Sony Open in Hawaii Halfway Hut: Russell Henley pulls clear at Waialae
News, stats, quotes and social after 36 holes in Honolulu where the American holds a three-shot lead after two rounds.
In truth, it's highly unlikely that he'll get to those crazy numbers posted at The Plantation Course last weekend whenΒ Cameron Smith won with 34-under, ahead ofΒ Jon Rahm (-33) and Matt Jones (-32).
Leaderboard after Round 2 @SonyOpenHawaii:
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1. @RussHenleyGolf -15
2. @Haotong_Li -12
3. Matt Kuchar -11
4. Michael Thompson -10
T5. 11 players tied at -9 pic.twitter.com/JYwYrloPZi
At least Na will have the chance to put things right again on the weekend, unlike the likes of last week's winner Smith, Abraham Ancer, Sungjae Im, Graeme McDowell and Zach Johnson, who all missed the cut.
Stats
Seven second-round leaders/co-leaders have won the Sony Open in Hawaii since 2000 (most recent: Kuchar in 2019).
Quotes
Russell Henley (-7, 125)
Heating up to end the round. π₯
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2οΈβ£ eagles on the card has @RussHenleyGolf in the lead. pic.twitter.com/nrddOuu83h
Haotong Li (-5, 128)
Matt Kuchar (-5, 129)
Michael Thompson (-3, 130)
Hideki Matsuyama (-5, 131)
Seamus Power (-2, 131)
Social
6-under on his final 6 holes. πͺ
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An eagle at the last.@RussHenleyGolf leads by 3 @SonyOpenHawaii. pic.twitter.com/ySFE47Y9PB
300 yards to carry the bunker ...
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Hideki Matsuyama's got that. πͺ pic.twitter.com/DHABpjCmX6
The perfect flop shot. π
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Hideki goes upstairs for the hole-out. pic.twitter.com/XJNkcxw0bc
The slow takeaway is evolving. π pic.twitter.com/vnihdeMLp3
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u missing the cut is getting old!
β Kevin Na (@kevinna915) January 15, 2022