Sony Open R1

January 14-17
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
$6,600,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Joaquin Niemann is tied for the lead again four days after losing a playoff to Harris English in Kapalua.

”It was the first time that it really hurt me, like finishing a golf tournament,” he said. ”Probably one or two days I just keep thinking on how I couldn’t make birdie on 18 and get it done. I was talking with my coach, with my psychologist. We talked for an hour about the whole tournament, not for that 18th hole. It was a good way to take all the positives from that week.”

This week Niemann followed seven birdies and a single bogey at the 12th with a 50-foot chip for eagle on the 18th to close his opening round with an 8-under 62.

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Tied alongside him for the Sony Open lead are Jason Kokrak and Peter Malnati. Kokrak was bogey-free for the round and missed a 25-foot eagle putt on his closing hole for the outright lead.

Six players are tied together for fourth place at 6-under, among them Jim Herman who should have played in last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions but was unable to after testing positive for Covid-19 and having to self-isolate for 10 days.. He made his lowest score in his tenth start at the Sony Open.

”I feel pretty good,” said Herman. ”Obviously, the low score today helps you feel a little bit better. Didn’t know what to expect coming out this week.”

Herman spent a miserable four days with the virus, the inflammation of his lungs pressing against his back making it difficult to sit, and has yet to recover his full taste and smell.

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This year, without the tents, bleachers and spectators, the PGA erected out-of-bound stakes along the left side of the 18th fairway for safety and in an effort to prevent players from playing down the 10th hole.

“Smart,” said Billy Horschel. “I think the hole should be played the way it was designed and not cheat – not saying cheat, but not take advantage of whatever you want to take advantage of. Obviously, there’s a few guys laying up here and there’s a safety hazard, but I think playing the hole the way the hole was designed and intended, I think they kept that in play with those OB stakes.”

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
T1	Jason Kokrak	-8	62
T1	Peter Malnati	-8	62
T1	Joaquin Niemann	-8	62
T4	Aaron Baddeley	-6	64
T4	Daniel Berger	-6	64
T4	Jim Herman	-6	64
T4	Si Woo Kim	-6	64
T4	Patton Kizzire	-6	64
T4	Vaughn Taylor	-6	64
T10	David Hearn	-5	65
T10	Harry Higgs	-5	65
T10	Tom Hoge	-5	65
T10	Billy Horschel	-5	65
T10	Mackenzie Hughes	-5	65
T10	Chris Kirk	-5	65
T10	Henrik Norlander	-5	65
T10	Cheng Tsung Pan	-5	65
T10	J.T. Poston	-5	65
T10	Chase Seiffert	-5	65
T10	Webb Simpson	-5	65
T10	Brendan Steele	-5	65
T10	Hudson Swafford	-5	65
T23	Brice Garnett	-4	66
T23	Emiliano Grillo	-4	66
T23	Brian Harman	-4	66
T23	Russell Henley	-4	66
T23	Charley Hoffman	-4	66
T23	Mark Hubbard	-4	66
T23	Sung Kang	-4	66
T23	Marc Leishman	-4	66
T23	Hideki Matsuyama	-4	66
T23	Troy Merritt	-4	66
T23	Collin Morikawa	-4	66
T23	Sebastián Muñoz	-4	66
T23	Carlos Ortiz	-4	66
T23	Robby Shelton	-4	66
T23	Brian Stuard	-4	66
T23	Nick Taylor	-4	66
T23	Michael Thompson	-4	66
T40	K.J. Choi	-3	67
T40	Stewart Cink	-3	67
T40	MJ Daffue	-3	67
T40	Matt Every	-3	67
T40	Brian Gay	-3	67
T40	Kramer Hickok	-3	67
T40	Charles Howell III	-3	67
T40	Michael Kim	-3	67
T40	Nelson Ledesma	-3	67
T40	Grayson Murray	-3	67
T40	Kevin Na	-3	67
T40	Roger Sloan	-3	67
T40	Cameron Smith	-3	67
T40	Kyle Stanley	-3	67
T40	Erik van Rooyen	-3	67
T55	Wesley Bryan	-2	68
T55	Austin Cook	-2	68
T55	Cameron Davis	-2	68
T55	William Gordon	-2	68
T55	Lanto Griffin	-2	68
T55	James Hahn	-2	68
T55	Sungjae Im	-2	68
T55	Jerry Kelly	-2	68
T55	Ryosuke Kinoshita	-2	68
T55	Jamie Lovemark	-2	68
T55	William McGirt	-2	68
T55	Pat Perez	-2	68
T55	Ted Potter, Jr.	-2	68
T55	Chez Reavie	-2	68
T55	Sam Ryder	-2	68
T55	Ben Taylor	-2	68
T55	Mike Weir	-2	68
Projected Cut: ( -2 )
T72	Abraham Ancer	-1	69
T72	Mark Anderson	-1	69
T72	Ryan Armour	-1	69
T72	Chris Baker	-1	69
T72	Rafael Campos	-1	69
T72	Jim Furyk	-1	69
T72	Rhein Gibson	-1	69
T72	Branden Grace	-1	69
T72	Nick Hardy	-1	69
T72	Matt Jones	-1	69
T72	Kevin Kisner	-1	69
T72	Satoshi Kodaira	-1	69
T72	Jinichiro Kozuma	-1	69
T72	Anirban Lahiri	-1	69
T72	Danny Lee	-1	69
T72	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-1	69
T72	Davis Love III	-1	69
T72	Matthew NeSmith	-1	69
T72	Rob Oppenheim	-1	69
T72	Adam Scott	-1	69
T72	Vijay Singh	-1	69
T72	Sepp Straka	-1	69
T72	Robert Streb	-1	69
T72	Bo Van Pelt	-1	69
T72	Tim Wilkinson	-1	69
T72	Y.E. Yang	-1	69
T72	Xinjun Zhang	-1	69
T99	Keegan Bradley	E	70
T99	Scott Brown	E	70
T99	Harris English	E	70
T99	Sergio Garcia	E	70
T99	Talor Gooch	E	70
T99	Ryo Ishikawa	E	70
T99	Takumi Kanaya	E	70
T99	Russell Knox	E	70
T99	Matt Kuchar	E	70
T99	Andrew Landry	E	70
T99	Parker McLachlin	E	70
T99	Ryan Palmer	E	70
T99	Seamus Power	E	70
T99	Brendon Todd	E	70
T99	Martin Trainer	E	70
T99	Kevin Tway	E	70
T115	Shane Bertsch	1	71
T115	Bronson Burgoon	1	71
T115	Eric Dugas	1	71
T115	Fabián Gómez	1	71
T115	Bo Hoag	1	71
T115	In-Hoi Hur	1	71
T115	Zach Johnson	1	71
T115	Keith Mitchell	1	71
T115	Scott Piercy	1	71
T115	Andrew Putnam	1	71
T115	Adam Schenk	1	71
T115	J.J. Spaun	1	71
T115	D.J. Trahan	1	71
T115	Nick Watney	1	71
T129	Michael Gellerman	2	72
T129	Doug Ghim	2	72
T129	Michael Gligic	2	72
T129	Andres Gonzales	2	72
T129	Hank Lebioda	2	72
T129	Luke List	2	72
T129	Tyler McCumber	2	72
T129	Rory Sabbatini	2	72
T129	Richy Werenski	2	72
T138	Brandon Hagy	3	73
T138	Hunter Mahan	3	73
T138	Brandt Snedeker	3	73
T138	Jimmy Walker	3	73
T142	Evan Kawai (a)	4	74
T142	Nate Lashley	4	74
144	Bill Haas	5	75