Golf: DeLaet grabs early lead
Canada’s Graham DeLaet grab the clubhouse lead in the $5.5 million Sony Open.
HONOLULU:
An eagle and a birdie-birdie finish helped Canada’s Graham DeLaet grab the clubhouse lead in the $5.5 million Sony Open, the first full-field event of the US PGA Tour season. DeLaet, celebrating his return from back surgery that threatened to derail his career, carded a seven-under par 63 on the par-70 Waialae Country Club course. He had a two-stroke lead over South Korean KJ Choi, Sweden’s Carl Petterson and Kyle Reifers, who were all in the clubhouse on 65.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2012.
An eagle and a birdie-birdie finish helped Canada’s Graham DeLaet grab the clubhouse lead in the $5.5 million Sony Open, the first full-field event of the US PGA Tour season. DeLaet, celebrating his return from back surgery that threatened to derail his career, carded a seven-under par 63 on the par-70 Waialae Country Club course. He had a two-stroke lead over South Korean KJ Choi, Sweden’s Carl Petterson and Kyle Reifers, who were all in the clubhouse on 65.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2012.