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Saturday, January 20, 2001

Associated Press
Brad Faxon teed off today in the third round
of the Sony Open with a five-stroke lead.

Faxon stretches
lead to five shots

He's at 12-under going into
today's third round

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By Bill Kwon
Star-Bulletin

IT was deja vu all over again for Brad Faxon.

Now he hopes it'll be once more with feeling.

Faxon eagled his final hole and shot a 64 for the second day in a row to take a five-stroke lead in the Sony Open going into today's third round at the Waialae Country Club.

His 36-hole total of 128 is five shots better than his five immediate challengers, including Ernie Els, the No. 2 player in the world, and Jim Furyk, who won the Mercedes Championships last week at Kapalua, Maui.

The Leader board
Second Round Scores
Jacobsen not far back
Key Hole
Sony Open Notebook

SONY OPEN Where: Waialae Country Club When: Today and tomorrow Who: 70 PGA Tour golfers Tickets: $15 TV: Both days, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (CBS)

Joining Els and Furyk at 133 were Peter Jacobsen, who matched Faxon's 6-under 64 for the best round of the day, Tom Lehman, Carlos Franco and Bradley Hughes.

Seventy golfers survived the cut, which was 1-under-par 139. Among those who didn't survive the weekend were defending champion Paul Azinger, Steve Jones and 1990 Hawaiian Open champion David Ishii.

After starting his round with six straight pars, Faxon, who played the back nine first, finished birdie-birdie-eagle to pick up four quick strokes on the field.

Faxon hit a 4-wood to within six feet at the par-5 ninth. The gallery hardly applauded, so Faxon didn't realize how good a shot it was from 228 yards away.

Tough crowd.

"That's as good as I could have expected," said Faxon, who now has four eagles this year to match his entire 2000 output.

"I thought I'd see more guys climbing the (leader) board," Faxon said. "I didn't think 10 under would be leading."

Let alone 12 under.

Besides his eagle, Faxon thought a key hole for him was the 459-yard eighth hole. He sank a 40-foot putt for a birdie-3 there.

"I never thought it'd go in," he said.

It was Faxon's best showing at Waialae since he lost a playoff to Furyk in the 1996 Hawaiian Open.

"You've never done well here, have you?" a marshal at the fifth hole reminded Faxon, who missed the cut here last year.

Neither has Jacobsen, who's playing on a sponsor's exemption after finishing 181st on the money list last year -- his worst in 25 years on the PGA Tour.

Jacobsen, who represents the Waikoloa Resort, likes Waialae's new par-70 layout.

The first and 13th holes -- converted from par-5s to par-4s -- were 4 pars before, he said. "Now they're tough pars."

The only two par-5s now (nine and 18) are legitimate birdie chances. "You've got to jump on these two, which I did today," Jacobsen said.

Els birdied the final two holes for a 65 to put him position to challenge.

"I didn't make enough putts," said Els, who sank a 25-footer for eagle at the 18th hole.

Two bogeys -- a misjudged club at the par-3 seventh and a three-putt at No. 15 -- cost him a chance for a 63.

"Brad played really wonderful golf the first two days," Els said.

But he doesn't feel Faxon's lead is insurmountable.

A five-shot lead isn't much, Els said. "I've come back from more that that. We still have 36 holes to go."

That also keeps Furyk, who has had a first and second at Waialae, in the ball game.

John Daly, who shared the first-round lead with Faxon and Larry Mize, posted a 2-over-72 and was in a 10-way tie at 136.

Mize played his final nine 3-over to finish at 71 and was in another logjam at 135.

The Leader Board

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	FRONT
Yardage	488	426	423	203	466	459	167	459	510	3601
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	35
Brad Faxon	5	4	4	2	3	4	2	4	3	31
Peter Jacobsen	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	31
Jim Furyk	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	34
Tom Lehman	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	32
Bradley Hughes	4	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	32
Carlos Franco	3	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	4	33
Ernie Els	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	4	32
Jerry Kelly	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	4	4	34
Loren Roberts	4	6	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	36
John Huston	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	33

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	BACK	TOTAL
Yardage	353	196	446	478	433	396	417	189	551	3459	7060
Par	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	35	70
Brad Faxon	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	33	64
Peter Jacobsen	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	33	64
Jim Furyk	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	33	67
Tom Lehman	4	3	4	5	3	3	5	3	5	35	67
Bradley Hughes	4	3	3	5	4	4	5	2	4	34	66
Carlos Franco	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	2	3	34	67
Ernie Els	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	33	65
Jerry Kelly	4	2	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	31	65
Loren Roberts	4	3	3	4	3	5	3	2	4	31	67
John Huston	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	33	66

