Matt Every produced one of the best rounds and the most memorable quotation of the second day of the Sony Open in Honolulu. Every, who carded a six-under-par 64 for a two-shot lead, was perhaps best known for a three-month tour suspension he received in 2010 after he was arrested during a tournament in July on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession. All charges were later dropped.

Every explained Friday why he did not jettison the friends he was with at the time of his arrest. “If one of my friends likes to smoke marijuana every now and then, I’m not going to say, ‘Well, you can’t be my friend anymore,’ ” Every said. “Honestly, man, I know more people who smoke marijuana than who don’t smoke marijuana. I know that’s probably not the politically correct thing to say, but it’s the truth. It’s not a big deal to me.”