Ogilvy scores ace at No. 4

Australian Geoff Ogilvy had the first ace of 2015 in Thursday’s opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Making his first start of the year at last week’s Hyundai Tournament of Champions, the 2006 U.S. Open winner needed the hole-in-one to finish in red numbers. He had a

1-under 69 and trailed leaders Paul Casey and Webb Simpson by seven shots.

Ogilvy said it was his first ace on the PGA Tour. He has managed more than he can count in Australia. Using a 5-iron on the 211-yard No. 4 hole, Ogilvy didn’t win a new car, but can perhaps look back at that shot and say it was the reason he made the cut.

Another day, another good round

Jason Day has the distinction of being the top-ranked golfer in the field at No. 8 worldwide and played like it during Thursday’s opening round to shoot a 4-under 66. Coming off a third-place finish on Monday, Day left a few out there, but was pleased with his performance.

"I had three lipouts on the way in, but yeah, it was good," Day said. "I gave myself some opportunities out there again, and definitely coming off the form from last week. I’m confident in the way I’m playing now."

Day closed with an 11-under 62 at Kapalua where he tied the tournament record. And while he wasn’t as hot out there on Thursday as he was Monday, you try not to compare how you do from one day to the next.

"No, you know what, I played wonderfully out there today," Day said. "I think I hit about 14 greens, missed a few with a couple of wedges, but other than that, I feel really good about where everything is."

Inside the numbers

There were seven bogey-free rounds, including one by local amateur Kyle Suppa. Camilo Villegas had the best bogey-free round at 63 and Suppa had the worst at 69.

The scoring average was 69.507 with 69 golfers landing in red figures and 93 shooting even par or better. First-round leaders Paul Casey and Webb Simpson will try to match what Ryan Palmer did in 2010 — finish in first after leading the first round. Simpson has never won a tournament after seizing the lead the first day.

Defending champion Jimmy Walker is 42 under in his past nine competitive rounds in Hawaii. He finished 17 under to win this event last year and was 21 under in his four rounds at last week’s second-place finish at Hyundai. He was 4 under in his opening round here on Thursday.

Despite shooting a stellar 63, Villegas hit only five of 14 fairways and 14 greens in regulation. He is making his third start here, including one where he was paired with Michelle Wie the first two days, and his first since missing the cut in 2011.

FRIDAY TEE TIMES

First tee

7 a.m.  

Pat Perez

Ricky Barnes

Tim Wilkinson

7:10 

Bill Lunde

Jerry Kelly

Brian Davis

7:20 

John Daly

Kevin Kisner

James Hahn

7:30 

Matt Jones

Lucas Glover

Justin Leonard

7:40 

Chris Kirk

Brian Harman

Kevin Streelman

7:50 

Brendon Todd

Seung-Yul Noh

Gary Woodland

8 a.m.

Carl Pettersson

Jason Kokrak

Scott Langley

8:10 

Ryan Palmer

Chris Stroud

Troy Merritt

8:20 

David Lingmerth

Fabian Gomez

Jim Herman

8:30 

Carlos Ortiz

Zachary Blair

Trey Mullinax

8:40 

Alex Prugh

Tom Hoge

Curtis Thompson

8:50 

Scott Pinckney

Sam Saunders

Kyle Suppa

11:40 a.m.

George McNeill  

Ryuji Imada  

Jeff Overton

11:50 

Chad Campbell

Eric Axley

Alex Cejka

Noon 

Paul Casey

Paul Goydos

David Hearn

12:10 p.m.

Mark Wilson  Jhonattan Vegas 

Kenny Perry

12:20 

Jason Day

Harris English

K.J. Choi

12:30 

Matt Kuchar

Webb Simpson Luke Donald

12:40 

Nick Taylor

Rory Sabbatini

Vijay Singh

12:50 

Johnson Wagner  Heath Slocum

Robert Allenby

1 p.m.

Marc Leishman 

Nicholas Thompson

Morgan Hoffmann

1:10 

Hudson Swafford

Steven Alker

Hyung-Sung Kim

1:20 

John Peterson Daniel Berger Yusaku Miyazato

1:30 

Oscar Fraustro

Kyle Reifers

Tom Johnson

10th tee

7 a.m. 

Sean O’Hair

Tom Gillis

Daniel Summerhays

7:10  

Graham DeLaet  Russell Knox

Justin Hicks

7:20 

Jim Renner

Brian Stuard

Chad Collins

7:30

Tim Clark

Boo Weekley

Scott Brown

7:40 

Robert Streb

Angel Cabrera

Hideki Matsuyama

7:50 

Russell Henley Jimmy Walker

Zach Johnson

8 a.m.

Ben Martin

Stewart Cink

Davis Love III

8:10 

Billy Hurley III

Luke Guthrie

Martin Flores

8:20 

Cameron Percy  Jonathan Randolph WC Liang

8:30 

Carlos Sainz Jr.

Byron Smith

Yuta Ikeda

8:40 

Derek Fathauer  Roger Sloan

Yan Wei Liu

8:50 

Mark Hubbard

Sung Joon Park

Hiroshi Iwata

11:40 a.m.

J.J. Henry

Chez Reavie

Spencer Levin

11:50 

Brendon de Jonge  Colt Knost

Andrew Svoboda

Noon 

John Huh

William McGirt

Francesco Molinari

12:10 p.m.

Sang-Moon Bae  Steven Bowditch  Derek Ernst

12:20 

J.B. Holmes

Kevin Na

Charles Howell III

12:30 

Geoff Ogilvy

John Senden

Stuart Appleby

12:40 

Camilo Villegas  Matt Every

Scott Piercy

12:50

Fred Funk  

Jason Gore  

Danny Lee

1 p.m.

