Adam Scott improves in Honolulu
Adam Scott – not without hope entering the weekend – photo Golf Australia
A second round of 66 has moved Adam Scott within six shots of the halfway leader, Chris Kirk, at the Sony Open being played at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
Scott improved 31 places from his opening round of 69 and is now tied for 23rd.
Birdies at his final three holes in today’s round has opened the door for Scott to go one better than his runner-up finish in the event behind Zach Johnson in 2009 but clearly there is a lot of work ahead of the 42 year old if he is to do so.
Scott has a disclosed liking for the Waialae Country Club suggesting on Tuesday; “I like the golf course. It’s one of the golf courses on tour that’s really underrated. When you look into the stats and what guys do to win here, it’s a really quality golf course. It flies under the radar a lot, and I enjoy that.”
The leader, Kirk, is a four time winner of events on the PGA Tour, the last of those coming seven years ago at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. Interestingly however is that he has been twice runner-up in this event, the last of those coming in 2021 when finishing one shot behind Kevin Na.
Kirk leads by one over Taylor Montgomery and J.J. Spaun.
Montgomery has his PGA Tour card for the first time after a solid season on the Korn Ferry Tour last year allowed him to play his way to this higher level.
He has yet to win an event on either the Korn Ferry or PGA Tours so these are giddy heights for the 27 year old. He has, though, finished inside the top 20 in six of his seven starts since joining the tour in September including when 3rd at the Fortinet Championship and was twice runner-up on the Korn Ferry Tour last year so he clearly has some serious game.
Of the other Australasians in the field, Cameron Davis is at 4 under, seven from the lead and tied for 33rd while Aaron Baddeley and New Zealand’s Danny Lee are a shot further back in 46th place.
