HONOLULU (AP) — 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.

January 11 - Patrick Fishburn carded a bogey-free second round at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Friday, and he shares the lead with Denny McCarthy at the midpoint of the event in Honolulu ... and Austria's Sepp Straka (4 under) share sixth place at 8 under.

Leading second round scores of US PGA Tour Sony Open at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (par-70):

At Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii Purse: $8.7 million Yardage: 7,044; Par: 70 Partial Second Round Suspended for darkness (a) = amateur

Golf pro Sepp Straka just missed out on a top place at the PGA opening competition in Kapalua (Hawaii), which is endowed with 20 million dollars. The

Sepp Straka has certainly cooled off since his string of top-10 finishes last Spring, but his recent form has been solid nonetheless. The 31-year-old Austrian has made the cut in eight of his last nine starts dating back to August,

At Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii Purse: $8.7 million Yardage: 7,044; Par: 70 Second Round (a) = amateur

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Sony Open in Hawaii final leaderboard is headed by winner Nick Taylor, who earned his fifth-career PGA Tour win at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taylor earned a huge win in the first full-field event of the year after taking an unlikely playoff against Nico Ecvhavarria with a birdie on the second hole of sudden death on the par-5 18th.

Nick Taylor won the Sony Open in a playoff over Nico Echavarria. With it, Taylor collected $1.566 million of the $8.7 million purse. Here’s a look at how the prize money was distributed at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii:

Nico to decide the winner of the PGA Tour's first full-field event of the year, the Sony Open in Hawaii. After Hideki Matsuyama blitzed the field at The Sentry last week at Kapalua, Nick Taylor and Nico Echavarria both shot final-round 65s to head into a playoff.

Sony Open continues into the weekend with some longshots on the top of the leaderboard into Round 3. Leaders, stats, matchups, adjusted odds and picks with information you can bet on.