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The PGA revealed on Monday that it intends to finish its match lineup in Hawaii in 2027.
That news got here on the heels of the 2026 Maui occasion having to be canceled attributable to drought-like situations on the Plantation Course at Kapalua.
The Sentry, previously know because the Tournament of Champions, served because the starting-off level for the PGA Tour every January from 1986-2013 and 2024-25. This season’s cancellation created a much less ceremonious January begin to the PGA season on the Sony Open in Hawaii, at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, every week later than common and The American Express, in La Quinta, Calif., after that.
The star-studded Sentry occasion sometimes boasted the highest 50 from the FedEx Cup closing standings and all winners from the earlier season. Overall, the PGA has hosted an occasion in Hawaii for greater than 50 consecutive years.
The Plantation course that hosted The Sentry had been concerned in a water rights dispute with one other native firm that it had been unable to resolve, resulting in the announcement of the cancellation of the 2026 occasion final October.
The Sony Open on Oahu, an occasion which paired with The Sentry to allow golfers a two-week keep within the Pacific, has been caught within the crossfire and may very well be moved to the Champions Tour as an alternative. The PGA Tour floated the potential of pairing it with the senior circuit’s Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai going ahead.
Still, the PGA Tour burdened that extra particulars in regards to the 2027 schedule can be shared at a later date.
In a press launch, the PGA Tour addressed the bigger transfer, saying partly, ‘We are grateful to The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua Resort, Maui County and the state of Hawaii for his or her longtime assist of our season-opening PGA Tour occasion, in addition to the followers, companions and volunteers throughout Maui who’ve supported the occasion all through the years.’
Sentry’s occasion title sponsorship with the PGA Tour continues by way of 2035, leaving the group in want of a match to lend its title to. Several executives reportedly visited Torrey Pines in San Diego this season, as that occasion’s partnership with Farmers Insurance is anticipated to finish this yr, in keeping with a number of media shops.
Chris Gotterup received the Sony Open to start the 2026 PGA season on Jan. 18.
–Field Level Media