Sony Open in Hawaii
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Established | 1965 |
| Course(s) | Waialae Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,068 yards (6,463 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $5,500,000 |
| Month played | January |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 260 John Huston (1998) 260 Brad Faxon (2001) |
| To par | -28 John Huston (1998) |
| Current champion | |
 Johnson Wagner |
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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 1965. Starting in 1971, the tournament was held in either January or February. Currently, it is held in January, the second overall event and the first full-field event on the PGA Tour schedule. The front and back nines are switched for the PGA Tour event, finishing at the dogleg #9.[1]
The first lead sponsor was United Airlines in 1991, succeeded by current sponsor Sony in 1999. There have been four multiple winners of the tournament, all two-time champions: Hubert Green, Corey Pavin, Lanny Wadkins, and Ernie Els. All four have won major championships.
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[edit] Notable appearances
[edit] Isao Aoki
- In 1983, 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.
[edit] Tadd Fujikawa
- In the 2007 Sony Open, at the age of 16 years and 4 days, amateur Tadd Fujikawa become the second youngest player ever to make a 36-hole cut in an official PGA Tour event. His achievement was highlighted by a 15-foot eagle putt on his 36th hole, Waialae's 551-yard par-5 18th. Incidentally, the 2006 PGA Tour Media Guide says 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) at the 1957 Canadian Open.
[edit] Michelle Wie
- The Sony Open gained attention for granting four consecutive sponsor invitations (PGA Tour Exemption #12) to teenage female golfer Michelle Wie, the first in 2004 when she was age 14. She missed the cut in all four appearances 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.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | 1st Prize ($) |
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| Sony Open in Hawaii | |||||
| 2012 | Johnson Wagner | United States |
267 | -13 | 990,000 |
| 2011 | Mark Wilson | United States |
264 | -16 | 990,000 |
| 2010 | Ryan Palmer | United States |
265 | -15 | 990,000 |
| 2009 | Zach Johnson | United States |
265 | -15 | 972,000 |
| 2008 | K. J. Choi |  South Korea |
266 | -14 | 954,000 |
| 2007 | Paul Goydos | United States |
266 | -14 | 936,000 |
| 2006 | David Toms | United States |
261 | -19 | 918,000 |
| 2005 | Vijay Singh |  Fiji |
269 | -11 | 864,000 |
| 2004 | Ernie Els (2) |  South Africa |
262PO | -18 | 864,000 |
| 2003 | Ernie Els | South Africa |
264PO | -16 | 810,000 |
| 2002 | Jerry Kelly | United States |
266 | -14 | 720,000 |
| 2001 | Brad Faxon | United States |
260 | -20 | 720,000 |
| 2000 | Paul Azinger | United States |
261 | -19 | 522,000 |
| 1999 | Jeff Sluman | United States |
271 | -9 | 468,000 |
| United Airlines Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1998 | John Huston | United States |
260 | -28 | 324,000 |
| 1997 | Paul Stankowski | United States |
271PO | -17 | 216,000 |
| 1996 | Jim Furyk | United States |
277PO | -11 | 216,000 |
| 1995 | John Morse | United States |
269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1994 | Brett Ogle |  Australia |
269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1993 | Howard Twitty | United States |
269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1992 | John Cook | United States |
265 | -23 | 216,000 |
| United Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1991 | Lanny Wadkins (2) | United States |
270 | -18 | 198,000 |
| Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1990 | David Ishii | United States |
279 | -9 | 180,000 |
| 1989 | Gene Sauers | United States |
197 | -19 | 135,000 |
| 1988 | Lanny Wadkins | United States |
271 | -17 | 108,000 |
| 1987 | Corey Pavin (2) | United States |
270PO | -18 | 108,000 |
| 1986 | Corey Pavin | United States |
272 | -16 | 90,000 |
| 1985 | Mark O'Meara | United States |
267 | -21 | 90,000 |
| 1984 | Jack Renner | United States |
271PO | -17 | 90,000 |
| 1983 | Isao Aoki |  Japan |
268 | -20 | 58,500 |
| 1982 | Wayne Levi | United States |
277 | -11 | 58,500 |
| 1981 | Hale Irwin | United States |
265 | -23 | 58,500 |
| 1980 | Andy Bean | United States |
266 | -22 | 58,500 |
| 1979 | Hubert Green (2) | United States |
267 | -21 | 54,000 |
| 1978 | Hubert Green | United States |
274PO | -14 | 50,000 |
| 1977 | Bruce Lietzke | United States |
273 | -15 | 48,000 |
| 1976 | Ben Crenshaw | United States |
270 | -18 | 46,000 |
| 1975 | Gary Groh | United States |
274 | -14 | 44,000 |
| 1974 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
271 | -17 | 44,000 |
| 1973 | John Schlee | United States |
273 | -15 | 40,000 |
| 1972 | Grier Jones | United States |
274PO | -14 | 40,000 |
| 1971 | Tom Shaw | United States |
273 | -15 | 40,000 |
| 1969 | Bruce Crampton | Australia |
274 | -14 | 25,000 |
| 1968 | Lee Trevino | United States |
272 | -16 | 25,000 |
| 1967 | Dudley Wysong | United States |
284PO | -4 | 20,000 |
| 1966 | Ted Makalena | United States |
271 | -17 | 8,500 |
| 1965 | Gay Brewer | United States |
281PO | -7 | 9,000 |
| Previous incarnations recognized by PGA Tour. | |||||
| 1948 | Cary Middlecoff |  United States |
274 | -10 | 2,000 |
| 1947 | E.J. "Dutch" Harrison | United States |
275 | -13 | 2,000 |
| 1929 | Craig Wood | United States |
289 | +1 | 1,600 |
| 1928 | Bill Mehlhorn | United States |
291 | ||
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
PO - won in playoff
[edit] Multiple winners
Four men have won this tournament more than once through 2011.
- 2 wins
- Ernie Els: 2003, 2004
- Hubert Green: 1978, 1979
- Corey Pavin: 1986, 1987
- Lanny Wadkins: 1988, 1991
[edit] Records
- Tournament record: 260 (John Huston, 1998; Brad Faxon, 2001)
- 54-hole record: 194 (John Huston, 1998; Brad Faxon, 2001)
- 36-hole record: 128 (Davis Love III, 1994; John Huston, 1998; Paul Azinger, 2000; Brad Faxon, 2001; John Cook, 2002)
- 18-hole record: 60 (Davis Love III, 1994 - par was 72)
- Course record: 62 (John Cook, Charles Howell III, 2002; Stephen Allan, Frank Lickliter, 2004; Ernie Els, 2005; Tadd Fujikawa, 2009)
[edit] References
- ^ Waialae CC.com - course tour - accessed 2012-01-13
[edit] External links
- Official website - Sony Open
- PGATOUR.com - tournament website
- Waialae Country Club - official site - course tour
- Sony Open In Hawaii results since 1971 - Winners, Finishers, Scores and Earnings
- FINALLY! The teenager makes a cut - a golfchannel.com article on Tadd Fujikawa and Michelle Wie, January 12, 2007.
