While the PGA Tour is permanently eliminating the iconic season-opening Hawai\u02bbi swing next year, the Sony Open in Hawai\u02bbi will now be a stop on the PGA Tour Champions.<\/p>\n
This is the first time in more than 60 years that the PGA Tour will not host events in the state. Both the Sentry, formerly the Tournament of Champions, in Kapalua, Maui, and the Sony Open at Wai\u02bbalae Country Club on O\u02bbahu will no longer be part of the main PGA Tour schedule.<\/p>\n
However, the Sony Open in Hawai\u02bbi will live on as a PGA Tour Champions event and is officially rebranded as the Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n
The PGA Tour Champions is a men\u2019s professional senior golf tour for golfers age 50 and over.<\/p>\n
The first Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi will be held from Jan. 11 to 16, 2027, at Wai\u02bbalae Country Club in Honolulu with a purse of $3 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cSony has been an incredible PGA Tour partner since 1999, and we are looking forward to beginning this new era with the legends of the game competing on a truly iconic venue in Wai\u02bbalae Country Club,\u201d said PGA Tour Champions President Miller Brady.<\/p>\n
The Sony Open has been part of the tour\u2019s most memorable moments, producing champions such as Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, and current Champions Tour stars Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson, and K.J. Choi.<\/p>\n
The Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi will be the sixth PGA Tour Champions event to be contested on a course that formerly hosted a tour event.<\/p>\n
Over its 28-year partnership with the Sony Open in Hawai\u02bbi, Sony has contributed more than $27 million to Hawai\u02bbi nonprofit organizations, benefiting hundreds of local charities that serve vulnerable working families, seniors, under-resourced children, and economically disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we transition to PGA Tour Champions, we look forward to continuing our commitment to the state of Hawai\u02bbi and also to welcoming back many of the players and champions who have been such an important part of our history,\u201d said Hiroki Totoki, president and CEO of Sony Group Corporation. \u201cWe relish the opportunity to create new opportunities to deepen the connection between the tournament, our business community, and the people of Hawai\u02bbi. Most importantly, this event has always been about giving back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s charitable organizations remains our highest priority, and we are proud of the positive impact the tournament has made across the islands over the years,\u201d Totoki continued.<\/p>\n
The Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi will feature a field of 78 players, with pro-ams on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by competition rounds beginning Thursday, Jan. 14, and concluding with a Saturday finish.<\/p>\n
All three rounds will be televised on Golf Channel. It will pair with the Mitsubishi Electric Championship held on the Big Island at Hual\u0101lai as a two-week kickoff to the Champions Tour season, much as it previously did on the regular tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcoming the Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi to Wai\u02bbalae is more than hosting a world-class golf event \u2014 it\u2019s an opportunity to showcase the spirit of aloha and strengthen the community impact that has uplifted our islands for decades,\u201d said Governor Josh Green. \u201cWe are proud to see this next chapter unfold and grateful for partners who share our commitment to Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s people and future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Global sports marketing agency IMG has been appointed as the tournament operator to deliver all aspects of the Sony Championship Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the PGA Tour is permanently eliminating the iconic season-opening Hawai\u02bbi swing next year, the Sony Open in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1443,2222,44,12750,144,272,12751,1580,2920],"class_list":["post-31413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw-championship","tag-bmw-championship","tag-charity","tag-golf","tag-hawaii","tag-pga-tour","tag-pga-tour-champions","tag-sony-championship","tag-sony-open","tag-waialae-country-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}