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Sony Open Wiki Information
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 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.
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Notable appearances
Isao Aoki
- In 1983, Isao Aoki became Japan's first winner on the PGA Tour. He holed out wedge shot on 72nd hole to beat Jack Renner by a stroke.
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.
Michelle Wie
- The Sony Open has gained attention for giving female golfer Michelle Wie numerous sponsor invitations () to play in the event. She has not made the cut in any of her four appearances: 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The then 18-year-old Wie did not receive one of four available sponsor exemptions to play in the event in 2008. Notably, Alex Ching, a 17-year-old former high school classmate of Wie, did receive one of the exemptions for 2008.
Winners
| Year
| Player
| Country
| Score
| To par
| 1st Prize ($)
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| Sony Open in Hawaii
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| 2009
| Zach Johnson
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| 265
| -15
| 972,000
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| 2008
| K.J. Choi
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| 266
| -14
| 954,000
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| 2007
| Paul Goydos
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| 266
| -14
| 936,000
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| 2006
| David Toms
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| 261
| -19
| 918,000
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| 2005
| Vijay Singh
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| 269
| -11
| 864,000
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| 2004
| Ernie Els
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| 262
| -18
| 864,000
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| 2003
| Ernie Els
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| 264
| -16
| 810,000
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| 2002
| Jerry Kelly
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| 266
| -14
| 720,000
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| 2001
| Brad Faxon
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| 260
| -20
| 720,000
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| 2000
| Paul Azinger
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| 261
| -19
| 522,000
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| 1999
| Jeff Sluman
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| 271
| -9
| 468,000
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| United Airlines Hawaiian Open
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| 1998
| John Huston
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| 260
| -28
| 324,000
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| 1997
| Paul Stankowski
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| 271
| -17
| 216,000
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| 1996
| Jim Furyk
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| 277
| -11
| 216,000
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| 1995
| John Morse
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| 269
| -19
| 216,000
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| 1994
| Brett Ogle
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| 269
| -19
| 216,000
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| 1993
| Howard Twitty
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| 269
| -19
| 216,000
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| 1992
| John Cook
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| 265
| -23
| 216,000
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| United Hawaiian Open
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| 1991
| Lanny Wadkins
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| 270
| -18
| 198,000
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| Hawaiian Open
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| 1990
| David Ishii
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| 279
| -9
| 180,000
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| 1989
| Gene Sauers
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| 197
| -19
| 135,000
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| 1988
| Lanny Wadkins
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| 271
| -17
| 108,000
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| 1987
| Corey Pavin
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| 270
| -18
| 108,000
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| 1986
| Corey Pavin
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| 272
| -16
| 90,000
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| 1985
| Mark O'Meara
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| 267
| -21
| 90,000
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| 1984
| Jack Renner
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| 271
| -17
| 90,000
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| 1983
| Isao Aoki
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| 268
| -20
| 58,500
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| 1982
| Wayne Levi
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| 277
| -11
| 58,500
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| 1981
| Hale Irwin
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| 265
| -23
| 58,500
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| 1980
| Andy Bean
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| 266
| -22
| 58,500
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| 1979
| Hubert Green
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| 267
| -21
| 54,000
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| 1978
| Hubert Green
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| 274
| -14
| 50,000
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| 1977
| Bruce Lietzke
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| 273
| -15
| 48,000
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| 1976
| Ben Crenshaw
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| 270
| -18
| 46,000
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| 1975
| Gary Groh
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| 274
| -14
| 44,000
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| 1974
| Jack Nicklaus
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| 271
| -17
| 44,000
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| 1973
| John Schlee
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| 273
| -15
| 40,000
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| 1972
| Grier Jones
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| 274
| -14
| 40,000
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| 1971
| Tom Shaw
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| 273
| -15
| 40,000
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| 1969
| Bruce Crampton
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| 274
| -14
| 25,000
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| 1968
| Lee Trevino
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| 272
| -16
| 25,000
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| 1967
| Dudley Wysong
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| 284
| -4
| 20,000
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| 1966
| Ted Makalena
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| 271
| -17
| 8,500
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| 1965
| Gay Brewer
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| 281
| -7
| 9,000
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| Previous incarnations recognized by PGA Tour.
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| 1948
| Cary Middlecoff
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| 274
| -10
| 2,000
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| 1947
| E.J. "Dutch" Harrison
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| 275
| -13
| 2,000
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| 1929
| Craig Wood
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| 289
| +1
| 1,600
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| 1928
| Bill Mehlhorn
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| 291
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Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Multiple winners
Four men have won this tournament more than once through 2009.
- 2 wins
- *Ernie Els: 2003, 2004
- *Hubert Green: 1978, 1979
- *Corey Pavin: 1986, 1987
- *Lanny Wadkins: 1988, 1991
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; Steve Allan, Frank Lickliter, 2004; Ernie Els, 2005; Tadd Fujikawa, 2009)
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