Matsuyama is among six players in the top 10 on the money list and 12 among the top 15 who are playing in the Sony Open, which begins on Jan. 9 at the Waialae Country Club. More than 60 percent of the no-cut field at The Sentry made it a Hawaiian doubleheader by entering the Sony.

Waialae Country Club, a private club near Diamond Head and the famed Waikiki Beach, has been a part of the PGA Tour schedule since 1965. In 2017, Justin Thomas eagled the 18th to

Call this the “other” opening week for the PGA Tour. The new year began with most of the Tour’s best playing at Kapalua in the Sentry, the first of eight signature events on the 2025 schedule. Just about every big name save the hand-injury recovering Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were in Maui.