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The PGA Tour holds its first full-field event Jan. 9-12 at the Sony Open, at the historic Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
Hideki Matsuyama won The Sentry last week at the Kapalua Plantation in Maui, setting the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record at 35-under par 257.
There is a sizable contingent of players from the First Coast and Georgia’s Golden Isles in the field, led by two past winners at Waialae.
Who are the area players in the Sony Open field?
First Coast: Ricky Castillo, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria, Ben Griffin, Billy Horschel, Ben Kohles, Sam Ryder, Danny Walker.
Golden Isles: Harris English, Brian Harman, Zach Johnson, Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell, Andrew Novak, J.T. Poston, Greyson Sigg, Davis Thompson.
Past Sony winners: Johnson, 2009; Kizzire, 2018.
What’s the Sony Open purse?
The total purse is $8.7 million. The winner will earn $1,566,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points.
Who won the Sony Open last year?
Grayson Murray defeated Keegan Bradley and Byeong Hun-An in a playoff to win his first PGA Tour title. Tragically, Murray committed suicide four months later.
How to watch the Sony Open on TV
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Thursday: Golf Channel, 7-10:30 p.m.
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Friday: Golf Channel, 7-10:30 p.m.
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Saturday: Peacock/NBC Sports App, 4-6 p.m.; Golf Channel, 6-8 p.m.
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Sunday: Peacock/NBC Sports App, 4-6 p.m.; Golf Channel, 6-8 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: PGA Tour: First Coast, South Georgia players in the Sony Open field?
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