HONOLULU (AP) — Stephan Jaeger had nine birdies for the lowest round this week at Waialae, and two of the most important holes for him Saturday in the Sony Open were pars.
Jaeger knows dropping a shot is losing ground, and the way the Sony Open is playing out, no one can afford to do that at a tournament that is wide open going into the final round.
J.J. Spaun twice responded to bogeys with birdies in the closing stretch at Waialae, the last one a pitch-and-putt on the par-5 18th that gave him a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Jaeger, Eric Cole (67) and Patrick Fishburn (68)…