The PGA Tour moves from Maui to Honolulu for the Sony Open in Hawaii.
The Tour kick-started 2025 with The Sentry, open to ’24 winners and players who finished inside the top 50 in FedExCup points. The Sony is first full-field event of the season, with 144 players competing for a $8.7 million purse.
While seven Korn Ferry Tour and Q-School graduates are currently on the alternate list, it’s a marked improvement from last year when 21 of those reorder-category players were out of the initial field. KFT grads Noah Goodwin and Aldrich Potgieter are among this year’s sponsor exemptions, as is Q-School grad Takumi Kanaya.
At least so far, it appears that the PGA Tour reducing the number of FedExCup finishers who maintain fully exempt status from 125 to 100 has not increased the urgency of current members to play more events.
Here’s a look at the initial field list at Waialae Country Club:
The Sony Open in Hawaii, the second event of the 2025 PGA TOUR Season and first Full-Field Event, marks the first opportunity for players to earn FedExCup points towards the Aon Swing 5.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) January 3, 2025
Field for the Sony Open in Hawaii: pic.twitter.com/lfzwIn0ydL
