Stuart Appleby and Shigeki Maruyama are tied for the lead (-10) at the Sony Open after two rounds. The leaderboard is below. Click the read more link below the top-6 to view the entire leaderboard, including those who missed the cut.
Notables who made the cut
Two Utah locals made their first appearance here. Daniel Summerhays is playing the final 36 holes after making the cut by four shots. I’ve met Danny a few times.
I’m glad to see Chris DiMarco make the cut. He’s playing very well at -6 with two 67’s in a row. FYI, par on Waialae Country Club is 70.
Jesper Parnevik had nearly dropped off the golf map. With all of his back issues (I feel the pain too) he hasn’t been able to play well for quite some time, but made the cut by three shots. He’s elated to get to this point. The 36 hole final round will be a heavy test on someone who has a bad back. His final score will tell us if he downed enough ibuprofen.
Notables who missed the cut
John Daly missed the cut by one shot. JD had a good quote on Friday, which may lend a clue as to why his play has improved lately:
I remember when I used to go out on Friday night! Actually, I don’t remember, which is why I stopped goin out!
The other Utah local, Utah born Polynesian player Tony Finau missed the cut by three. The reason I mention “Utah born Polynesian” is because Golf Channel and PGA Tour media outlets are saying he’s “from Polynesia.” He’s not from Polynesia. He’s of Polynesian descent and is from Utah. I played in a local tournament with Tony and his brother. They lapped the field.
Jim Furyk missed the cut by two shots.
Shawn Micheel missed the cut, despite recording the Tour’s first Ace of the season. So he doesn’t make any money and he has to buy everyone a beer.
Other notables who missed the cut includ Adam Scott, Robert Garrigus, Justin Leonard and K.J. Choi.
| Pos |
Player Name |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
Total
Score |
- T1
|
- Shigeki Maruyama
|
- -10
|
- 65
|
- 65
|
- 130
|
- T1
|
- Stuart Appleby
|
- -10
|
- 64
|
- 66
|
- 130
|
- T3
|
- Steve Marino
|
- -8
|
- 65
|
- 67
|
- 132
|
- T3
|
- Mark Wilson
|
- -8
|
- 65
|
- 67
|
- 132
|
- T3
|
- Roland Thatcher
|
- -8
|
- 67
|
- 65
|
- 132
|
- T6
|
- Matt Bettencourt
|
- -7
|
- 68
|
- 65
|
- 133
|
- T6
|
- Nate Smith
|
- -7
|
- 65
|
- 68
|
- 133
|
- T6
|
- Jarrod Lyle
|
- -7
|
- 68
|
- 65
|
- 133
|
- T6
|
- Jimmy Walker
|
- -7
|
- 68
|
- 65
|
- 133
|
- T6
|
- Justin Rose
|
- -7
|
- 65
|
- 68
|
- 133
|
- T6
|
- Matt Kuchar
|
- -7
|
- 65
|
- 68
|
- 133
|
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Attention all sponsors of Tiger Woods. You may want to reconsider that $72 million (give or take a few) you are paying Tiger and consider paying it to me.
Advertising revenue from Tiger Woods’ front tooth dropped 45% in 2010
According to Ad Age, celebrity endorsers are ineffective and can at time have as much as a 30% negative effect.
“From Tiger Woods to Donald Trump, we found that with rare exception, celebrity endorsements were largely ineffective and failed to yield the benefits popular wisdom promises.”
“Today’s consumer is a totally different animal than the consumer of even five years ago, meaning that what was effective and influential five years ago is not necessarily so today, as today’s consumer is more likely to be influenced by someone in their social network than a weak celebrity connection. Today’s consumer is informed, time-compressed, and difficult to impress, and they are only influenced by ads that are relevant and provide information.”
There it is right there. Here’s where I drive my sales pitch for the $72 million home. Today’s consumer is more likely to be influenced by someone in their social network than a celebrity or superstar athlete. Well this blog is in your social network. I’m on twitter here and facebook here, and YouTube here. Sign me up.
The weather is cooperating enough for play to start at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Hawaii. As of now, 12:20ET, play should have started 10 minutes ago. More to come.
Update: YES the tournament IS underway! Steve Flesch has birdied his first hole, #10. They’re sending groups out the front and back at the same time today to save time.
Is it just me, or has the golf world seemingly become more like an episode of Jersey Shore? It seems like half the headlines these days from the golf world are about golfers’ personal relationship issues.
Gulbis Johnson
Lately there’s been word, though not a peep from Dustin Johnson, that Natalie Gulbis and DJ are dating. After that word was made public by Natalie at the Tour’s season opener, DJ surprisingly canceled his appearance in the Sony Open to head back home and take care of some “personal” things. Many media outlets are speculating that DJ may not have made the break from his former live-in girlfriend and that is why he had to head home rather than playing the Sony. Based on the weather, DJ may be thinking that was a good idea to bail on the Sony anyway.
The golf world, especially TaylorMade/adidas would love to have these two in the spotlight. Their gear would be featured every time some golf TMZ outlet did a story on them.
Names for the couple is a hot topic. Golf Channel announcer Charlie Rymer came up with a good one, “D-Nat.” “Gulbis Johnson” sounds like some sort of male growth problem. Other possibilities include “GulbDust,” “DustNat,” “JoNat” and “TaylorMates.”
Tiger Prowling Stalking?
The National Enquirer (yes, such a classy publication I know) is reporting that Tiger Woods broke into Elin Nordegren’s house to read her diaries and go through her personal papers. I doubt this is true, but if it is that is crazy.
Tiger’s Mistresses
Of course, there’s the constant flow of bizarre news from the wacky Tiger Woods’ mistresses. One day some mistress is opening a salon called “Tigress” and the next another one in rehab or on some low life reality show on TV. The latest, Mindy Lawton (the “busty” Orlando Perkins hostess) was booked into jail for drunk driving. She’ll be in the can for a year.
Rory McIlroy
Much has been posted about the breakup of Rory McIlroy and his long time girlfriend Holly Sweeney. They began dating when Rory was 16 and Holly was 14.
And that was only two years ago… haha.
All joking aside, there’s been quite a lot of fun twitter bantering between McIlroy and Lee Westwood about what McIlroy has to do now that he doesn’t have a girlfriend. I’ll leave it at that and let your imagination take you down whatever road your mind prefers.
McIlroy wasn’t going to play very much on the US PGA Tour, so he could spend more time with Holly. One wonders if he’ll spend more time in the US in 2011 after this breakup.
On another Rory McIlroy subject, is it just me or does Rory look like Paul McCartney?
Any excuse to post a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader picture...
Hunter Mahan
Some good and non-Jersey Shore news in the golf relationship world comes from Hunter Mahan. Hunter and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Kandi Harris will be tying the knot tomorrow in Dallas.
Best HOG wishes to Hunter and Kandi Mahan for a long and happy marriage.
Speaking of Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders
Ah yes. Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders… I remember when I was a teenage boy, about 14. I had a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader poster in my room. Those were the good old days.
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