Scot's great recovery from four early bogeys

MARTIN LAIRD BEATS CUT
WITH A BIRDIE AT LAST
HOLE IN SONY OPEN

Martin Laird is in the money in his debut appearance on the US PGA Tour - but it was a close-run thing for the Glasgow man to beat the halfway cut in the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu in Hawaii.
The former Scottish youths champion and US college circuit player made a shocking start to the second round
He bogeyed the first, fourth, fifth and sixth. You cannot score like that and get away with it on the US Tour and Martin tumbled down the scoreboard after being pretty high up following a first-day 69.
Laird, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, perked up with a birdie at the ninth to be out in three-over-par 38. Two more birdies, at the 13th and 14th, improved his position to one over par on the day but he was still on the wrong side of the projected cut line as he moved into the last few holes of his second round.
And Laird got the all-important fourth birdie in 10 holes at the very last one. That gave him a par-matching 70 and a 36-hole aggregate of one-under-par 139, which was the limit mark to make the cut.
The US PGA Tour has a new policy this year to limit the field size on the weekend, and it knocked out John Daly, Brandt Snedeker and 16 other players who, in previous years, would have beaten the halfway chop.
Daly and those who finished at even-par 140 still received official last-place money of $9,699 and 46 points toward the FedExCup. But they won't have a tee time on Saturday.
The policy allows for the top 70 professionals and ties, as always, but if that total number exceeds 78 players, then the closest number of players to 70 advance to the final two rounds. In this year's Sony Open, 69 players finished at one-under 139 and only they will contest the weekend rounds.
Korean K J Choi continues to lead after a 65 for 11-under-par 129. He is two ahead of Kevin Na (67-64).
Leading European is Spaniard Alejandro Canizares with a pair of 67s for 134. US Tour rookie Kenneth Ferrie from the North-east of England is in joint 20th position after shooting 66 and 70 for 136.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
129 KJ Choi (Kor) 64 65
131 Kevin Na (Kor) 67 64
132 Steve Marino 65 67
133 Jimmy Walker 65 68, Fred Funk 69 64
134 Brad Adamonis 66 68, Jerry Kelly 67 67, Brian Gay 67 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 67, Heath Slocum 65 69, Chez Reavie 68 66
135 Spencer Levin 67 68, Pat Perez 69 66, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 66 69, James Driscoll 66 69, Chad Campbell 66 69, Bob Estes 69 66, Jay Williamson 67 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 67 68
136 Steve Stricker 71 65, Mitsuhiro Tateyama (Jpn) 66 70, J.P. Hayes 66 70, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 66 70, Dustin Johnson 68 68, Jim McGovern 71 65, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 70 66, John Riegger 67 69, Douglas Labelle 67 69, Troy Matteson 69 67, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 68 68, Briny Baird 68 68
137 Vaughn Taylor 67 70, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 68 69, Matthew Jones (Aus) 68 69, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl)68 69, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 66 71, Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 69 68, Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn) 68 69, Shane Bertsch 71 66, Dudley Hart 68 69, Robert Gamez 67 70, Zach Johnson 67 70, Matt Kuchar 70 67, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 67, Kevin Streelman 68 69, Mark Wilson 72 65, Chad Collins 67 70
138 Paul Azinger 70 68, Jason Allred 69 69, John Merrick 69 69, Steve Lowery 66 72, Tom Lehman 70 68, Jeff Maggert 69 69, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 68, J.B. Holmes 68 70, Jim Furyk 68 70, Cameron Beckman 67 71, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 68
139 Patrick Sheehan 71 68, Kiyoshi Miyazato (Jpn) 69 70, Bubba Watson 70 69, Parker McLachlin 73 66, John Mallinger 67 72, George McNeill 68 71, Mark Calcavecchia 68 71, Sean O'Hair 69 70, Scott Sterling 70 69, Martin Laird 69 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 70
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MISSED CUT
140 Robert Garrigus 67 73, Bart Bryant 69 71, Kyle Thompson 69 71, Bob Sowards 69 71, Charles Howell III 69 71, John Daly 72 68, Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn) 71 69, Roland Thatcher 69 71, Jon Mills (Can) 69 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 68 72, Eric Axley 72 68, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 70, Kevin Stadler 70 70, John Huston 73 67, Jonathan Byrd 71 69, Brandt Snedeker 68 72, Tommy Gainey 73 67, D.J. Trahan 69 71
141 Jeff Quinney 73 68, John Senden (Aus) 72 69, Billy Mayfair 71 70, Todd Demsey 67 74, Ted Purdy 70 71, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 70, Brian Bateman 68 73, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 69 72, Kenny Perry 70 71, Nathan Green (Aus) 68 73, Travis Perkins (US) 67 74, Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 71, Tim Petrovic 68 73, Boo Weekley 69 72, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 69
142 Kent Jones 70 72, Brad Elder 71 71, Steve Flesch 72 70, Ronald Whittaker 73 69, Dean Wilson 71 71, Will MacKenzie 69 73, Shaun Micheel 74 68, Ryan Armour 70 72, Olin Browne 70 72
143 Cody Freeman 71 72, Alex Aragon 69 74, Peter Lonard (Aus) 73 70, Jason Day (Aus) 73 70, Paul Claxton 70 73, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 73, Paul Goydos 70 73, Craig Kanada 69 74, Bryce Molder 70 73
144 Tadd Fujikawa 74 70, Bill Haas 74 70, Alex Ching 72 72, Rocco Mediate 69 75
145 Jonathan Kaye 72 73, Jeff Overton 68 77, Omar Uresti 72 73, Tag Ridings 74 71, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 73 72, J sae Park 70 75, Marc Turnesa 73 72, Jason Gore 69 76
146 Michael Letzig 74 72, Kaname Yokoo (Jpn)75 71, Brett Wetterich 68 78, Nicholas Thompson 71 75
147 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 76, Jeff Sluman 73 74, Bo Van Pelt 72 75
149 Tom Scherrer 74 75
150 David Lutterus (Rsa) 74 76, Justin Bolli 73 77
152 Kevin Hayashi (Jpn) 81 71