Hayden Buckley took the lead at Sony Open

Moving day quite eventful, it must be said, at the Sony Open in Hawaii. In fact, a lot changes in the leading areas of the standings, starting with the leader. Hayden Buckley, a twenty-six-year-old professional since 2018 and who boasts 14th place as his best result (to a great surprise) in the last US Open, drives using consistency: in his -15 there are in fact laps of 67, 64 and 64. last -6, however, is spectacular: two eagles, three birdies and only one bogey as a small spot.

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Chasing him, with a -13 from which to start again, are three: David Lipsky, Chris Kirk (leader after two laps) and the only non-American of the trio, the English Ben Taylor, but whoever really makes noise is behind them . In fact, Andrew Putnam recovers 28 positions: the Tacoma native settles at -12 together with the South Korean Si Woo Kim, exploiting a series of seven consecutive birdies after two bogeys and, moreover, finishing with three more in a row.

While Will Gordon also prints a -7 to get to -11 together with Nate Lashley, the second 62 of the day is among the ninth. It was made by the Canadian Nick Taylor, who thus recovered 50 places and joined a particularly large group.

This, in fact, includes only one golfer not in the US quota, the South Korean S. H. Kim. With him are Ben Griffin, Maverick McNealy, J.T. Poston, Austin Eckroat and Taylor Montgomery. For all of them, as well as obviously for Taylor, there is a score of -10. Further back Hideki Matsuyama, who goes back, but is -8, which gives the Japanese 25th place.

Hawaii, a US state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the central Pacific. The islands are renowned for their wild landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical vegetation and beaches of golden, red, black and even green sand. Honolulu, the capital and most populous city, is located on Oahu; don’t miss the crescent beach of Waikiki Beach and the WWII memorials at Pearl Harbor.