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Two birdies in his final four holes proved to be a nice rally, but left Pat Perez one stroke off the cut line at this year's Sony Open.

Starting on #10, Perez strung together nine straight pars before a stretch of three bogeys over the next four holes. Clutch birdies on #6 and #9 helped the final score, but still left him at +2 after two days.

Thursday's opening round got off to a rocky start with two bogeys over the first five holes. Birdies on #9 and #10 got Perez back to even. A bogey on #13 resulted in an opening round 71.

Next up, the Bob Hope Classsic in La Quinta. This marks Perez's first return to the desert since 2006, where he opened with a career-low 60 and went on to finish 73rd.