He chipped in from 35 feet at the third, and poured in a 20-foot birdie putt at four before capping his round with a six-foot birdie at Waialea Country Club’s ninth.
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Miguel Tabuena had his hopes crushed with two bogeys in his round of two-under-par 68 in the second round Friday and he missed the cut by two strokes in the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kevin Kisner remains in third place on 15-under, with South Korea’s Si Woo Kim a further shot back in fourth.
Brandt Snedeker had 5-under-par 65 and never came seriously close to a bogey Friday to build a one-shot lead midway through the second round of the Sony Open.
Snedeker was at 12-under 128 in the PGA Tour event.
Snedeker, who led by one stroke after 36 holes, began with birdies at the third and fifth before making two more birdies on the back nine to complete a round of 66.
Blair drilled a 3-wood into the par-5 closing hole at Waialae to just over 40 feet, lagged it short and pulled the short birdie.
Fiji’s Vijay Singh, 52, signed for a one-under par 69 that left him four off the lead and still in the hunt to become the oldest ever victor on the US PGA Tour.
JOHANNESBURG – Ross McGowan opened a three-shot lead after two rounds of the European Tour’s Joburg Open following a sizzling 9-under-par 62.
The 25-year-old from Utah still finished with 6-under 64 to put himself in position for his first PGA Tour victory. “But at the end of the day, I think it just kind of comes down to getting the ball in the hole, and if you’re able to do that, you obviously seem to be finding yourself at the top of the leaderboard more often than not”.
Snedeker’s final official tournament of 2015 was a trip to the Australian PGA Championship and a small dent in his pride.
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“It wasn’t that favorable that I took a month-and-a-half off after it”, Kisner said. Because more than 78 players made the cut (87 in this case), there will be a 54-hole cut on Saturday for the top 70 and ties. Love was among three players who are in the Champions Tour season debut next week on the Big Island, and the other two almost missed the cut.
