Sony Open in Hawaii

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Sony Open in Hawaii
Tournament information
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii
Established	1965
Course(s)	Waialae Country Club
Par	70
Tour	PGA Tour
Month Played	January
Defunct	No
Tournament Record Score
John Huston -28
Current Champion
Paul Goydos
Major Championships
The Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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 event on the PGA Tour schedule.

[edit] Winners

• 2007 Paul Goydos -  United States
• 2006 David Toms -  United States
• 2005 Vijay Singh -  Fiji
• 2004 Ernie Els -  South Africa
• 2003 Ernie Els -  South Africa
• 2002 Jerry Kelly -  United States
• 2001 Brad Faxon -  United States
• 2000 Paul Azinger -  United States
• 1999 Jeff Sluman -  United States

United Airlines Hawaiian Open

• 1998 John Huston -  United States
• 1997 Paul Stankowski -  United States
• 1996 Jim Furyk -  United States
• 1995 John Morse -  United States
• 1994 Brett Ogle -  Australia
• 1993 Howard Twitty -  United States
• 1992 John Cook -  United States

United Hawaiian Open

• 1991 Lanny Wadkins -  United States

Hawaiian Open

• 1990 David Ishii -  United States
• 1989 Gene Sauers -  United States
• 1988 Lanny Wadkins -  United States
• 1987 Corey Pavin -  United States
• 1986 Corey Pavin -  United States
• 1985 Mark O'Meara -  United States
• 1984 Jack Renner -  United States
• 1983 Isao Aoki -  Japan
• 1982 Wayne Levi -  United States
• 1981 Hale Irwin -  United States
• 1980 Andy Bean -  United States
• 1979 Hubert Green -  United States
• 1978 Hubert Green -  United States
• 1977 Bruce Lietzke -  United States
• 1976 Ben Crenshaw -  United States
• 1975 Gary Groh -  United States
• 1974 Jack Nicklaus -  United States
• 1973 John Schlee -  United States
• 1972 Grier Jones -  United States
• 1971 Tom Shaw -  United States
• 1970 No tournament. Was being moved from late season to early season
• 1969 Bruce Crampton -  Australia
• 1968 Lee Trevino -  United States
• 1967 Dudley Wysong -  United States
• 1966 Ted Makalena -  United States
• 1965 Gay Brewer -  United States

Hawaiian Open a previous incarnation, not associated with the present-day version

• 1948 Cary Middlecoff -  United States
• 1947 E.J. "Dutch" Harrison -  United States

[edit] Trivia

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. Incidently, 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 (PGA Tour Exemption #12) to play in the event. She has not made the cut in any of her four appearances: 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Now that Wie has been accepted into Stanford University, and with the dates of the Sony Open in conflict with the start of the school's Spring Semester, she is not likely to be appearing in the tournament for a time.

[edit] External Links

• Official website
• PGATOUR.com tournament website
• 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.