64	130
T2	Chris Kirk	-10	65	65	130
T2	Webb Simpson	-10	65	65	130
T2	Vaughn Taylor	-10	64	66	130
T7	Charley Hoffman	-9	66	65	131
T7	Billy Horschel	-9	65	66	131
T7	Marc Leishman	-9	66	65	131
T7	Peter Malnati	-9	62	69	131
T7	Hideki Matsuyama	-9	66	65	131
T7	Collin Morikawa	-9	66	65	131
T7	Joaquin Niemann	-9	62	69	131
T7	Brendan Steele	-9	65	66	131
T15	Aaron Baddeley	-8	64	68	132
T15	Daniel Berger	-8	64	68	132
T15	K.J. Choi	-8	67	65	132
T15	Nick Hardy	-8	69	63	132
T19	Lanto Griffin	-7	68	65	133
T19	James Hahn	-7	68	65	133
T19	Jim Herman	-7	64	69	133
T19	Patton Kizzire	-7	64	69	133
T19	Jason Kokrak	-7	62	71	133
T19	Nelson Ledesma	-7	67	66	133
T19	Troy Merritt	-7	66	67	133
T19	Keith Mitchell	-7	71	62	133
T19	Kevin Na	-7	67	66	133
T19	Carlos Ortiz	-7	66	67	133
T19	Pat Perez	-7	68	65	133
T19	Adam Scott	-7	69	64	133
T19	Robby Shelton	-7	66	67	133
T19	Cameron Smith	-7	67	66	133
T19	Brian Stuard	-7	66	67	133
T19	Hudson Swafford	-7	65	68	133
T35	Austin Cook	-6	68	66	134
T35	Cameron Davis	-6	68	66	134
T35	Harris English	-6	70	64	134
T35	Brice Garnett	-6	66	68	134
T35	Mark Hubbard	-6	66	68	134
T35	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	65	69	134
T35	Si Woo Kim	-6	64	70	134
T35	Anirban Lahiri	-6	69	65	134
T35	Michael Thompson	-6	66	68	134
T35	Brendon Todd	-6	70	64	134
T35	Mike Weir	-6	68	66	134
T46	Ryan Armour	-5	69	66	135
T46	Wesley Bryan	-5	68	67	135
T46	Jim Furyk	-5	69	66	135
T46	Brian Harman	-5	66	69	135
T46	Kramer Hickok	-5	67	68	135
T46	Charles Howell III	-5	67	68	135
T46	Satoshi Kodaira	-5	69	66	135
T46	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-5	69	66	135
T46	Ryan Palmer	-5	70	65	135
T46	Sepp Straka	-5	69	66	135
T46	Robert Streb	-5	69	66	135
T57	Chris Baker	-4	69	67	136
T57	Scott Brown	-4	70	66	136
T57	Sergio Garcia	-4	70	66	136
T57	Brian Gay	-4	67	69	136
T57	Emiliano Grillo	-4	66	70	136
T57	Harry Higgs	-4	65	71	136
T57	Sungjae Im	-4	68	68	136
T57	Zach Johnson	-4	71	65	136
T57	Matt Jones	-4	69	67	136
T57	Jerry Kelly	-4	68	68	136
T57	Michael Kim	-4	67	69	136
T57	Ryosuke Kinoshita	-4	68	68	136
T57	Kevin Kisner	-4	69	67	136
T57	Jamie Lovemark	-4	68	68	136
T57	Sebastián Muñoz	-4	66	70	136
T57	Chez Reavie	-4	68	68	136
T57	Martin Trainer	-4	70	66	136
CUT	Abraham Ancer	-3	69	68	137
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	-3	71	66	137
CUT	Talor Gooch	-3	70	67	137
CUT	David Hearn	-3	65	72	137
CUT	Bo Hoag	-3	71	66	137
CUT	Tom Hoge	-3	65	72	137
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-3	70	67	137
CUT	Cheng Tsung Pan	-3	65	72	137
CUT	Sam Ryder	-3	68	69	137
CUT	Chase Seiffert	-3	65	72	137
CUT	Roger Sloan	-3	67	70	137
CUT	J.J. Spaun	-3	71	66	137
CUT	Tim Wilkinson	-3	69	68	137
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-3	67	70	137
CUT	William Gordon	-2	68	70	138
CUT	Sung Kang	-2	66	72	138
CUT	Matt Kuchar	-2	70	68	138
CUT	Danny Lee	-2	69	69	138
CUT	William McGirt	-2	68	70	138
CUT	Henrik Norlander	-2	65	73	138
CUT	Seamus Power	-2	70	68	138
CUT	Ben Taylor	-2	68	70	138
CUT	D.J. Trahan	-2	71	67	138
CUT	Nick Watney	-2	71	67	138
CUT	Richy Werenski	-2	72	66	138
CUT	Y.E. Yang	-2	69	69	138
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	-2	69	69	138
CUT	Keegan Bradley	-1	70	69	139
CUT	Rafael Campos	-1	69	70	139
CUT	Andres Gonzales	-1	72	67	139
CUT	Hank Lebioda	-1	72	67	139
CUT	Luke List	-1	72	67	139
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	-1	69	70	139
CUT	Rob Oppenheim	-1	69	70	139
CUT	J.T. Poston	-1	65	74	139
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	-1	68	71	139
CUT	MJ Daffue	E	67	73	140
CUT	Russell Knox	E	70	70	140
CUT	Scott Piercy	E	71	69	140
CUT	Andrew Putnam	E	71	69	140
CUT	Rory Sabbatini	E	72	68	140
CUT	Kyle Stanley	E	67	73	140
CUT	Kevin Tway	E	70	70	140
CUT	Matt Every	1	67	74	141
CUT	Doug Ghim	1	72	69	141
CUT	Bill Haas	1	75	66	141
CUT	Bo Van Pelt	1	69	72	141
CUT	Mark Anderson	2	69	73	142
CUT	Michael Gligic	2	72	70	142
CUT	Hunter Mahan	2	73	69	142
CUT	Grayson Murray	2	67	75	142
CUT	Vijay Singh	2	69	73	142
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	2	73	69	142
CUT	Jimmy Walker	2	73	69	142
CUT	Eric Dugas	3	71	72	143
CUT	Rhein Gibson	3	69	74	143
CUT	Andrew Landry	3	70	73	143
CUT	Davis Love III	3	69	74	143
CUT	Adam Schenk	3	71	72	143
CUT	Branden Grace	4	69	75	144
CUT	Fabián Gómez	4	71	73	144
CUT	Brandon Hagy	4	73	71	144
CUT	In-Hoi Hur	4	71	73	144
CUT	Ryo Ishikawa	4	70	74	144
CUT	Jinichiro Kozuma	4	69	75	144
CUT	Shane Bertsch	5	71	74	145
CUT	Tyler McCumber	5	72	73	145
CUT	Parker McLachlin	5	70	75	145
CUT	Michael Gellerman	6	72	74	146
CUT	Evan Kawai (a)	7	74	73	147
CUT	Nate Lashley	9	74	75	149