After Ted Potter birdied the ninth hole at the Waialae Country Club yesterday, he was sitting atop the leader board at the Sony Open in a deadlock with first-round leader Collin Morikawa at 5 under par. That situation lasted less than an hour, though, as first Keegan Bradley and Sam Ryder made birdies and got it to 5 under, joining the deadlock, then Ted proceeded to bogey the 14th and 15th holes to drop back to 3 under. 

    The pair of bogeys left Ted in a momentary tie for for 10th, but he rectified it on No. 16, when he hit a 122-yard iron 23 feet from the hole and made it for his third birdie of the day. He was now 4 under, and tied for fifth. 

    He remained there after making par on 17, then had a chance to get it back to 5 under after hitting the green in two on the par-5 18th. But Ted three-putted from 39 feet, 3 inches after leaving his first putt 7 feet, 7 inches short. 

    At the halfway point, Brendan Steele and Cameron Davis are tied for the lead at 6 under, with a group of nine deadlocked for third one stroke behind. That group includes Morikawa, who followed up his opening-round 65 with an even-par 70.

    With rounds of 67-69-136, Ted is tied for 12th and set to make his first check of the 2019-2020 season. He tees off today in the fifth group from the end in the company of Andrew Putnam and Hudson Swafford at 12:20 Hawaii time, whenever that is. 

    The cut line had been sitting at 2 over for much of the day, but it dropped to 1 over late in the round and defending champ Matt Kuchar missed by one stroke. Last week's winner, Justin Thomas, missed it at 3 over. 

    Seminoles: Daniel Berger made the cut at even par (70-70); Hank Lebioda missed it at 6 over. Gators: Brian Gay missed it at 3 over and Matt Every withdrew even though he had made the cut (73-66-139). 

      

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