Shawn Stefani  Michael Putnam Brice Garnett

1:10 

Tony Finau

Blayne Barber

Jon Curran

1:20 

Justin Thomas

Max Homa

Steve Wheatcroft

1:30 

Andrew Putnam

Adam Hadwin

Garrett Okamura

At Waialae Country Club Course
Purse: $5.6 million
Yardage: 7,044; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
Paul Casey	31-31–62
Webb Simpson	28-34–62
Camilo Villegas	29-34–63
Robert Streb	32-31–63
Rory Sabbatini	33-31–64
J.J. Henry	33-32–65
Jason Day	32-33–65
Matt Kuchar	33-32–65
John Peterson	34-31–65
Tim Clark	33-32–65
Jonathan Randolph	32-33–65
Kevin Na	35-31–66
Harris English	35-31–66
Michael Putnam	32-34–66
Blayne Barber	31-35–66
Daniel Summerhays	34-32–66
Russell Knox	32-34–66
Brian Davis	32-34–66
Chris Kirk	33-33–66
Brian Harman	31-35–66
Jimmy Walker	32-34–66
Troy Merritt	34-32–66
Chez Reavie	35-32–67
Jeff Overton	32-35–67
Francesco Molinari	33-34–67
David Hearn	33-34–67
Sang-Moon Bae	34-33–67
Scott Piercy	33-34–67
Justin Thomas	33-34–67
Pat Perez	32-35–67
Jason Kokrak	35-32–67
William McGirt	34-34–68
Jhonattan Vegas	33-35–68
Kenny Perry	33-35–68
K.J. Choi	34-34–68
Stuart Appleby	33-35–68
Luke Donald	34-34–68
Danny Lee	35-33–68
Hudson Swafford	35-33–68
Steve Wheatcroft	34-34–68
Daniel Berger	33-35–68
Matt Jones	32-36–68
Zach Johnson	35-33–68
Seung-Yul Noh	34-34–68
Luke Guthrie	34-34–68
WC Liang	33-35–68
Derek Fathauer	34-34–68
Mark Hubbard	35-33–68
Spencer Levin	35-34–69
John Huh	35-34–69
Paul Goydos	33-36–69
Mark Wilson	35-34–69
Charles Howell III	36-33–69
Geoff Ogilvy	34-35–69
Shawn Stefani	34-35–69
Nicholas Thompson	34-35–69
Jon Curran	35-34–69
Hyung-Sung Kim	34-35–69
Max Homa	34-35–69
Oscar Fraustro	36-33–69
Chad Collins	35-34–69
James Hahn	34-35–69
Boo Weekley	34-35–69
Brendon Todd	33-36–69
Stewart Cink	36-33–69
Ryan Palmer	34-35–69
Trey Mullinax	36-33–69
Alex Prugh	35-34–69
Kyle Suppa	35-34–69
Colt Knost	36-34–70
Andrew Svoboda	35-35–70
Steven Bowditch	33-37–70
John Senden	36-34–70
Nick Taylor	35-35–70
Jason Gore	35-35–70
Johnson Wagner	35-35–70
Marc Leishman	36-34–70
Morgan Hoffmann	37-33–70
Tony Finau	35-35–70
Andrew Putnam	35-35–70
Tom Johnson	37-33–70
Tom Gillis	35-35–70
Justin Hicks	36-34–70
Kevin Kisner	35-35–70
Lucas Glover	35-35–70
Justin Leonard	33-37–70
Angel Cabrera	35-35–70
Gary Woodland	35-35–70
Scott Langley	34-36–70
Martin Flores	35-35–70
Jim Herman	35-35–70
Roger Sloan	38-32–70
Curtis Thompson	33-37–70
George McNeill	33-38–71
Vijay Singh	35-36–71
Robert Allenby	34-37–71
Brice Garnett	35-36–71
Kyle Reifers	34-37–71
Tim Wilkinson	35-36–71
John Daly	38-33–71
Ben Martin	34-37–71
Carl Pettersson	36-35–71
David Lingmerth	37-34–71
Fabian Gomez	34-37–71
Byron Smith	33-38–71
Zac Blair	36-35–71
Tom Hoge	38-33–71
Sung Joon Park	37-34–71
Hiroshi Iwata	35-36–71
Scott Pinckney	37-34–71
Chad Campbell	37-35–72
Alex Cejka	35-37–72
Fred Funk	36-36–72
Steven Alker	38-34–72
Graham DeLaet	36-36–72
Jim Renner	37-35–72
Brian Stuard	36-36–72
Scott Brown	36-36–72
Hideki Matsuyama	36-36–72
Kevin Streelman	36-36–72
Russell Henley	37-35–72
Davis Love III	36-36–72
Carlos Sainz Jr	36-36–72
Carlos Ortiz	35-37–72
Sam Saunders	38-34–72
Ryuji Imada	35-38–73
Derek Ernst	36-37–73
Adam Hadwin	36-37–73
Garrett Okamura	36-37–73
Jerry Kelly	36-37–73
Billy Hurley III	38-35–73
Chris Stroud	36-37–73
Yuta Ikeda	34-39–73
Yan Wei Liu	36-37–73
Brendon de Jonge	39-35–74
Eric Axley	41-33–74
J.B. Holmes	38-36–74
Matt Every	39-35–74
Cameron Percy	39-35–74
Heath Slocum	35-40–75
Yusaku Miyazato	38-37–75
Sean O’Hair	38-37–75
Ricky Barnes	39-37–76
Bill Lunde	40-36–76

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