January 14-17
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
$6,600,000
Round 1, Round 3, Round 4
Leader by 2. @NTaylorGolf59 is out front at the @SonyOpenHawaii. pic.twitter.com/3tJq48V6vY
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 16, 2021
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.”
Right at it. 🎯@NTaylorGolf59 nearly aces the par-3 17th @SonyOpenHawaii.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/3QMLHFjQvr
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 16, 2021
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.
😏 Age is just a number to Stewart Cink.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 16, 2021
🕸️ Webb continues to roll it.
👀 Stacked leaderboard heading into moving day.
It’s all in The Takeaway from Round 2 @SonyOpenHawaii. pic.twitter.com/mEGMmB6vIC
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 |