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2026 Sony Open Leaderboard: Taylor Tied for Top Spot in Hawaii

by David Thompson - Sports Editor

A ⁢windy day in Honolulu saw waialae Country Club⁢ show​ some teeth in Friday’s second round of teh sony Open, with tougher ‍scoring conditions condensing the top⁣ of the leaderboard and sending some big names home early.

After yielding a pair of 62s on Thursday, the best anyone coudl do on Friday was a 64, with Davis Riley firing‍ a 6-under second round to surge into a⁢ share of the lead⁣ and Ryan⁤ Gerard matched him for low⁤ round of the day to climb into ‌the top 10. ⁢Riley‍ credited a hot putter and an improved ball-striking ‍day for moving him into a tie on top of ⁤the leaderboard, even ⁣with a penalty ⁣stroke in‌ his round.

“Today I putted really ‍well,but I definitely hit the⁢ ball a little bit⁢ better​ today,” Riley​ said. “It​ maybe wasn’t even⁢ better, I just didn’t have as manny crazy‌ shots as yesterday. I had a penalty stroke off the tee yesterday,which really cost me and felt like I lost​ a lot of momentum there. Overall⁢ the ball striking was a little cleaner and‌ continued some of that good putting.”

On the other end of the spectrum was Collin Morikawa, as the No. 17 player in the Official World Golf Rankings could only manage a 68 on friday to finish at even par for the week, one shot short of the cut line.⁢ As so frequently enough happens with Morikawa, it was the putter that let him down. Morikawa missed a few short putts on his back nine, including a 6-footer⁢ for birdie on No. 18 to make the cut.

A ‍missed cut in the season opener that doesn’t feature many of the game’s elite⁢ is an extremely arduous way for Morikawa to begin what he hopes is a bounce-back ⁣season after a tough second half ​of 2025. He still⁣ appears⁤ to be searching for the ‌form that made him‌ a ‍two-time major champion and won’t get the kind of confidence boost expected from a Sony Open start.

Morikawa wasn’t alone in struggling with the wind on Friday, and ‌will find some company from a few other notable names who⁤ will also be looking‍ for an early flight home — most notably Keegan Bradley,‌ who also finished his week at even par.

Jordan Spieth did make ⁣the cut, as he aims for a ⁣rebound season himself, and he highlighted⁣ the challenge of the conditions on Friday after his round, a second consecutive 68 that moves ⁢him comfortably into the ‌weekend ⁢at⁢ 4 under.

“I hit a‍ 7-iron into that 15th hole. I had maybe 158 hole and ⁤I think it went 120 ​yards and I played it like 175,” Spieth explained. “So it was just very challenging at times. And on the greens it just becomes really hard to make putts when it’s that windy.”

Thanks to those conditions, things bunched up considerably ​and ⁣when the‍ third round gets underway, plenty of⁣ players will believe they’re still⁤ in contention to win the ‌opening event of the 2026 PGA Tour season.

leaders

T1. Nick Taylor, Davis Riley, S.H. Kim, Adrien Dumont de ⁣Chassart, kevin ​Roy (-9)

While Taylor and⁢ Roy couldn’t replicate ‍their 62s from Thursday, the first round co-leaders remain in⁣ a share of the lead ⁣heading into the weekend — with Taylor aiming to go back-to-back in ​Honolulu. Riley’s low round of the day vaults him into ‌first as well, with Kim⁤ (68), Parry (67) and Dumont de Chassart (67) climbing to the

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* facebook-debug: https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all/debug.js – ⁣Facebook’s Debug‍ Tool. still active‍ as of November 2023. Likely⁤ to be updated periodically.
* google: https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js – Google+ button. Google+ was shut down in April 2019. this link is likely ‍broken or serves ⁢a ‌redirect.
* google-csa: https://www.google.com/adsense/search/async-ads.js – Google AdSense asynchronous ads. still active as of‍ November 2023.
* google-javascript-api: https://www.google.com/jsapi – Google JavaScript API. ⁣ Still active, though Google recommends using ‍more modern APIs like the Google People API.
* google-client-api: https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client – ⁢Google Sign-In‌ Client. Still active as of ⁣November 2023.
* ‌ ⁤ gpt: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js – Google Publisher Tag. Still active ‍as of November 2023.
* hlsjs: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hls.js/1.0.7/hls.js – HLS.js library for ‍HTTP Live Streaming. Version 1.0.7 is very old. As of November 2023, the latest ‌version is 1.4.1.This ‍is a significant update.
* ⁣ recaptcha: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=loadRecaptcha&render=explicit – Google reCAPTCHA. Still active as of November 2023.
* recaptcha_ajax: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha_ajax.js – Google reCAPTCHA AJAX helper. Still‌ active as of⁣ November 2023.
* supreme-golf: https://sgapps-staging.supremegolf.com/search/assets/js/bundle.js ‌- Specific to⁢ Supreme Golf. Likely to change⁤ frequently. As of November 2023, the URL is reachable.
* ​ taboola: https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/cbsinteractive-cbssports/loader.js – Taboola news⁣ suggestion ‌engine. Still active as of November 2023.
* twitter: https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js – ⁤Twitter widgets. Now ⁤X widgets. Still active as of November 2023, though branded as X.
* ⁣ video-avia, video-avia-ui,⁤ video-avia-gam, video-avia-hls, video-avia-playlist: https://sports.cbsimg.net/... – CBS Interactive video⁣ player components. ⁢Likely specific to CBS Sports.​ As of November 2023,these URLs⁣ are reachable.
* ‍ video-ima3: https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js – Google Interactive Media Ads SDK. Still active as ⁤of November 2023.
* video-ima3-dai: https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3_dai.js – google

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