The first full field event on the 2017 PGA Tour season is this week in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Olympic Gold medalist Justin Rose +1900, last week’s winner Justin Thomas +1000 and World No. 5 Jordan Spieth +600 headline the Sony Open in Hawaii which boasts 22 players that played last week at the SBS Tournament of Champions. Hideki Matsuyama +650, Daniel Berger +2750, Brandt Snedeker +1550, Jimmy Walker +1250 and Jason Dufner +4750 are a few of the players we will see that teed it up last week in Maui.
The Course: Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
Waialae Country Club will host the tournament for the 53rd time, a feat only exceeded by four other venues. The layout measures 7,044 yards and plays to a par 70. Waialae opened in 1927 and hosted its first Hawaiian Open in 1969. It’s one of the shorter tracks on the PGA Tour but the tradewinds can create havoc if they blow and make the course much more challenging.
The weather forecast is perfect for scoring this week and we can expect the winning score to be 20-under par or lower. The players will take it deep this week!
TV Coverage: GOLF Channel - Thursday-Saturday, 7-10:30 p.m. ET. Sunday, 6-10 p.m.
Current Sony Open in Hawaii Golf Odds at BookMaker.eu
Jordan Spieth +600
Hideki Matsuyama +650
Justin Thomas +1000
Jimmy Walker +1250
Brandt Snedeker +1550
Paul Casey +1700
Justin Rose +1900
Gary Woodland +2100
Bill Haas +2450
Daniel Berger +2750
Pat Perez +3000
Scott Piercy +3350
Billy Horschel +3555
Charles Howell III +4000
Russell Henley +4050
Russell Knox +4225
Chris Kirk +4500
Jason Dufner +4750
Zach Johnson +4999
Keegan Bradley +5050
Ryan Palmer +5225
Branden Grace +5500
Harris English +5750
Kevin Na +6000
Marc Leishman +6050
William McGirt +6333
Jamie Lovemark +6500
Fabian Gomez +6666
Harold Varner III +7000
Hudson Swafford +7100
Kevin Kisner +7250
Luke List +7500
Si-Woo Kim +7750
Soren Kjeldsen +8000
Tony Finau +8100
Webb Simpson +8200
Anirban Lahiri +8350
Cameron Smith +8999
Camilo Villegas +9090
Cody Gribble +9500
Patrick Rodgers +9700
Brian Harman +9950
Bryson DeChambeau +10000
David Lingmerth +10100
Jerry Kelly +11000
Zac Blair +12500
Brian Stuard +12550
Jim Herman +13000
John Huh +13500
Smylie Kaufman +15000
Billy Hurley III +15550
FIELD - Any Other Player +400
ODDS ANALYSIS
Since the Tournament of Champions moved to Hawaii 16 years ago, 11 Sony Open winners have done it after playing Kapalua the previous week. Ernie Els is the only one to sweep both events, doing so in 2003. Justin Thomas, you have a chance!
Although Charles Howell III +4000 has never won at Waialae, he has seven top 5’s and is looking for more this week. Howell III is getting up there in age and needs to get off to a fast start in 2016 to gain confidence and think that he can still win on the PGA Tour. Howell III offers gamers great value at +4000 and won’t disappoint with another top five finish.
Veteran players often do well at Waialae Country Club and I can not pass on 2009 Sony Open winner Zach Johnson at +4999. The two-time major winner loves the course and his game is suited perfectly for the tight, short layout that requires accuracy off the tee and control with approach shots.
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