After a fantastic 2024 opener at The Sentry, the PGA Tour heads to Honolulu for the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club. While it’s not a signature event, this year’s field boasts plenty of star power.
Defending champion Si Woo Kim is joined by Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludvig Aberg, Tyrrell Hatton, Sahith Theegala, Brian Harman and Justin Rose. After a final-round 7-under 66 in Maui, Kim tied for 25th at The Sentry.
Will Zalatoris is also in the field and will be making his first official Tour start since withdrawing prior to the 2023 Masters. He did tee it up at Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge in December, finishing last in the 20-man field.
The Sentry winner Chris Kirk will be a name to watch this week. In ’23, Kirk finished solo third, and in ’21 he grabbed a share of second. Overall, Kirk has five top-10 finishes — four of which are top-5s — at the Sony.
Golf course
Waialae Country Club | Par 70 | 7,044 yards
Previous event results (The Sentry)
Collin Morikawa (12/1): T-5
Max Homa (12/1): T-14
Matt Fitzpatrick (22/1): T-14
Sungjae Im (30/1): T-5
All four picks inside the top 15 and two inside the top five, but couldn’t bring home the winner. Let’s chase another one at the Sony.
Odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | (+1600) | Ben An | (+3000) |
| Ludvig Aberg | (+1600) | Si Woo Kim | (+3500) |
| Tyrrell Hatton | (+1800) | Justin Rose | (+3500) |
| Russell Henley | (+2000) | Harris English | (+3500) |
| Brian Harman | (+2000) | Denny McCarthy | (+3500) |
| Corey Conners | (+2200) | Cam Davis | (+4000) |
| Chris Kirk | (+2500) | Brendon Todd | (+4000) |
| Eric Cole | (+2800) | Adam Svensson | (+4000) |
| Sahith Theegala | (+3000) | Hideki Matsuyama | (+4500) |
| J.T. Poston | (+3000) | Andrew Putnam | (+4500) |
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Matt Fitzpatrick (16/1)
Waialae Country Club reminds me of Harbour Town. The two courses look different, but the way they play is similar.
So, for that reason, Matt Fitzpatrick — the 2023 RBC Heritage champion —is going on the card two weeks in a row.
Fitzpatrick went backward with a 5-under final round at The Sentry and tied for 14th. Before that, he finished tied for fourth at the Hero World Challenge.
This will be the Englishman’s first start at Waialae.
Corey Conners (22/1)
Conners didn’t have his best stuff at The Sentry, tying for 33rd despite three rounds in the 60s. In a weaker field and with his course history, it’s tough not to like the Canadian in Honolulu.
In his last four starts at Waialae, Conners has finished 12th (’23), 11th (’22), 12th (’20) and 3rd (’19).
J.T Poston (30/1)
Poston’s week in Maui ended with an 8-under 65 around Kapalua’s Plantation Course, good enough for a T-5 finish.
The two-time Tour winner has made the weekend two years in a row at the Sony Open and finished 21st in ’23. Poston played well here in 2019, too, grabbing 20th.
Ben An (30/1)
An turned in four great rounds at the Plantation Course last week, highlighted by a final-round 66 to vault him into solo fourth.
The 32-year-old made his first Sony Open start last season and grabbed a share of 12th.
