After three weeks of low-scoring affairs, players will be challenged on one of the Tour's tougher courses starting Wednesday.

It was another Signature victory for Hideki Matsuyama and an all-time PGA Tour record. Matusyama, the stoic, slow-swinging native of Japan, birdied the par-5 18th hole of the Kapalua Plantation ...

Hideki Matsuyama, who won the PGA Tour's opening event of the season on Jan. 5 at The Sentry, was in a tie for 29th entering the final round of the Sony Open on Jan. 12 at the Waialae Country Club ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Kensai Hirata of Japan opened with four straight birdies, and he got up-and-down for one last birdie on the 18th at Waialae for a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead among the early ...

HONOLULU – Kensai Hirata of Japan opened with four straight birdies, and he got up-and-down for one last birdie on the 18th at Waialae for a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead among the early starters ...

Kensai Hirata of Japan opened with four straight birdies, and he got up-and-down for one last birdie on the 18th at Waialae for a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead among the early starters Friday in the ...

Hirata said. Hideki Matsuyama, who finished at 35-under par to win at Kapalua last week, had a 69 and was at 4 under.

Tom Hoge hits from the 11th tee during the first round of the Sony Open golf event, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.(Matt York / AP) HONOLULU — Kensai Hirata of Japan ...

Patrick Fishburn reacts after making his shot on the ninth green during the second round of the Sony Open golf event, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Matt ...

That record score to par of 35 under by Hideki Matsuyama at Kapalua last week is safe. The Hawaii swing offers two vastly different courses — Kapalua built on a mountain, Waialae along the sea.

HONOLULU (AP) — Patrick Fishburn found some early momentum and Denny McCarthy overcame a sluggish start Friday, both winding up in the same spot — a share of the lead in the Sony Open going into what ...