With one eye on the crisis in his homeland, Marc Leishman has worked his way onto the early leaderboard at the Sony Open.
Leishman battled swirling winds during the opening round at Waialae Country Club, posting a 2-under 68 that ordinarily would have left him in the middle of the pack on the vintage layout. But given the conditions, it put him near the top and three shots behind early leader Collin Morikawa.
"That was pretty brutal," Leishman told reporters. "It was as good as I've played for a while, and really, really happy with 2 under.