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2014 Sony Open: Brian Stuard holds the 36-hole lead, Adam Scott 3 back

Back-to-back 65s have Brian Stuard on top at the Sony Open. He doesn’t lead by much, however, and there are a few notable names chasing.

by Mark Sandritter

Jan 11, 2014, 4:19 AM UTC

Tom Pennington

The second round of the 2014 Sony Open is complete and while a few household names are in contention, everyone is chasing Brian Stuard. Stuard sits atop the leaderboard at 10-under after carding his second straight 65.

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Although he began the day tied for third place, Stuard didn’t appear poised for a surge up the leaderboard until late in his round. He made the turn in 34, 1-under on the round. Following four pars to open his second nine, he remained 1-under and 6-under overall heading into his 14th hole. That’s when things started to change. Back-to-back birdies dropped him to 8-under and he capped the day with an eagle at his 18th hole to jump into the lead. Stuard is still in search of his first PGA Tour win, but does have two top 25 finishes in four 2014 events.

Marc Leishman is 9-under though two rounds, one stroke behind Stuard. Leishman, who is tied for second place with Hideto Tanihara, jumped 10 spots on the leaderboard thanks to a 6-under 64 in the second round. Harris English sits in fourth, two strokes off the lead at 8-under. English birdied six of his final 11 holes to rocket up the leaderboard. Sang-Moon Bae opened the round in the lead after shooting a 7-under 63 on Thursday. He remains at 7-under following an even-par 70.

Adam Scott, Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner are among the notable names still in the hunt. Scott is tied for fifth place at 7-under after shooting a 4-under 66. Johnson and Dufner are both tied for 17th place at 5-under. Johnson is fresh off his win at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions and could be in contention to make it two straight with a solid third round.

The second round included a rarity in golf with James Hahn sinking his second shot at the Par-5 ninth hole for a double eagle. Hahn shot a 68 on the day, thanks in large part to this shot:

