Not all weeks will be like this one, but what a start to the PGA Tour debut of Troy Kelly, the Tacoma native and Central Kitsap High standout.

Kelly fired one of the best rounds of Friday - 4-under-par 66 – to jump to the first page of the leaderboard at the Sony Open in Honolulu.

His chip from 45 feet off the fairway nestled close to the hole on the par-5 ninth, and he sank a 2-foot putt for his fifth birdie of the round.

Two of his birdies came on par-3s, and the 30-year old Kelly hit the greens in regulation on 16 of the 18 holes at Waialae Country Club.

He trails leader Nathan Green by five strokes at the midway point.

Troy Kelly sank an 8-foot putt on the par-3 seventh hole – his second birdie on a par-3 – and is still in the top 20 in the second round of the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Honolulu.

Kelly had made his first bogey two holes earlier to drop back to 1-under.

With adverse weather expected to hit Friday afternoon, the cut line could drop to 2-over.

Troy Kelly has created distance between himself and the cut line in his first PGA Tour event.

Now, he's up near the lead at 2-under for the tournament.

Kelly sank a 23-foot putt on the par-4 third for his third birdie of the round, this time with a splendid wedge approach out of the thick rough at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.

He still has the course's easiest hole, the par-5 ninth, still to play.

Only half the field was hitting the green on the challenging 194-yard, par-3 17th on Friday at the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Honolulu.

Troy Kelly did much better than that.

His tee shot was the closest to the pin all day – 1 feet, 11 inches – and he converted it into another birdie to move to 1-under for the tournament, and inside the top 30.

It is the first time Kelly has been under-par in a PGA Tour event.

On the front nine holes at Waialae Country Club, the rookie hit every green in regulation.

Troy Kelly is back at level ground.

The Tacoma native, and longtime Silverdale resident almost drove the green on his opening hole of the second round of the PGA Tour's Sony Open, his first event on tour.

He hit his drive 315 yards on the par-4 10th, stopping in a greenside bunker. He blasted out, and sank an 18-foot birdie putt to move to even-par for the tournament, which would be good enough to make the cut.

A cold front is scheduled to arrive in Honolulu later Friday. Golfers have battled severe wind and some rainstorms so far.