HONOLULU — The wind blew early and lingered late Friday through the second spherical of the PGA Tour’s season-opening Sony Open. Davis Riley continued to carry out properly within the morning’s troublesome circumstances, scoring a 64 with a birdie on the par-5 18th gap to maneuver into the lead.
Riley tied defending champion Nick Taylor, Kevin Roy, SH Kim and Adrian Dumont de Chassard at 9-under 131 at Waialae Nation Membership.
“I feel conditions like this deliver out a bit of little bit of what’s in me as a result of I’ve to be artistic,” Riley mentioned. “I am not making an attempt to make an ideal golf swing each time. There’s undoubtedly really feel and creativity.”
Taylor confronted the day’s strongest winds the afternoon after posting a 62 in calm circumstances to share the first-round lead with Roy. The Canadian took the lead for good with a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 fifteenth and a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-4 sixteenth, however fell again with a bogey on the par-3 seventeenth.
“It was windy and gusty,” Taylor mentioned. “Most of the holes had been comparatively crosswind, so it was exhausting to gauge yardage precisely. Typically it damage, typically it helped. You needed to time your photographs exactly, and also you additionally wanted a bit of little bit of luck.”
Final yr, Taylor chipped in for eagle on the 18th to succeed in the playoffs and beat Nico Echavarria with a birdie.
Roy completed the day with a birdie on the par-5 ninth within the late afternoon.
“When the wind blows like this, it would not really feel just like the wind is blowing in the identical path,” Roy mentioned. “It looks as if it is blowing all over the place I am going. I attempted to plan myself across the course and did a extremely good job.”
Dumont de Chassard shot a 67 and Kim shot a 68, each ends in the morning.
Morning starter Maverick McNeely (66) trailed afternoon gamers Takumi Kanaya (66), John Parry (68) and Chris Gotterup (69) by one stroke.
“Clearly it is a windy, powerful day right here,” Gottapp mentioned.
Jordan Spieth shot a 69 to go to three beneath, however bogeyed the fifteenth.
“This morning was very troublesome,” Spieth mentioned. “I hit a 7-iron on the fifteenth gap. I feel it was about 158 holes, and I hit it 120 yards, and I performed it about 175 yards. So it was very troublesome at instances. And when it is windy on the inexperienced, it is actually exhausting to putt.”
Vijay Singh gained with rounds of 68 and 70. The 62-year-old Corridor of Famer is profiting from a one-time profession cash exemption to compete on this yr’s full-field occasion. It will likely be his twenty fifth look within the event, which he gained in 2005.
The season began per week later than standard as a result of the Sentry in Kapalua, Maui, was canceled resulting from water points.