Jordan Spieth won’t be around for the weekend after the 20-year-old finished at 1-over and missed the cut. He ran into trouble on his back nine, opening with a double-bogey on his 10th hole. That dropped him to 1-over for the round and overall, just on the wrong side of the cut line. He dropped another shot on his 15th hole and while he birdied his final hole, it was too little, too late. He finished 1-over, two strokes off the 1-under cut line. Here is a complete look at the scoreboard through 36 holes:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round
1	Brian Stuard	-10	65	65
T2	Marc Leishman	-9	67	64
T2	Hideto Tanihara	-9	66	65
4	Harris English	-8	66	66
T5	Jason Kokrak	-7	66	67
T5	Chris Kirk	-7	64	69
T5	Sang-Moon Bae	-7	63	70
T5	Chris Stroud	-7	68	65
T5	Jimmy Walker	-7	66	67
T5	Adam Scott	-7	67	66
T11	Hudson Swafford	-6	70	64
T11	Justin Leonard	-6	68	66
T11	Matt Every	-6	69	65
T11	Boo Weekley	-6	67	67
T11	Jerry Kelly	-6	67	67
T11	Greg Chalmers	-6	68	66
T17	Will Wilcox	-5	69	66
T17	Ryan Palmer	-5	65	70
T17	James Hahn	-5	67	68
T17	Brian Harman	-5	69	66
T17	Retief Goosen	-5	66	69
T17	Jason Dufner	-5	67	68
T17	Zach Johnson	-5	68	67
T17	Pat Perez	-5	68	67
T25	Mark Wilson	-4	68	68
T25	Derek Tolan	-4	70	66
T25	Ben Martin	-4	67	69
T25	Brendon Todd	-4	70	66
T25	Ryuji Imada	-4	67	69
T25	Jeff Overton	-4	68	68
T25	Robert Allenby	-4	68	68
T25	Matt Kuchar	-4	68	68
T25	Billy Hurley III	-4	67	69
T25	Seung-Yul Noh	-4	70	66
T25	K.J. Choi	-4	67	69
T36	Ricky Barnes	-3	68	69
T36	Daniel Summerhays	-3	66	71
T36	Morgan Hoffmann	-3	68	69
T36	Kevin Na	-3	70	67
T36	John Rollins	-3	69	68
T36	John Peterson	-3	68	69
T42	Tim Wilkinson	-2	71	67
T42	David Hearn	-2	68	70
T42	Michael Putnam	-2	70	68
T42	Scott Verplank	-2	71	67
T42	Russell Henley	-2	73	65
T42	Stewart Cink	-2	69	69
T42	Steven Bowditch	-2	72	66
T42	Stuart Appleby	-2	70	68
T42	Tyrone Van Aswegen	-2	69	69
T42	Heath Slocum	-2	69	69
T42	Brice Garnett	-2	67	71
T42	Hyung-Sung Kim	-2	70	68
T42	Spencer Levin	-2	69	69
T42	Paul Goydos	-2	74	64
T42	Tim Herron	-2	68	70
T42	Justin Hicks	-2	69	69
T42	Charlie Beljan	-2	68	70
T42	Charles Howell III	-2	71	67
T42	John Huh	-2	71	67
T42	Scott Brown	-2	71	67
T42	Eric Dugas	-2	70	68
T42	Chad Collins	-2	71	67
T42	Miguel Angel Carballo	-2	68	70
T42	Peter Malnati	-2	69	69
T66	Joe Durant	-1	68	71
T66	John Senden	-1	72	67
T66	Y.E. Yang	-1	73	66
T66	Brian Gay	-1	71	68
T66	Robert Streb	-1	70	69
T66	Brendon de Jonge	-1	68	71
T66	Toshinori Muto	-1	70	69
T66	William McGirt	-1	67	72
T66	Ken Duke	-1	68	71
T66	D.A. Points	-1	70	69
T66	Tommy Gainey	-1	72	67
T66	John Daly	-1	66	73
T66	Charlie Wi	-1	69	70
T66	Kevin Foley	-1	67	72
Cut Line
T80	Jim Herman	E	69	71
T80	Briny Baird	E	71	69
T80	Scott Piercy	E	71	69
T80	Troy Merritt	E	70	70
T80	Kevin Kisner	E	72	68
T80	Yuta Ikeda	E	72	68
T80	Frank Lickliter II	E	73	67
T80	Daniel Chopra	E	74	66
T80	Matt Bettencourt	E	70	70
T80	Will MacKenzie	E	70	70
T80	Derek Ernst	E	68	72
T80	Bobby Gates	E	70	70
T80	Johnson Wagner	E	69	71
T80	Russell Knox	E	68	72
T80	Masahiro Kawamura	E	72	68
T80	Bo Van Pelt	E	71	69
T96	Jonathan Byrd	1	70	71
T96	Jordan Spieth	1	70	71
T96	Jeff Maggert	1	70	71
T96	David Lingmerth	1	71	70
T96	Alex Prugh	1	69	72
T96	Danny Lee	1	73	68
T96	D.H. Lee	1	71	70
T96	Martin Trainer	1	72	69
T104	Cameron Tringale	2	73	69
T104	Erik Compton	2	73	69
T104	Josh Teater	2	72	70
T104	Nicholas Thompson	2	73	69
T104	Woody Austin	2	70	72
T104	Roberto Castro	2	68	74
T104	Ted Potter, Jr.	2	74	68
T104	Vijay Singh	2	70	72
T104	Rory Sabbatini	2	73	69
T104	Scott Langley	2	71	71
T104	Andrew Svoboda	2	71	71
T104	Yusaku Miyazato	2	69	73
T104	Edward Loar	2	73	69
T104	Mark Anderson	2	74	68
T118	Michael Thompson	3	72	71
T118	Ryo Ishikawa	3	73	70
T118	Shane Bertsch	3	75	68
T118	Will Claxton	3	71	72
T118	Bronson La'Cassie	3	69	74
T123	Fred Funk	4	72	72
T123	Scott Gardiner	4	68	76
T123	Jim Renner	4	72	72
T123	Chesson Hadley	4	72	72
T123	Alex Aragon	4	71	73
T123	Jamie Lovemark	4	73	71
T123	Wes Roach	4	70	74
T123	Kevin Tway	4	73	71
T131	Mike Weir	5	73	72
T131	Carl Pettersson	5	72	73
T131	Kenny Perry	5	70	75
T131	Brad Fritsch	5	69	76
T135	William Liu (a)	6	72	74
T135	Lee Williams	6	75	71
T135	Andrew Loupe	6	74	72
T138	Sean O'Hair	8	75	73
T138	Guan Tianlang (a)	8	73	75
140	Jared Sawada (a)	10	78	72
141	Bud Cauley	11	76	75
142	Troy Matteson	12	76	76
143	Kirk Nelson	14	74	80