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Palmer one clear in Sony Open
Golf, 11:28, January 16, 2010 ,
Ryan Palmer fired a four-under-par round of 66 to secure the halfway lead at the Sony Open in Honolulu.
Robert Allenby appeared to be heading for a second-round lead at the Waialae Country Club before late finisher Chad Campbell joined him on eight under par.
However, Palmer got to nine under very late on thanks to successive birdies at the 17th and 18th to lead the field.
World number three Steve Stricker and fellow American Jeff Quinney are two strokes behind Palmer, alongside John Merrick who shot a 68.
Allenby admitted after the day's play he was pleased with his putting as he remains in contention for the title.
"If you're hitting it good or hitting it bad, if you're not putting it well you're not going to score well," Allenby said.
"Today was just purely that I putted well. I hit a few good shots but I think I only hit three fairways for the whole day and about 11 greens whereas yesterday I hit a fair chunk of the fairways and hit a lot of greens."
He added: "So it was just one of those days. I had to grind it out and I did that very well."