Jung knocked in a 14-foot putt to eagle No. With a sublime front nine, he nearly became the lone member of this year’s seven-player Hawaii contingent to pull it off. Late in the day, with the sun fading behind the clubhouse, the local hope for a cut-maker became Peter Jung, the 19-year-old Maryknoll graduate and freshman on the Washington State golf team. He is three strokes clear of Haotong Li of China and four ahead of 2019 winner Matt Kuchar.ĭefending champion Kevin Na, who blitzed the course with a 9-under 61 on Thursday, couldn’t go low on back-to-back days and sits in a tie for 16 th after Friday’s 1-over 71.
Still got a long way to go, but obviously just looking to keep believing in my game for the next two days.”Īn eagle at the last.
The more you're there the more you can be comfortable with it. “I don't think there is really any secret or anything you really change. “(It’s) knowing how to work on that, put the time in on the range with that. “I think I've started to learn a little bit what my tendencies are with my swing when I get a little off,” the Georgia native said. Henley, in his post-round interviews, lamented other tournaments that he got off to similarly hot starts over the first two days, only to be disappointed in where he finished. "I think that was definitely an advantage." "It wasn't blowing like it can out here," Henley observed. Russell Henley, who won the 2013 Sony for his first career PGA victory, didn’t have to sweat it out after a blistering final six holes that saw him card four birdies and an eagle to shoot 7-under 63 on the day and move to 15 under for the tournament. The Australian with an affinity for the Islands missed the cut at 2 under. The cut line matched the lowest in the tournament’s history, with 1998.Ĭameron Smith, the winner of last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions as well as the 2020 Sony Open, was one of the casualties. Only those who emerged at 5 under or better in clear conditions over the first two days survived. Defending champion Kevin Na fell back from the pack after leading outright following Round 1, and sits in a tie for 13th.
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