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HONOLULU – Jordan Spieth chalked this week’s Sony Open up to being a learning experience, but quickly clarified, “I’m tired of learning experiences.” Spieth admittedly began the week with low expectations after taking time away from the game after a pedestrian 2018, and he looked rusty in shooting 3-over 73 in his year-opening round on Thursday. […]

HONOLULU – Waialae Country Club has always been one of the PGA Tour season’s most explosive scoring venues, but Friday was entertaining even by Sony Open standards. Chez Reavie became the first player to eagle three par 4s in a single round since the Tour started keeping hole-by-hole records in 1983. “They all took their […]

English women didn’t wait long to build on the momentum they created last year. Charley Hull won the Ladies European Tour’s season opener in Abu Dhabi Saturday, going wire to wire to claim the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open. Hull’s fast start begs a large question: Is she poised to follow Georgia Hall’s breakthrough and […]

Gary Woodland is off to a pretty decent start to 2019. After a runner-up finish last week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, he brought his game – and his legendary low stinger – to Waialae Country Club for the Sony Open. And he put it to use at the end of the second round, hitting […]

Matt Kuchar continued to thrive in paradise on Saturday as the 40-year-old added to his advantage at the Sony Open. Here’s everything you need to know entering Sunday’s final round at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu: Leaderboard: Matt Kuchar, Andrew Putnam, Keith Mitchell, Chez Reavie What it means: While many players went low on Moving […]

HONOLULU – Bryson DeChambeau signed his scorecard on Friday, an eventful round that added up to 3-under 67, and marched directly to Waialae Country Club’s practice putting green. He worked on his putting, using all kinds of high-tech equipment and slow-motion cameras, for over two hours. “I was working until 7:15, 7:20 [p.m.]. Dark. Yeah, […]

HONOLULU – Following a third-round 66 that left him alone atop the leaderboard Saturday at the Sony Open, Matt Kuchar was asked about a series of tweets in recent days that suggested he paid his local caddie just $3,000 after winning the Mayakoba Golf Classic in November. Kuchar was quick to deny the rumor. “That’s […]

HONOLULU – Among the game’s increasingly younger star class, Davis Love III’s name on the Sony Open leaderboard stands out. Much of this week’s field weren’t born when Love, 54, won his first PGA Tour event in 1987 in Hilton Head, S.C., and he’s settled into his role as the elder statesman in recent years. […]

HONOLULU – Charles Howell III doesn’t own property on Oahu, but he should. In typical fashion, Howell birdied two of his final three holes to tie for eighth place on Sunday at Waialae Country Club. Although that might not be a huge accomplishment for a player like Howell, it continued an impressive streak at the […]

HONOLULU – There is nothing stress-free about PGA Tour golf. Even in victory, there are always moments when a player’s ability to deal with pressure is tested. But that has not really been the case this week for Matt Kuchar. Through three rounds at the Sony Open, Kuchar has hit 30 of 42 fairways, which […]