After walking off the 18th green yesterday, Kevin Hayashi said he wouldn't spend the afternoon checking scores every 5 minutes to see if he made the cut.

If he did, he might have had a heart attack.

After a bogey-free round of 67 put him at 1 over in the $5.5 million Sony Open in Hawaii, Hayashi's bid to play through the weekend at Waialae for the first time in 10 tries was left up to the rest of the field.

The projected cut fluctuated between even par and 1 over as the afternoon groups teed off. It wasn't until Aaron Goldberg's par on 18 just after 6 p.m. that Hayashi secured a spot in today's third round, guaranteeing him his first PGA Tour paycheck.

“;I always believed I could make it, and I think that's the most important thing,”; said Hayashi, who also failed to make the cut at the Hawaiian Open twice in the 1990s.

Hayashi began the day at 4 over after shooting a 74 on Thursday, a round that included five bogeys and one birdie.

He parred his first seven holes before birdieing the eighth. He strung together five more pars before stepping to the tee on 14 knowing he needed to make something happen if he wanted to play through the weekend.

“;I knew the cut line would be even or 1 over, and I still had 18, which was my ace in the hole,”; he said. “;When I got one more (birdie), I felt better.”;

Hayashi rolled in the 12-foot putt on 14 to climb to 2 over and stayed there until 18, when he faced a 13-foot must-make putt for birdie.

“;(My playing partner) Kevin Johnson had the same line as me, so I got a good look at it,”; Hayashi said. “;If I missed it, 2 over was going to be out for sure, so I was able to be aggressive with it.”;

Hayashi and Dean Wilson will represent Hawaii over the weekend after the Castle graduate matched Hayashi's 67 with a round that included six birdies and three bogeys.

Wilson bogeyed two of his first four holes, but came back with birdies on Nos. 7, 9 and 10. A bogey on 13 dropped him to even for the tournament, but he responded with consecutive birdies on 14 and 15 to sit in a tie for 31st at 2 under going into the weekend.

“;I got some putts in finally, so I'm very happy to go 3 under and play on the weekend for the first time in years,”; said Wilson, who had missed the cut in six of his last seven tries at Waialae. “;I really needed this.”;

University of Hawaii sophomore T.J. Kua and Leilehua graduate Nick Mason, who played for Hawaii-Hilo, missed the cut by two shots, finishing at 3-over 143. Punahou alumnus Parker McLachlin shot a second consecutive 72 to finish at 4 over, while Tadd Fujikawa shot a 75 to finish at 7 over.