This week: PGA Tour's Sony Open at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu.

First round: 1-over-par 71.

How it went: For the first time out, the Central Kitsap High graduate fared well in difficult afternoon conditions. He rallied for a two-putt birdie on the par-5 ninth, then birdied the next hole to get to 1-over. He finished with five bogeys and four birdies, and his 308-yard driving average tied for 11th in the field. Japan's Shigeki Maruyama is the leader after an opening 66.

Course conditions and scoring are difficult Thursday, and Troy Kelly, the Tacoma native and pride of Bremerton, has made the turn in his afternoon round of the PGA Tour's Sony Open at 2-over-par 37.

Kelly had a good chance for eagle on the easiest hole at Waialae Country Club – the 506-yard, par-5 ninth – when he hit an 8-iron from 176 yards close. His 12-foot eagle putt came up short, and he made a birdie.

Japan's Shigeki Maruyama leads after his opening 5-under 66.

Local guy Troy Kelly, who is making his 2009 PGA Tour debut today in the Sony Open in Honolulu, is one stroke over par after four holes.

Kelly, 30, parred the first two holes, both par 4s. On the third, he made a bogey 5, and then parred the fourth.

The leader is Geoff Ogilvy, who opened with a 4-under 66 in a strong wind to join a four-way tie for the lead among early starters Thursday.

One week after his wire-to-wire victory at spacious Kapalua, Ogilvy kept the ball in the tiny fairways of Waialae despite a steady 20 mph wind and made six birdies to share the lead with Boo Weekley, Brian Gay and PGA Tour rookie Webb Simpson.