Brandt Snedeker follows his tee shot on the 1st hole of today’s Sony Open at Waialae. The PGA TOUR’s first full-field event of the year, the Sony Open in Hawaiʻi attracts 144 of the world’s finest golf pros who will compete for a share of the $5.8 million purse, with the tournament champion taking home $1,044,000 in prize money.
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HONOLULU (AP) – Brandt Snedeker feels good about his swing and is making plenty of putts, a combination that has given him the 36-hole lead at the Sony Open.
Snedeker was at 12-under 128 in the PGA Tour event. Despite starting his back nine with another bogey, he went on to make a birdie at the sixth before ending his day with a 12-foot eagle putt at the ninth. Even though he missed three birdie chances inside 10 feet and had several others in the 15-foot range that caught part of the cup, he hung in there long enough to make a 12-foot eagle putt on his last hole for a 66.
Former world number one Luke Donald and last year’s Open Championship victor Zach Johnson are two strokes adrift of the lead and are now in a tie for third with Zac Blair and Chez Reavie.
Fifteen players at the top were separated by four shots at the tournament’s halfway point.
“I feel like I can come out and win any tournament if I play well”, he said. And it helped that Kapalua’s fairways are among the widest in golf.
Kisner could not quite match Donald and Snedeker by going bogey-free, as he dropped a couple of shots during his round, but he stayed in contention thanks to four birdies and an eagle in a round of 66.
OLD MEN BY THE SEA: All three players who are sticking around for the Champions Tour season debut next week on the Big Island made the cut.
If Vijay Singh were to somehow hang on to win the Sony Open, he would become the oldest player in PGA TOUR history to win.
Davis Love III made two tough putts at the end of the round for a 66.
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Reigning champion Jimmy Walker, bidding for an unprecedented third victory in a row at Waialae, was a distant nine shots off the pace after carding a 68. There aren’t many easier than the par-5 ninth, which measures a mere 506 yards and can play downwind, leaving a wedge for the second shot for the long hitters and a short iron for most everyone else.
