Humble Furyk to start with played this tournament twenty eight years ago, that number is older than most of the golfers in the field i recently, and so Brett Grant suspected he was just being well intentioned. “Played a practice spherical with a guy that branded me “sir, ” sometime later it was on he asked me the things i liked most about the Winners Tour, and I said, “No one calls me ‘sir, ‘” Furyk said. “He said his dad to take the angry with him when he didn’t. ” You can call the 51-year-old a contender, too. They say age group is nothing but a number, and on Thursday, one of the oldest players in the field went low. Here are three things you need to know following the first round of the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.      

Complete leaderboard here.  

Kevin Na leads 

For a while, Kevin Na was flirting with another Furyk number.  

Na, the particular defending champion, birdied two and 3, then 5 and 6, then eagled 9 for a front-nine 29, and there were whispers associated with Furyk’s record 58 in the Hawaiian breezes. But while he stalled some in the back nine, with only three birdies and no bogies, he did grab a one-shot lead after a nine-under 61, which also linked his career low.  

“I performed unbelievably well, ” Em said. “I did everything well today, and the iron play was incredible. My distance control continues to be great. You know, for playing a brand new ball, I’m carrying out pretty well controlling my distance. And I tell you what, I had developed a chance for a 59. We gave it all I could. I am a little disappointed my putts didn’t fall; some of the good putts that I hit did not fall.

“But it’s still a good round. ”

Jim Furyk is a chance out of the lead 

One chance behind Na was Furyk and Russell Henley , plus two back were Kevin Chappell , Patton Kizzire, Eileen Thompson and Seamus Power. Furyk’s round was motivated by 156 feet associated with made putts and a good ace on the par-3 seventeenth.  

The hole in one also capped a five-under-over-four-hole stretch to end his round.  

“I’ve always cherished being here — it will help, ” said Furyk, exactly who won here in 1996. “I love Sony. It’s a location I had a lot of success. I believe I lost in a playoff in ’97. Had a large amount of Top 10s here. Like the course. It’s a place which i feel like I’m not striking the ball far enough to compete out here regularly on a lot of the course.

“But Waialae is a place I still feel I can get around plus shoot under par pretty much and so it’s fun. Places I’ve won, Valspar, Heritage, those are courses I could still compete on. ”

Billy Horschel is four back 

Among other players, Billy Horschel shot a 65 and it is four shots back, Hideki Matsuyama shot the 66, and Cameron Smith , last week’s winner, photo a 67.  

In all, 118 of the 144 players in the field photo par or better.  

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