South Africa's Retief Goosen, who had shared the overnight lead, was joined at the top of the leaderboard by Australian Aaron Baddeley after the second round of the $4.5 million Hawaii Open on Friday. Goosen carded a four-under-par 66 for a total of 130 while Baddeley fired a six-under 64 to finish on the same score.
South African Ernie Els (65), Australian Peter Lonard (65) and American Chris DiMarco (66) were all one shot adrift on 131 with Japan's Shigeki Maruyama (66) another stroke back. American Briny Baird was alone on 133.
Goosen started the day in style with three birdies in a row. But his progress was stifled by the strong afternoon wind as he recorded only two more birdies and one bogey over the remaining 15 holes. He was fortunate on the last hole, the par-five 18th which borders the driving range on the left side. Goosen pulled his drive left and his ball was only a couple of feet from going out of bounds.
Joint overnight leader Kenny Perry fell back with a 71 for a total of 135.
Filed by James Boylan.
