<p>Anirban Lahiri birdied the final hole of his second round but still missed the cut by one shot at the Sony Open here.</p>.<p>The Indian star, who shot two-over 72 on the first day, ended with an even 70 for a two-over total as the cut fell at one-over on Friday evening.</p>.<p>The cut fell at one-over 141 and 66 players made it.</p>.<p>Brendan Steele and Cameron Davis shot 66 each to share the lead at the top.</p>.<p>Lahiri had a disappointing start as he incurred a penalty, missed an eight-foot par and took a double bogey on Par-3 11th. He dropped another shot on 13th when he went into the rough.</p>.<p>On the second nine, he birdied the third but missed a 12-footer for another birdie on fifth. He missed a 13 footer for par on seventh and despite a birdie on ninth he came up short.</p>.<p>Davis is ranked 310 and Steele is 403rd. Davis, 24, who like Lahiri needed to retain his card via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, shot 68-66 to take a share of the lead with Steele, a three-time Tour winner and 12 years older than Davis.</p>.<p>Steele has fallen from being inside the top 50 in the world just two years ago.</p>.<p>A week after battling it out in a play-off for the title at Sentry Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas (71) and Patrick Reed (74) missed the cut as both finished at three-over. Also missing out was the defending champion Matt Kuchar missed the halfway cut.</p>.<p>After some great ball-striking on the first day for a 65, Colin Morikawa carded three bogeys in his second round of 70.</p>.<p>Steele totalled six birdies and an eagle, closing his round with five birdies and a double bogey in his final six holes. Davis made five birdies, including two in his last two holes.</p>.<p>Rory Sabbatini joined the 5-under group thanks to an incredible second shot into the 18th green. From 232 yards, Sabbatini hit it to 21 inches to set up the tap-in eagle. There were nine players tied for third.</p>.<p>The weather was once windy with gusts of up to 40 miles per hour at times. It was partly cloudy and there were showers throughout the day.</p>
<p>Anirban Lahiri birdied the final hole of his second round but still missed the cut by one shot at the Sony Open here.</p>.<p>The Indian star, who shot two-over 72 on the first day, ended with an even 70 for a two-over total as the cut fell at one-over on Friday evening.</p>.<p>The cut fell at one-over 141 and 66 players made it.</p>.<p>Brendan Steele and Cameron Davis shot 66 each to share the lead at the top.</p>.<p>Lahiri had a disappointing start as he incurred a penalty, missed an eight-foot par and took a double bogey on Par-3 11th. He dropped another shot on 13th when he went into the rough.</p>.<p>On the second nine, he birdied the third but missed a 12-footer for another birdie on fifth. He missed a 13 footer for par on seventh and despite a birdie on ninth he came up short.</p>.<p>Davis is ranked 310 and Steele is 403rd. Davis, 24, who like Lahiri needed to retain his card via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, shot 68-66 to take a share of the lead with Steele, a three-time Tour winner and 12 years older than Davis.</p>.<p>Steele has fallen from being inside the top 50 in the world just two years ago.</p>.<p>A week after battling it out in a play-off for the title at Sentry Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas (71) and Patrick Reed (74) missed the cut as both finished at three-over. Also missing out was the defending champion Matt Kuchar missed the halfway cut.</p>.<p>After some great ball-striking on the first day for a 65, Colin Morikawa carded three bogeys in his second round of 70.</p>.<p>Steele totalled six birdies and an eagle, closing his round with five birdies and a double bogey in his final six holes. Davis made five birdies, including two in his last two holes.</p>.<p>Rory Sabbatini joined the 5-under group thanks to an incredible second shot into the 18th green. From 232 yards, Sabbatini hit it to 21 inches to set up the tap-in eagle. There were nine players tied for third.</p>.<p>The weather was once windy with gusts of up to 40 miles per hour at times. It was partly cloudy and there were showers throughout the day.</p>