Byrd looking for repeat performance in Hawaii
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01/06/2012 -
Kapalua, Hawaii (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When all the champions get together, it
seems as though Jonathan Byrd shines the brightest.
Byrd, attempting to defend his title at the PGA Tour's season-opening Hyundai
Tournament of Champions, began with a six-under 67 on Friday and sits alone
atop the leaderboard.
His only victory of 2011 came in a playoff win over Robert Garrigus at
Plantation Course at Kapalua, but Byrd is looking to make it two in a row
after eight birdies and two bogeys. If he were to go on to victory, Byrd would
have six PGA Tour wins in his career.
The season-opening event is four rounds like most other tournaments, except it
will end Monday evening as opposed to the traditional Sunday finish.
Invitations are extended only to those who won a tournament in the previous
year, and, after Lucas Glover's withdrawal earlier in the day, 27 entrants
teed off on Friday.
Byrd will have to keep up his hot play if he is to hold off a host of
contenders, as four players share second at five-under 68. Among those is Webb
Simpson, who is coming off a second-place performance in last year's FedEx Cup
Playoffs.
The others include 11-time PGA Tour champ Steve Stricker, Michael Bradley and
Martin Laird. PGA Champion Keegan Bradley is sixth at minus-four.
Byrd was in the final pairing with FedEx Cup champ Bill Haas, but while Haas
struggled all afternoon, Byrd wasted no time.
After two opening pars, Byrd ran off six straight birdies, but it was the
final three that were the most impressive.
He broke into red figures with a five-foot birdie putt at the third and
followed with birdies at Nos. 4 and 5 from about the same length. The streak
appeared over at the sixth, when his approach sat 28 feet away from the pin,
but Byrd sank the putt to move to four-under.
Byrd, who made only 12 putts from over 25 feet in all of 2011, followed with a
26-footer at the seventh for birdie and a 29-footer for birdie at the eighth.
At six-under, even the defending champion was a bit stunned.
"That's it?" Byrd said on television when informed of his 12 made putts from
long distance in 2011. "It's something I practiced this offseason. I tried to
improve on 10 to 25 feet after looking at the stats."
Unfortunately for Byrd, he was unable to maintain the momentum all the way
through. He missed a nine-foot par putt at the ninth, and he found a greenside
bunker at the par-three 11th en route to another bogey.
After dropping back to four-under, Byrd responded with an eight-foot birdie
putt at the 12th. At the 16th, he made his fourth long putt of the round,
draining a 29-footer for birdie to get back to six-under.
He had a chance to move two clear with a birdie at the last, but his 12-foot
chance barely missed. Still, Byrd was optimistic about his play.
"I felt good out there," Byrd said on TV. "My misses were good. I only hit a
few loose shots. For the most part, I'm really pleased. I gave myself a lot of
opportunities and made a few putts."
K.J. Choi is in seventh at three-under 70, while D.A. Points and Bryce Molder
share eighth at minus-two.
NOTES: In 2011, Brandt Jobe, Hunter Mahan, Cameron Tringale and Johnson Wagner
tied for the most putts made of over 25 feet with 28. Wagner is the only one
of the four in the field this week, and he shot a one-under 72...Byrd ranked
130th on that list with his 12 makes in 2011...Glover withdrew due to a knee
injury suffered in a paddleboard accident earlier in the week...This is the
fewest number of players in the field since the tournament moved to Kapalua in
1999.
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