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Canada’s Nick Taylor endured an inconsistent second spherical on Friday on the Sony Open in Hawaii, however the defending champion retained a share of the lead on the PGA Tour’s season-opening occasion in Honolulu.
Taylor shot a 1-under-par 69, leaving him at 9-under 131.
Also at 9 underneath are first-round co-leader Kevin Roy, who carded a 69 on Friday, Davis Riley (64), Belgium’s Adrien Dumont de Chassart (67) and South Korea’s S.H. Kim (68).
Maverick McNealy (66), Chris Gotterup (69), England’s John Parry (68) and Japan’s Takumi Kanaya (66) are tied for sixth at 8 underneath.
Taylor offset 4 birdies with three bogeys on Friday as he seeks to win on the PGA Tour for the fourth 12 months in a row.
He acknowledged he has a whole lot of gamers to carry off if he’s to earn his seventh profession tour victory.
‘I really feel like at the very least right here the primary two days it’s extremely bunched,’ Taylor stated. ‘I do not know what number of guys are inside a pair pictures of the lead, however most likely virtually double digits.’
After following up a 62 on Thursday with a 69, Taylor stated, ‘Today was tough as a result of situations had been a lot tougher at present, barely completely different (wind) instructions. It was actually completely different golf course at present in comparison with yesterday.
‘So there may be nonetheless some alternatives, however like a whole lot of par-3s you are proud of pars. I performed them even at present, which is fairly stable.’
Among different notable gamers, Russell Henley shot a 73 to drop to 2 underneath general whereas Collin Morikawa (second-round 68) and Keegan Bradley (72) missed the reduce at even par.
–Field Level Media