Kuchar leads Sony Open by 2 shots

HONOLULU — Matt Kuchar made it look easy Saturday in the Sony Open. With no bogeys on his card, it even felt easy to him. Beneath that cap is plenty of gray hair.

Beneath that smile, he knows better.

“Listen, the game of golf is not easy,” Kuchar said after a 4-under 66 to take a two-shot lead over Andrew Putnam into the final round. “It’s not often you’re in full control. Those times you’re not in full control, you’re faced with a lot of situations where golf is going to find a way to stress you out and test you.”

He gets another test Sunday, and Kuchar at least is equipped with recent experience. In November, he ended a fouryear drought by winning the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico on another course that requires keeping the ball in play off the tee for good chances to score.

There’s another similarity in the two events.

Kuchar had a 54-hole score of 193 in Mexico, the lowest of