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McQuillan leads Canadian group in Sony Open

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Ottawa Golf Examiner

The Canadian trio playing the Sony Open in Hawaii yesterday finished with mixed results during the first round of the rain-delayed event.

The first golfer from Eastern Ontario to make the PGA Tour, Kingston’s Matt McQuillan, did the best by coming in at -2 on the par 70, 7,044 yard Waialae Country Club. McQuillan is T24.

David Hearn of Brantford carded a +1, 71 to sit T85 and Vernon’s Chris Baryla was +3 to head into the second round T113 in the $5.5 million tournament.

Stuart Appleby, famous for his fast January starts on the PGA Tour, leads the 144-player field after shooting a -6, 64.

Appleby has a one-shot lead over a group of nine golfers that includes Matt Kuchar and Justin Rose.

Appleby fired a terrific 30 on the back nine. The highlights were a chip-in on the 12th hole, a holed five-iron for eagle on 16 and he sank a long birdie putt on 17.

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Stuart Appleby leads the Sony Open by one shot after the first round.
Stuart Appleby leads the Sony Open by one shot after the first round.
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Ron Patey's career in the media profession spanned 21 years. His duties as special sections editor for Sun Media included writing about and photographing many subjects in the capital region. The topic he fell in love with the most was golf. During Ron's 11 years of covering the local scene for...

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