Sony Open 2025: prize money, field, betting tips, TV times for latest PGA Tour event
Hideki Matsuyama goes in search of back to back PGA Tour wins to the start the 2025 season at the Sony Open at Waialae CC in Hawaii.
Hideki Matsuyama will be going in search of back to back PGA Tour titles when he tees it up in this week's Sony Open at famed Waialae Country Club in Hawaii.
Matsuyama pocketed a whopping first prize of $3.6m at The Sentry on Sunday after setting a new PGA Tour low record tournament score in the process of 35-under par at Kapalua.
It marked his 11th PGA Tour title and he will be seeking a 12th at a venue he has enjoyed success on in the past having won here in 2022.
Matsuyama starts a warm tournament favourite in the second PGA Tour event of the season.
Other players who will fancy their chances of landing the Sony Open this week include in-form international duo Tom Kim of South Korea and Corey Conners of Canada.
How much they're playing for at the 2025 Sony Open
Total purse: $8.7m
First prize: $1,566,000
Check back here after the tournament to see how much all the players earned at the 2025 Sony Open.
2025 Sony Open - Top 10 in the Betting Odds
- Hideki Matsuyama - 10/1
- Corey Conners - 16/1
- Tom Kim - 20/1
- Russell Henley - 20/1
- Keegan Bradley - 25/1
- Maverick McNealy - 25/1
- Ben An - 25/1
- Bob MacIntyre - 33/1
- Si Woo Kim - 33/1
- Taylor Pendrith - 40/1
2025 Sony Open - Betting Tips
Hideki Matsuyama - 10/1 - looks the safest play in what is a fairly average PGA Tour field; Hideki played superb golf last week at The Sentry setting a new PGA Tour record score in the process and he's also had success at Waialae CC before having defeated Russell Henley in a playoff in 2022; 10/1 looks a decent price for a man in red-hot form to start the new season
Tom Kim - 20/1 - Kim ended last season on a positive note with a number of impressive finishes and the South Korean will be eager to get back in the winners circle after a winless 2024 campaign; this golf course is not the longest on the circuit and it very much rewards precision over power, which suits him down to the ground. At double the odds of Matsuyama, the smart play for a bit of value this week could very well be Tom Kim.
2025 Sony Open field
Winner of U.S. Open (five-year exemption)
Gary Woodland
Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
Hideki Matsuyama
Winner of The Open Champoinship (five-year exemption)
Brian Harman
Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the Memorial Tournament and The Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)
Billy Horschel
Kurt Kitayama
PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)
Webb Simpson
Keegan Bradley
Rafael Campos
Corey Conners
Cam Davis
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Brice Garnett
Lucas Glover
Chris Gotterup
Emiliano Grillo
Harry Hall
Nick Hardy
Russell Henley
Lee Hodges
Mackenzie Hughes
Stephan Jaeger
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Patton Kizzire
Jake Knapp
Luke List
Robert MacIntyre
Peter Malnati
Matt McCarty
Maverick McNealy
Taylor Moore
Vincent Norrman
Taylor Pendrith
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Davis Riley
Sepp Straka
Adam Svensson
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Davis Thompson
Erik van Rooyen
Camilo Villegas
Career money exemption
Ryan Palmer
Brandt Snedeker
Sponsor exemption: DP World Tour/Korn Ferry Tour/PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
Noah Goodwin
Aldrich Potgieter
Sponsor exemption (PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt)
James Hahn
Zach Johnson
Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)
Aaron Baddeley
Luke Clanton
Tyler Loree
Mao Matsuyama
Sponsor exemption (designated)
Kensei Hirata
Takumi Kanaya
Yuta Sugiura
PGA Club Professional champion (six events)
Ben Pollard
PGA Section champion/Player of the Year
Kelly Welsh
Top 30 on prior season's FedExCup points list
Adam Schenk
Byeong Hun An
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Tom Hoge
Top 70 on prior season's FedExCup points list
Denny McCarthy
Thomas Detry
Adam Hadwin
Eric Cole
Patrick Rodgers
Harris English
Ben Griffin
Brendon Todd
Mark Hubbard
Top 125 from prior season's FedExCup Fall points list
Andrew Novak
Justin Lower
Doug Ghim
Keith Mitchell
Patrick Fishburn
Andrew Putnam
Richard Hoey
Carson Young
Samuel Stevens
Charley Hoffman
Ryo Hisatsune
Chandler Phillips
Matti Schmid
J.J. Spaun
David Lipsky
Ben Kohles
Daniel Berger
C.T. Pan
Vince Whaley
Michael Kim
K.H. Lee
Mac Meissner
Greyson Sigg
Matt Kuchar
Joe Highsmith
Chan Kim
Jacob Bridgeman
Ben Silverman
Chad Ramey
Nate Lashley
Henrik Norlander
Alex Smalley
David Skinns
Joel Dahmen
Sam Ryder
Major medical extension
Taylor Montgomery
Bud Cauley
Will Gordon
Ben Martin
PGA TOUR University No. 1 from prior season
Michael Thorbjornsen
Top 10 (not otherwise exempt) from prior year's DP World Tour
Jesper Svensson
Rikuya Hoshino
Players 2-30 from prior season's Korn Ferry Tour Points List
Max McGreevy
Frankie Capan III
Steven Fisk
Tim Widing
Taylor Dickson
Brian Campbell
Harry Higgs
Thomas Rosenmueller
William Mouw
Quade Cummins
Ryan Gerard
Kevin Roy
Cristobal Del Solar
Kevin Velo
Braden Thornberry
Paul Peterson
Isaiah Salinda
Jackson Suber
Jeremy Paul
Mason Andersen
John Pak
Kris Ventura
Kaito Onishi
Ricky Castillo
Trevor Cone
2025 Sony Open TV Times (local)
Thursday, January 9 | |
7:10 AM | First Round Sony Open in Hawaii |
2:00 PM | Golf Channel Live Broadcast (2:00 PM – 5:30 PM HST) |
Friday, January 10 | |
7:10 AM | Second Round Sony Open in Hawaii |
2:00 PM | Golf Channel Live Broadcast (2:00 PM – 5:30 PM HST) |
Saturday, January 11 | |
7:40 AM | Third Round Sony Open in Hawaii |
11:00 AM | NBC Live Broadcast (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM HST) |
1:00 PM | Golf Channel Live Broadcast (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM HST) |
Sunday, January 12 | |
7:40 AM | Final Round Sony Open in Hawaii |
11:00 AM | NBC Live Broadcast (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM HST) |
1:00 PM | Golf Channel Live Broadcast (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM HST) |
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