Sony Open: Day 2

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