The Sony Open has been played—in its various incarnations—at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii since 1965. First known as the Hawaii Open, it later acquired first United Airlines and then Sony as title sponsors. It has been the Sony Open since 1999. Prior to 1965, four Tour-recognized events were held, in 1928-1929 and 1947-1948.
The current purse is $5,600,000. Waialae Country Club is a par 70 clocking in at 7068 yards.
The Sony Open gained some notoriety in the relatively recent past for the inclusion of young Michelle Wie as a sponsor’s exemption in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Waialae was her home course, but she did not manage to make the cut in any of those tries.
In 2007, 16 year old amateur Tadd Fujikawa became the second youngest player to make the 36-hole cut in an official PGA Tour event. (The youngest was Bob Panasik—age 15—in the 1957 Canadian Open). Two years later, Fujikawa set a course record with a 62.
Another first: Isao Aoki was Japan’s first winner on the PGA Tour in 1983.
Multiple Sony Open Winners
Ernie Els: 2003, 2004
Hubert Green: 1978, 1979
Corey Pavin: 1986, 1987
Lanny Wadkins: 1988, 1991
Tournament record: 260 (John Huston, 1998; Brad Faxon, 2001)
The complete list of Sony Open winners is listed below:
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | 1st Prize ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Open in Hawaii | |||||
| 2016 | Fabian Gomex | Argentina | 260 | -20 | 1,044,000 |
| 2015 | Jimmy Walker | United States | 257 | -23 | 1,008,000 |
| 2014 | Jimmy Walker | United States | 263 | -17 | 1,008,000 |
| 2013 | Russell Henley | United States | 256 | -24 | 1,008,000 |
| 2012 | Johnson Wagner | United States | 267 | -13 | 990,000 |
| 2011 | Mark Wilson | United States | 264 | -16 | 990,000 |
| 2010 | Ryan Palmer | United States | 265 | -15 | 990,000 |
| 2009 | Zach Johnson | United States | 265 | -15 | 972,000 |
| 2008 | K.J. Choi | South Korea | 266 | -14 | 954,000 |
| 2007 | Paul Goydos | United States | 266 | -14 | 936,000 |
| 2006 | David Toms | United States | 261 | -19 | 918,000 |
| 2005 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 269 | -11 | 864,000 |
| 2004 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 262 | -18 | 864,000 |
| 2003 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 264 | -16 | 810,000 |
| 2002 | Jerry Kelly | United States | 266 | -14 | 720,000 |
| 2001 | Brad Faxon | United States | 260 | -20 | 720,000 |
| 2000 | Paul Azinger | United States | 261 | -19 | 522,000 |
| 1999 | Jeff Sluman | United States | 271 | -9 | 468,000 |
| United Airlines Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1998 | John Huston | United States | 260 | -28 | 324,000 |
| 1997 | Paul Stankowski | United States | 271 | -17 | 216,000 |
| 1996 | Jim Furyk | United States | 277 | -11 | 216,000 |
| 1995 | John Morse | United States | 269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1994 | Brett Ogle | Australia | 269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1993 | Howard Twitty | United States | 269 | -19 | 216,000 |
| 1992 | John Cook | United States | 265 | -23 | 216,000 |
| United Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1991 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 270 | -18 | 198,000 |
| Hawaiian Open | |||||
| 1990 | David Ishii | United States | 279 | -9 | 180,000 |
| 1989 | Gene Sauers | United States | 197 | -19 | 135,000 |
| 1988 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 271 | -17 | 108,000 |
| 1987 | Corey Pavin | United States | 270 | -18 | 108,000 |
| 1986 | Corey Pavin | United States | 272 | -16 | 90,000 |
| 1985 | Mark O’Meara | United States | 267 | -21 | 90,000 |
| 1984 | Jack Renner | United States | 271 | -17 | 90,000 |
| 1983 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 268 | -20 | 58,500 |
| 1982 | Wayne Levi | United States | 277 | -11 | 58,500 |
| 1981 | Hale Irwin | United States | 265 | -23 | 58,500 |
| 1980 | Andy Bean | United States | 266 | -22 | 58,500 |
| 1979 | Hubert Green | United States | 267 | -21 | 54,000 |
| 1978 | Hubert Green | United States | 274 | -14 | 50,000 |
| 1977 | Bruce Lietzke | United States | 273 | -15 | 48,000 |
| 1976 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 270 | -18 | 46,000 |
| 1975 | Gary Groh | United States | 274 | -14 | 44,000 |
| 1974 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 271 | -17 | 44,000 |
| 1973 | John Schlee | United States | 273 | -15 | 40,000 |
| 1972 | Grier Jones | United States | 274 | -14 | 40,000 |
| 1971 | Tom Shaw | United States | 273 | -15 | 40,000 |
| 1969 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 274 | -14 | 25,000 |
| 1968 | Lee Trevino | United States | 272 | -16 | 25,000 |
| 1967 | Dudley Wysong | United States | 284 | -4 | 20,000 |
| 1966 | Ted Makalena | United States | 271 | -17 | 8,500 |
| 1965 | Gay Brewer | United States | 281 | -7 | 9,000 |
| Previous incarnations recognized by PGA Tour. | |||||
| 1948 | Cary Middlecoff | United States | 274 | -10 | 2,000 |
| 1947 | E.J. “Dutch” Harrison | United States | 275 | -13 | 2,000 |
| 1929 | Craig Wood | United States | 289 | +1 | 1,600 |
| 1928 | Bill Mehlhorn | United States | 291 | ||
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