Cam Davis – file photo Australian Golf Media
First-round leader Cam Davis recovered from a slow start to his second round of the Sony Open to finish day two just one shot off the lead as the event heads into the weekend.
Davis bogeyed two of his first seven holes in his early start to day two but spectacularly ended the day with an eagle putt from 15 feet to finish the day one off the pace then held by Carl Yuan.
He would finish that way but Korean Ben An and American Austin Eckroat would also move into a share of the lead by day’s end but the Sydney golfer is nicely poised for the final 36 holes.
“I mean, I was struggling to hit two good shots in a row today,” said Davis after his round.
“I was trying to lean on all the things I feel like I’ve been doing well in order to get some consistency, and I felt like I would get two or three in a row and then it would disappear and then it would come back.
“My poor shots left me in some really tough spots today, so some good bogeys I made just to hang the round together. But to finish strong, I felt like I just hit three or four really nice shots in a row and capitalized with some nice putts. Yeah, feels good to turn that round around to an even par round and keep myself in it.
“Yeah, just woke up a little different and the tempo was a little different. Swing thoughts are good, but if you can’t quite put that swing on the ball, then you need to pick it apart and figure out what the part is that’s not working right and pull it back together.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t too far off. Still a lot of good shots out there today. Just the poor ones were in some rough spots. Yeah, keep riding off the good ones and bring back some of the form from yesterday, that would be perfect.”
“Yeah, still playing good golf. I feel like the longer I’m out here and the more chances I have the less you panic when things start going the wrong direction. You want to be the guy that starts off strong and keeps it going. Today was a little bit of a hiccup. We still finished with birdie and eagle on the last few holes and some good stuff in there. We’ll ride off that and bring it into tomorrow.”
