(Reuters) - Brandt Snedeker, maintaining the turnaround in form he produced at Kapalua last week, delivered a short game master class as he moved one stroke clear early in the second round of the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday.
Long regarded as one of the best putters on the PGA Tour, Snedeker holed out from 15 feet on his first hole, chipped in from 35 feet on his 12th and then drained a 20-footer at the next on the way to a five-under-par 65 at Waialae Country Club.
The 35-year-old American, who had been in a five-way tie for the lead overnight, took advantage of relatively benign conditions as he piled up five birdies in a bogey-free round for a 12-under total of 128.