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It’s crowded at Kapalua

KAPALUA — Justin Thomas and Ryan Moore are the leaders, but the race is on for many at the midway point of the SBS Tournament of Champions. Thomas and Moore each fired a 6-under-par 67 for the second day in a row to stand at 12-under 134 after Friday’s second round at the Kapalua ...

Matsuyama gets plenty of attention

KAPALUA — Hideki Matsuyama has, by far, the largest personal media contingent at the SBS Tournament of Champions. After finishing his 5-under-par round of 68 on Friday at the Kapalua Plantation Course to stand at 9-under 137 for the tournament, the 24-year-old from Ehime, Japan, did a ...

Dufner avoids distractions, shoots second straight 68

KAPALUA — A look at social media shows some players in the SBS Tournament of Champions field taking advantage of Maui’s tourist attractions. Jason Dufner isn’t one of them. “I just came to play golf,” he said with a smile after Friday’s second round. “It’s a business ...

SBS Tournament of Champions Notebook

Taylor returns No one in the field had waited longer for a return to Kapalua than Vaughn Taylor. The 40-year-old won last year’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour victory since 2005. “It’s kind of a celebration of winning a tournament,” Taylor said ...

Hole of the day

No. 18 663 yards • Par 5 All four golfers atop Friday’s leaderboard birdied the 18th hole, which played as the fifth-easiest of the second round at 0.313 shots under par. Jason Dufner carded his only bogey of the tournament on the hole to drop to fifth place.

SBS Tournament of Champions: Walker out to early lead

KAPALUA — Jimmy Walker arrived at the Kapalua Plantation Course in 2014 as the FedEx Cup leader. He went home from his first event on Maui with a tie for 21st place. Oh, how times have changed for Walker, who will celebrate his 38th birthday in 10 days. The world’s 21st-ranked ...