Late birdie lifts Scheffler to PGA Tour lead at Kapalua

World number one Scottie Scheffler capped a nine-under par 64 with a birdie at 18 that lifted him to a one-shot lead Friday midway through the US PGA Tour Sentry tournament at Kapalua in Hawaii.

Scheffler shook off an early bogey with an eagle and eight birdies on the par-73 Plantation course, where his 16-under par total of 130 put him one in front of England's Tyrrell Hatton, South Korean Im Sung-jae and fellow American Brendon Todd.

"I played really solid," said Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion. "The few times I got into trouble I got out pretty quick and hit some nice pitches and a couple nice putts as well."

He putted from off the green at the 18th, where the 80-footer settled inches from the hole.

"I thought it was going in," Scheffler said, but added "I was glad to tap it in."

After a bogey at the second hole, Scheffler got on track with a birdie at the third before rolling in a 24-foot eagle putt at the par-five fifth.

He added birdies at the sixth and ninth, then launched a run of four straight birdies with a 14-footer at the 12th. At 13 he drained a seven-footer, at 14 he got up and down for birdie from a greenside bunker and at 15 he holed a six-footer.

Leaderboard after Round 2 @TheSentry:

1. Scottie Scheffler -16
T2. @TyrrellHatton -15
T2. Brendon Todd
T2. Sungjae Im
T5. Chris Kirk -14
T5. Viktor Hovland
T5. @Collin_Morikawa
T5. @ByeongHunAn
T9. 6 tied at -13

Scheffler said he'd need more of the same to stay in front over the final two rounds of the elite season-opening event, which features winners from 2022 as well as the top 50 from last season's FedEx Cup championship.

"Scores around this place are pretty low, but it's one of those places if you go out there and play well you're going to get rewarded," he said. "If