Author: Harry Baker

While many PGA Tour stars left for LIV Golf, several new names are on the leaderboard halfway through the Sony Open. Get used to it. HONOLULU – The PGA Tour has changed considerably since the LIV Golf insurgency with notable players leaving and younger, less recognizable ones taking their place. One dramatic example is displayed on the leaderboard at the halfway point of this week’s Sony Open. With veteran Chris Kirk on top after two rounds, the name recognition drops considerably to J.J. Spaun and Taylor Montgomery. Spaun has one career victory, and he joins Kirk, Brendon Todd and J.T.…