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Stewart Cink fired a 9-under-par 63 and Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson carded a 64 on Friday to share the lead after two rounds of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii.
The occasion is the opener of the 2026 PGA Tour Champions season.
Jacobson adopted his first-round 65 with a bogey-free spherical at Hualalai Golf Course to get to 15-under 129. He eagled the par-5 No. 10 and after beginning quick by recording birdies at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and seven for 31 on the entrance 9. He additionally birdied the par-5 No. 14 on a relatively quiet again 9.
‘You can inform guys maintain urgent the fuel pedal round right here, so I used to be completely happy to get off to a fast begin and make some putts early — that at all times helps,’ Jacobson stated. ‘Yeah, round 10, making an eagle putt at that time, getting it going.
‘The previous few holes was a bit of tough. It was a bit of tough to get the putts to go in, however, total, I feel I hit just about all of the fairways as we speak and gave myself a variety of alternatives.’
Cink, who carded a first-round 66, shares the lead after making 10 birdies on Friday and only one blemish, a bogey on the par-4 No. 16.
‘The wind was light on the market, so there are scoring alternatives on this golf course,’ Cink stated on Friday. ‘But I stated it yesterday, too, you continue to need to do it. You cannot simply go to sleep on the market and count on to make an entire bunch of birdies. You nonetheless need to be actually dialed in.
‘You are given the chance to hit the ball shut and to benefit from the par-5s, however you continue to need to do it,’ Cink continued. ‘So that is been a key for me the final couple days is simply doing it. I have not been lackadaisical fairly often, I have not been enjoyable and I’ve been targeted when the time comes.’
Canada’s Stephen Ames, who led after the primary spherical, slipped right into a tie for third at 14 beneath with Argentina’s Angel Cabrera.
Cabrera carded the low spherical of the day with a 10-under 62, marked by simply 5 pars. He made an eagle, on the par-5 No. 4, and 10 birdies — Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 16. Cabrera misplaced strokes with bogeys on the par-4 No. 11 and the par-3 No. 17.
Ames had a less-adventurous 66 with seven birdies, one bogey and 10 pars.
Fred Couples is alone in fifth at 13 beneath after his 66. He made 5 consecutive birdies on Nos. 4-8 for a 31 on the entrance 9, birdied No. 10 and gave again a shot with a bogey at No. 12 earlier than recording one other birdie at No. 14.
The three-round event concludes Saturday.
–Field Level Media