And just like that, the PGA Tour's two-week visit to Hawaii is in the books. Nick Taylor topped Nico Echavarria on the second playoff hole to win the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii. It's the fifth PGA Tour victory for the Canadian, and it's the third straight ...
Dunlap finished the year in the FedEx Cup playoffs and comes to The American Express ranked 32nd in the world. At the Sony Open in Hawaii last week, Dunlap tied for 10th. For Dunlap, returning to the scene of his breakthrough victory means reliving old memories.
Gary Woodland had a short flight from his vacation on the Big Island to the Sony Open on Oahu. Former President Barrack Obama and family were seated in the row ahead of Woodland and his wife.
Robert MacIntyre is playing after playing the Sony Open in Hawaii, 13 time zones away. ... Former PGA champion Jimmy Walker is playing on a sponsor’s invitation. ... The field features nine of the top 50 players in the world ranking, a list that includes ...
For the second time in two weeks, the PGA Tour's stop in the California desert has lost one of the top players in the world.
Conners played with him in the weekday rounds when Taylor won in Canada and Hawaii, and Taylor played with Conners ... after winning their playoff during the final round of the Sony Open golf event, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
For so long it appeared as if the Sony Open in Hawaii was going to be won by J.J. Spaun or Stephan Jaeger, yet after 72 holes it was Nico Echavarria and Nick Taylor who fought it out in the sudden-death playoff, with Taylor winning on the second extra hole.
Throughout the final round Sunday at Waialae Country Club it appeared that the Sony Open in Hawaii would be decided by a head-to-head duel between two men. And it did. Just not the two men anyone expected.
Chan Kim, far left, signed autographs during the final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday. Taylor had less than a 1% chance of winning the tournament when he walked off the 17th green — Spaun had a 68% chance of victory — but played the par-5 18th in eagle-birdie-birdie to secure another exciting victory.
In a battle to the bitter end, Nick Taylor bested Nico Echavarria on the second extra hole at Waialae Country Club.
But Nick Taylor isn’t worrying about that, winning for the third consecutive season by taking the Sony Open in a playoff over Nico Echavarria. It was his fifth Tour win overall, he’s also now a perfect 3-0 in playoffs. Here’s a full breakdown of the results and payouts.
Nick Taylor loves a playoff, winning for the third time in as many tries in the last three years, the latest at Waialae Country Club.