Sony Open: Day 2
Posted January 15th, 2005 by Erik J. Barzeski
Michelle Wie is not the only story in Hawaii this week. Shigeki Maruyama fired a 5-under 65 to take the lead.
We'll get it quickly out of the way: Michelle Wie missed the cut by seven, six shots worse than last year, finishing at +9. She played well in spots but couldn't make a putt. She beat 16 men, though, and out of respect for those men's dwindling self-respect, we won't be publishing their names. Just kidding - losing to Michelle Wie is not something about which to be ashamed. Shooting +10 or worse? Well, maybe…
One man who didn't have to worry about the cut was Japanese star Shigeki Maruyama. He fired a 5-under 65 in Friday's round to jump into the lead at -8. Said Maruyama of his first 36 holes in 2005, "I was worried about my game, first tournament of the year. I'm not nervous now."
Rookie Justin Rose fired a 66 and is one stroke back. Tom Lehman joins Andrew Magee and the aging duo of Jeff Sluman and Paul Azinger at -5. Saturday's TV coverage is handled by ESPN from 7:00-10:30pm EST.
Pos Name Tot R1 R2 Tot 1 Shigeki Maruyama -8 67 65 132 T2 Justin Rose -7 67 66 133 T2 Brett Quigley -7 66 67 133 T4 Paul Azinger -5 67 68 135 T4 Jeff Sluman -5 67 68 135 T4 Tom Lehman -5 67 68 135 T4 Andrew Magee -5 67 68 135 T4 Robert Gamez -5 69 66 135 T4 Stewart Cink -5 66 69 135 10 Adam Scott -4 71 65 136
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 at 1:22pm #
Maruyama double bogeys the first but aces the par-3 fourth. He holds the lead going into the final round of the 2005 Sony Open.
Posted 10 May 2005 at 11:22am #
Should teenage phenom Michelle Wie be playing in PGA Tour events without qualifying?
Posted 06 Jul 2005 at 3:47pm #
Michelle Wie tees it up with the big boys for the third time in her career.