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Davis Riley had a powerful ending stretch to shoot 3-under-par 67 and declare the lead via the third spherical of the Sony Open on Saturday at Honolulu.
Riley is at 12-under 198 going into Sunday’s remaining spherical of the PGA Tour’s season-opening event at Waialae Country Club.
Chris Gotterup (68), Kevin Roy (69) and England’s Harry Hall (66) share second place at 10 beneath. Ryan Gerard (68), England’s John Parry (69) and Canada’s Nick Taylor (70), the defending champion, are three strokes again.
Riley started the spherical with bogeys on two of the primary three holes. He completed by taking part in the final seven holes in 4 beneath, together with consecutive birdies on Nos. 14 (tap-in) and 15 (putt from 14 1/2 ft). He completed with a birdie on the final gap.
Riley has gained twice on the tour, however most lately in 2024 on the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Hall’s lone bogey of the spherical got here at No. 15, however he responded with a birdie putt from simply inside 10 ft on the subsequent gap. Three of his birdies got here with putts from past 12 ft as he emerged alone atop the leaderboard by the point he accomplished his spherical.
The greatest rounds of the day have been turned in by Canada’s Corey Conners and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama with 65s. Conners moved to eight beneath, whereas Matsuyama is at 6 beneath.
South Korea’s S.H. Kim (72) was among the many co-leaders getting into the day and dropped again.
Of the 5 golfers sharing the lead after Friday’s second spherical, Belgium’s Adrien Dumont de Chassart (73) had the largest decline — all the way in which to a tie for thirteenth regardless of an eagle on the par-5 18th.
Fiji’s Vijay Singh, who at age 62 grew to become the oldest participant to make a lower on the PGA Tour in practically three years, moved up with a 68, placing him at 4 beneath for the event.
–Field Level Media