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Xander Schauffele put himself in the driver's seat to win his second straight Sentry Tournament of Champions with a five-under 68 to end Friday nine under overall and one shot clear of Patrick Reed and Joaquin Niemann.
Schauffele, whose tournament-ending 62 last year gave him the win at Kapalua Golf in Lahaina,Hawaii, had a bogey-free round en route to holding the lead into moving day.
All facets of Schauffele's game were working Friday. He hit 93.33 percent of fairways and 77.78 percent of greens in regulation, per PGATour.