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Waialae Country Club in Honolulu has hosted a PGA Tour occasion since 1965, however on Wednesday, the Tour and Sony Group Corporation introduced that the occasion will change over to a PGA Tour Champions occasion beginning in January 2027.
The Sony Championship Hawaii, to be held on Jan. 11-16, will characteristic a $3 million purse.
‘We are excited to welcome the Sony Championship Hawaii to PGA Tour Champions,’ PGA Tour Champions president Miller Brady stated in a press release. ‘Sony has been an unbelievable PGA Tour accomplice since 1999, and we’re wanting ahead to starting this new period with the legends of the sport competing on a really iconic venue in Waialae Country Club.’
Among the previous winners at Waialae Country Club are Hall of Famers Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino, together with present Champions Tour standouts Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson and Okay.J. Choi. Chris Gotterup received the Sony Open in Hawaii at 16 underneath in January.
The Sony Championship Hawaii, which is able to mark the sixth PGA Tour Champions occasion to be held on a course that previously hosted a PGA Tour occasion, will characteristic a subject of 78 PGA Tour Champions gamers. Pro-Ams are scheduled for Jan. 12 and 13, with three competitors rounds slated for Jan. 14-16.
–Field Level Media