There were 19 golfers within two shots of the lead as conditions at Waialae Country Club were near ideal for the first full-field event of 2016. – Singh, who recorded his lowest score since the 2012 Greenbrier Classic and at age 52 could become the oldest victor in Tour history. If he comes out on top Sunday, he would be the oldest-ever PGA Tour champion at 52 years, 10 months and 26 days old – 18 days older than Sam Snead was when he captured the 1965 Wyndham Championship.
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Jimmy Walker is looking for the rare PGA Tour three-peat this week as the two-time defending Sony Open in Hawaii victor looks for his sixth career win.
“I just haven’t produced the scores that I want to produce, but I’m always optimistic about my next day, my next round, my next tournament”.
Si Woo Kim of South Korea was another shot back, while Luke Donald and Sean O’Hair were in the group at 65.
“I’ve been playing really well”, he said. It’s been the same way for the last five, six years.
He followed that up with further birdies on the first and second before closing out his round with birdies on the final two holes – narrowly missing with that eagle attempt on the ninth. The likes of Adam Scott, Zach Johnson, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau and others will try to wrest away the lei and the big check for the first time since 2014. He had to go back to the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his card, but felt like a swing change is starting to take hold.
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Robert Allenby, returning to the Sony Open after a freakish episode past year that left him with a bloodied forehead, no wallet or cellphone and no memory of what happened, hit his first tee shot out-of-bounds onto the driving range, made triple bogey and played even par the rest of the way for a 73.