SONY OPEN IN HAWAII

At Waialae Country Club
Purse: $4 million
Yardage: 7,060; Par: 70

Second Round

Brad Faxon -- 64-64--128
Peter Jacobsen -- 69-64--133
Jim Furyk -- 66-67--133
Tom Lehman -- 66-67--133
Bradley Hughes -- 67-66--133
Carlos Franco -- 66-67--133
Ernie Els -- 68-65--133
Jerry Kelly -- 69-65--134
Loren Roberts -- 67-67--134
John Huston -- 68-66--134
Shigeki Maruyama -- 69-66--135
Larry Mize -- 64-71--135
J.L. Lewis -- 66-69--135
Franklin Langham -- 66-69--135
Spike McRoy -- 66-69--135
Shaun Micheel -- 67-68--135
Fred Funk -- 66-69--135
Bill Glasson -- 67-68--135
Olin Browne -- 67-68--135
Scott Dunlap -- 68-68--136
Joe Ozaki -- 66-70--136
Stephen Ames -- 68-68--136
Cliff Kresge -- 68-68--136
Chris DiMarco -- 67-69--136
John Daly -- 64-72--136
Brian Gay -- 71-65--136
Craig Barlow -- 69-67--136
Kaname Yokoo -- 70-66--136
Richie Coughlan -- 65-71--136
David Peoples -- 67-70--137
David Berganio -- 71-66--137
Joe Durant -- 68-69--137
Jerry Smith -- 71-66--137
Frank Lickliter -- 71-66--137
Sean Murphy -- 66-71--137
Gary Nicklaus -- 66-71--137
Esteban Toledo -- 71-66--137
Robert Allenby -- 70-67--137
Steve Lowery -- 68-70--138
Billy Andrade -- 69-69--138
Tom Byrum -- 68-70--138
Craig Parry -- 69-69--138
J.J. Henry -- 67-71--138
John Riegger -- 68-70--138
Greg Chalmers -- 69-69--138
Bob Burns -- 68-70--138
Ted Tryba -- 68-70--138
Davis Love III -- 70-68--138
Garrett Willis -- 68-70--138
Michael Clark II -- 72-66--138
Vijay Singh -- 68-70--138
Michael Muehr -- 68-70--138
K.J. Choi -- 68-70--138
Briny Baird -- 68-70--138
Jim Carter -- 70-69--139
Corey Pavin -- 73-66--139
Jeff Maggert -- 69-70--139
Chris Perry -- 67-72--139
Dudley Hart -- 69-70--139
Jeff Sluman -- 66-73--139
Paul Goydos -- 68-71--139
Kelly Grunewald -- 71-68--139
Jeremy Anderson -- 72-67--139
Pete Jordan -- 68-71--139
Rory Sabbatini -- 71-68--139
Stuart Appleby -- 72-67--139
Duffy Waldorf -- 73-66--139
John Cook -- 71-68--139
Chris Smith -- 70-69--139
Stephen Allan -- 70-69--139

Failed to qualify

Joel Edwards -- 71-69--140
Lee Porter -- 70-70--140
Tom Pernice Jr. -- 72-68--140
Tommy Armour III -- 69-71--140
Chris Riley -- 69-71--140
Neal Lancaster -- 66-74--140
Paul Gow -- 70-70--140
Andrew McLardy -- 68-72--140
Notah Begay III -- 70-70--140
Stewart Cink -- 70-70--140
Andrew Magee -- 68-72--140
Cameron Beckman -- 68-72--140
Len Mattiace -- 72-69--141
Brian Henninger -- 69-72--141
Dennis Paulson -- 73-68--141
Tommy Tolles -- 69-72--141
Per-Ulrik Johansson -- 68-73--141
Ryuji Imada -- 74-67--141
Tripp Isenhour -- 73-68--141
Brandel Chamblee -- 69-72--141
Robin Freeman -- 72-69--141
Tom Scherrer -- 70-71--141
Rich Beem -- 71-70--141
Jay Don Blake -- 69-72--141
Emanuele Canonica -- 66-75--141
Matt Kuchar -- 71-70--141
Kevin Johnson -- 69-72--141
Harrison Frazar -- 71-71--142
Bob May -- 69-73--142
Chris Tidland -- 73-69--142
Paul Azinger -- 72-70--142
Edward Fryatt -- 70-72--142
Mark Hensby -- 71-71--142
Jesper Parnevik -- 69-74--143
Bobby Kalinowski -- 69-74--143
Doug Barron -- 74-69--143
Steve Jones -- 70-73--143
Hidemichi Tanaka -- 67-76--143
Jimmy Green -- 77-67--144
Glen Hnatiuk -- 72-72--144
Rocky Walcher -- 70-74--144
Kent Jones -- 75-69--144
Greg Kraft -- 70-74--144
Jeff Gallagher -- 76-68--144
Jay Williamson -- 74-71--145
Danny Ellis -- 70-75--145
Nobuhito Sato -- 71-74--145
Jason Gore -- 71-74--145
Geoff Ogilvy -- 71-74--145
Carl Paulson -- 73-72--145
David Morland IV -- 78-67--145
Keiichiro Fukabori -- 72-73--145
David Ishii -- 73-73--146
Jeff Julian -- 74-72--146
Jim Johnson -- 72-74--146
Craig Perks -- 74-73--147
Mathew Goggin -- 73-74--147
Ben Ferguson -- 77-70--147
Brian Sasada -- 70-78--148
Brian Wilson -- 71-77--148
Mike Hulbert -- 76-73--149
Joe Ogilvie -- 75-74--149
Woody Austin -- 75-74--149
Ian Leggatt -- 78-71--149
Scott Simpson -- 80-70--150
Craig Stadler -- 75-75--150
Hunter Haas -- 76-75--151
Douglas Bohn -- 78-73--151
Matthew Hall -- 74-77--151
a-Brandan Kop -- 77-76--153
Fred Wadsworth -- 74-79--153
a-Tommy Kim -- 80-79--159
Skip Kendall -- 72--WD
Russ Cochran -- 81--WD

a-Amateur