Weekend Preview January 14th

Welcome to the weekend preview by Golfscale, your go-to source for all things professional golf. This week, we're covering the Sony Open and Hero Cup. Let's dive into all the action from the tournament's first two days.

Sony Open

We almost finished 2 rounds of the Sony Open. There were 143 out of 144 players who finished on Friday, the lone player yet to finish being Davis Thompson. In a bizarre situation, Thompson has only a 57-foot eagle putt remaining and currently sits on the cut line. He is set to finish at 7:10 am on Saturday, and then the cut will be finalized.

After shooting an opening round 64, Jordan Spieth reversed course on Friday and will miss the cut by 1. PGA Tour comms shared that this was the first time an 18-hole leader or co-leader will miss the cut since Matt Every at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Chris Kirk is looking to get back in the winner's circle and is leading the way into the weekend for the Sony Open. Here is a quick bit of his post-round interview on Friday:

Hero Cup

The Hero Cup has completed ten matches over two sessions, with the Continental Europe team leading 5.5 to 4.5 over team Great Britain and Ireland. For the Continental Europeans on Friday, the teams of Pieters & Noren and Detry & Rozner each brought home a win. The lone victory for GB&I in the Friday fourball matches was by Seamus Power and Robert Macintyre over Straka & Meronk. The Saturday morning Foursomes were split, with each side winning two matches and one halved.

Sony Open Most Birdies

• Chris Kirk 13
• Taylor Montgomery 13
• Brendon Todd 12
• Rory Sabbatini 12
• Chun-an Yu 12

Sony Open Leaderboard

• 1 C. Kirk -11 64 65
• T2 T. Montgomery -10 64 66
• T2 J. Spaun -10 66 64
• T4 D. Lipsky -9 65 66
• T4 H. Buckley -9 67 64
• T6 S. Kim -8 65 67
• T6 A. Eckroat -8 66 66
• T6 B. Taylor -8 66 66
• T9 B. Todd -7 65 68
• T9 B. Griffin -7 65 68
• T9 D. McCarthy -7 65 68
• T9 M. McNealy -7 66 67
• T9 S. Jaeger -7 67 66
• T9 C. Yu -7 67 66
• T9 J. Poston -7 67 66
• T16 J. Winslow -6 66 68
• T16 S. Cink -6 66 68
• T16 C. Reavie -6 67 67
• T16 S. Kim -6 67 67
• T16 M. Thompson -6 69 65
• T16 N. Lashley -6 69 65
• T16 N. Hardy -6 71 63

Enjoy the weekend!