Sony Open in Hawaii

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Sony Open in Hawaii
Sony Open in Hawaii.svg
Tournament information
Location Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Established1965
Course(s) Waialae Country Club
Par70
Length7,044 yards (6,441 m)
Organized byFriends of Hawaii Charities
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$8,700,000
Month playedJanuary
Tournament record score
Aggregate253 [a] Justin Thomas (2017)
To par−28 John Huston (1998)
Current champion
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Taylor
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Waialae Country Club
Location in Hawaii

The Sony Open in Hawaii is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and is part of the tour's FedEx Cup Series. It has been contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, since the event's modern-day inception as the Hawaiian Open in November 1965. [2]

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In addition to the usual PGA Tour eligibility criteria, the Sony Open may invite up to three professional golfers from emerging markets. [3]

History

Setting for the Sony Open: the Waialae Country Club on Oahu Wai`alae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawai'i - 48896595981.jpg
Setting for the Sony Open: the Waialae Country Club on Oahu

Originally a mid-autumn event for its first five editions, it was skipped in 1970 as it moved to its winter slot in early February 1971. [4] Currently, it is held in mid-January and is the first full-field event of the calendar year, following the Tournament of Champions on Maui. The front and back nines of Waialae are switched for the PGA Tour event, finishing at the dogleg ninth hole. [5]

The first lead sponsor was United Airlines in 1991, succeeded by current sponsor Sony in 1999. There have been five multiple winners of the tournament, all two-time champions: Hubert Green, Corey Pavin, Lanny Wadkins, Ernie Els, and Jimmy Walker. All have won major championships. The tournament is currently organized by Friends of Hawaii Charities. [6]

In 1983, forty-year-old Isao Aoki became Japan's first winner on the PGA Tour. He holed out a wedge shot for an eagle-3 on the 72nd hole to beat Jack Renner by a stroke. [7] [8]

In 1998, John Huston broke the then PGA Tour scoring record to par. He shot 28 under par, beating Ben Hogan's record originally set in 1945. [9]

The Sony Open gained attention for granting four consecutive sponsor invitations (PGA Tour Exemption #11) to Michelle Wie, the first in 2004 when she was age 14. [10] She missed the cut in all four appearances, [11] and did not receive one of the four available sponsor exemptions in 2008. One of the invitations went to Alex Ching, a 17-year-old former high school classmate of Wie.

In 2007, amateur Tadd Fujikawa become the second youngest player ever (16 years, 4 days) to make a 36-hole cut in an official PGA Tour event. [11] [12] His achievement was highlighted by a 15-foot (4.6 m) eagle putt on his 36th hole, Waialae's 551-yard par-5 18th. Incidentally, the PGA Tour's 2006 media guide shows that the youngest player ever to make a 36-hole cut in an official Tour event was Bob Panasik (15 years, 8 months, and 20 days) in 1957 at the Canadian Open, [13] 31⁄2 months younger than Fujikawa.

PGA Tour golfer Ben Martin (left) at a Birdies for the Brave event following his round at the 2014 Sony Open Birdies for the Brave welcomes military during golf tournament 140111-D-PJ759-006.jpg
PGA Tour golfer Ben Martin (left) at a Birdies for the Brave event following his round at the 2014 Sony Open

