Patrick Fishburn found some early momentum and Denny McCarthy overcame a sluggish start Friday, both winding up in the same spot -- a share of the lead in the Sony Open going into what figures to be a wide-open weekend at Waialae.

Youth is the name of the game at the Sony Open in Hawaii, the first full-field event ... Then there’s Zach Johnson, whose right arm was a welter of kinesiology tape as he carded his second ...

Lee Hodges (6 under), Alex Smalley (6 under), Zach Johnson (4 under), J.J. Spaun (4 under ... coming off a record-breaking victory at The Sentry last week in Kapalua, Hawaii, is tied for 42nd place at 4 under after a 1-under 69 on Friday.

That record score to par of 35 under by Hideki Matsuyama at Kapalua last week is safe ... and U.S. captain Zach Johnson. Johnson, who turns 49 next month, holed out with a 9-iron from the third ...

Among those right behind were figures from the last Ryder Cup outside Rome — Sepp Straka of Austria, and U.S. captain Zach Johnson ... at 35-under par to win at Kapalua last week, had a 69 ...

Zach Johnson's last PGA Tour win ... playoff over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman. Johnson is currently competing at the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii. The second round concluded on Friday, January ...

Matusyama, the stoic, slow-swinging native of Japan, birdied the par-5 18th hole of the Kapalua Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii on Sunday on an 8-foot putt to set the 72-hole Tour scoring record ...

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Tom Hoge grew up in North Dakota. He found the ideal vibe for The Plantation Course at Kapalua on Thursday, keeping expectations low and riding the momentum of good golf ...

Wyndham Clark walks off the ninth green during the third round of The Sentry golf event, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at Kapalua Plantation Course in ... Former Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson received an exemption. ... The tournament offered a spot to Blades ...

It was nostalgia time at Waialae Country Club on Friday morning, as champions from more than a decade ago took the stage early in the second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Kensai Hirata of Japan opened with four straight birdies, and he got up-and-down for one last birdie on the 18th at Waialae for a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead among the early starters Friday in the Sony Open.

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama got the new season off to a smashing start Sunday when he broke the PGA TOUR record to par for 72 holes by closing with an 8-under 65 for a three-shot ...