Sunday Territorian

SPORT

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JASON Day suffered a spectacula­r collapse late midway through the second round of the $9.3 million Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

Former world No.1 Day (pictured) came within a shot of the lead courtesy of two birdies in his first five holes be- fore racking up a disastrous triple-bogey six at the par-3 eighth.

Day hit two balls into a hazard from the tee and only salvaged a double-bogey when he drained a 26-foot putt.

But he bounced back with a birdie at the par-5 ninth and sat at four-under-par and just three shots off the pace.

Americans Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Champ and Kevin Tway were sevenunder-par and tied atop the leaderboar­d on Friday.

Meanwhile, 2017 champion Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland are a shot back at six under.

Day’s fellow Australian Marc Leishman struggled on day two, dropping two shots on the front nine to sit at two under, having started the round two shots off the lead.

Meanwhile, defending Kapalua champion Dustin Johnson had a bizarre rules gaffe on the par-4 fourth hole.

Johnson accidental­ly hit the wrong ball from the native area following an errant drive and was assessed a two-shot penalty which resulted in a double bogey.

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