Preparations for the 2018 Sony Open were briefly disrupted by a false emergency alert stating that a ballistic missile had been launched toward Hawaii. Staff members reportedly attempted to take shelter in the players' locker room, the media center was ordered to evacuate, and several players posted messages on social media about the erroneous alert, which was sent to all smartphones in the state. [14] The alert was ultimately determined to have been sent in error. [15] Before the final round, Golf Channel cameramen also staged a walkout. [16]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)		Ref.
Sony Open in Hawaii
2025 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Taylor 264−16Playoff Flag of Colombia.svg Nico Echavarría 8,700,0001,566,000
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray 263−17Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg An Byeong-hun
Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Bradley 		8,300,0001,494,000
2023 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Si-woo 262−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Buckley 7,900,0001,422,000
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsuyama 257−23Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Russell Henley 7,500,0001,350,000
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Na 259−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kirk
Flag of Chile.svg Joaquín Niemann 		6,600,0001,188,000
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith 269−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Steele 6,600,0001,188,000
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Kuchar 258−224 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Putnam 6,400,0001,152,000
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Patton Kizzire 263−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg James Hahn 6,200,0001,116,000
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Thomas 253−277 strokes Flag of England.svg Justin Rose 6,000,0001,080,000
2016 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Gómez 260−20Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brandt Snedeker 5,800,0001,044,000
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker (2)257−239 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Scott Piercy 5,600,0001,008,000
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Walker 263−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kirk 5,600,0001,008,000
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Russell Henley 256−243 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Tim Clark 5,600,0001,008,000
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson Wagner 267−132 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Frazar
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III
Flag of the United States.svg Sean O'Hair
Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Pettersson 		5,500,000990,000
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Wilson 264−162 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Tim Clark
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Marino 		5,500,000990,000
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Palmer 265−151 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby 5,500,000990,000
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Johnson 265−152 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott
Flag of the United States.svg David Toms 		5,400,000972,000
2008 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg K. J. Choi 266−143 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Sabbatini 5,300,000954,000
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goydos 266−141 stroke Flag of England.svg Luke Donald
Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III 		5,200,000936,000
2006 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms 261−195 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chad Campbell
Flag of South Africa.svg Rory Sabbatini 		5,100,000918,000
2005 Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 269−111 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els 4,800,000864,000
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els (2)262−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Harrison Frazar 4,800,000864,000
2003 Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els 264−16Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Baddeley 4,500,000810,000
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly 266−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 4,000,000720,000
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon 260−204 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman 4,000,000720,000
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Azinger 261−197 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Appleby 2,900,000522,000
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman 271−92 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Maggert
Flag of the United States.svg Len Mattiace
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Perry
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Tolles 		2,600,000468,000
United Airlines Hawaiian Open
1998 Flag of the United States.svg John Huston 260−287 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 1,800,000324,000
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Stankowski 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reid 		1,200,000216,000
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk 277−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon 1,200,000216,000
1995 Flag of the United States.svg John Morse 269−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman
Flag of the United States.svg Duffy Waldorf 		1,200,000216,000
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Ogle 269−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III 1,200,000216,000
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Howard Twitty 269−194 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joey Sindelar 1,200,000216,000
1992 Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 265−232 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Paul Azinger 1,200,000216,000
United Hawaiian Open
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins (2)270−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 1,100,000198,000
Hawaiian Open
1990 Flag of the United States.svg David Ishii 279−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Paul Azinger 1,000,000180,000
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Gene Sauers 197 [b] −191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg David Ogrin 750,000135,000
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Lanny Wadkins 271−171 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard Zokol 600,000108,000
1987 Flag of the United States.svg Corey Pavin (2)270−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler 600,000108,000
1986 Flag of the United States.svg Corey Pavin 272−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Paul Azinger 500,00090,000
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 267−211 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler 500,00090,000
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Renner 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Levi 500,00090,000
1983 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 268−201 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jack Renner 325,00058,500
1982 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Levi 277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 325,00058,500
1981 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 265−236 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Don January 325,00058,500
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Bean 266−223 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino 325,00058,500
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green (2)267−213 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Fuzzy Zoeller 300,00054,000
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green 274−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kratzert 250,00050,000
1977 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke 273−153 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Don January
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takashi Murakami 		240,00048,000
1976 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Crenshaw 270−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 		230,00046,000
1975 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Groh 274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Al Geiberger 220,00044,000
1974 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 271−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Pearce 220,00044,000
1973 Flag of the United States.svg John Schlee 273−152 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Orville Moody 200,00040,000
1972 Flag of the United States.svg Grier Jones 274−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Murphy 200,00040,000
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Shaw 273−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Miller Barber 200,00040,000
1970: No tournament
1969 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Crampton 274−144 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 125,00025,000
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino 272−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg George Archer 125,00025,000
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Dudley Wysong 284−4Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper 100,00020,000
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Ted Makalena 271−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper
Flag of the United States.svg Gay Brewer 		42,5008,500
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Gay Brewer 281−7Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bob Goalby 45,0009,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Previous incarnations recognized by PGA Tour
YearPlayerScoreTo parWinner's
share ($)
1948 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cary Middlecoff 274−102,000
1947 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dutch Harrison 275−132,000
1929 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Craig Wood 289+11,600
1928 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Mehlhorn 291

Records

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Notes

  1. ↑ PGA Tour aggregate scoring record. [1]
  2. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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