Last week’s Sentry winner Hideki Matsuyama also won the 2022 Sony Open. The Japanese star is the … [+] favorite to win the 2025 Sony Open in Honolulu. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
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The first full field of the year hops over to Honolulu for the 2025 Sony Open. The PGA Tour field of 144 golfers includes nearly 30 players from last week’s Sentry event in Maui, along with 10 of the top-30 in the world golf rankings. That includes The Sentry winner Hideki Matsuyama, who is the betting favorite to win this week at Waialae Country Club.
Matsuyama tops this week’s PGA power rankings off his record setting performance in The Sentry. Hideki also won the Sony Open at Waialae in 2022.
The field will not include the defending champion Grayson Murray, who tragically passed away in May. His family has set up a foundation in his honor to raise awareness and support of mental health and addiction challenges faced by individuals from all walks of life.
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Odds to Win 2025 Sony Open
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+900: Hideki Matsuyama
+1400: Corey Conners
+2000: Tom Kim, Russell Henley
+2000: Keegan Bradley
+2800: Robert MacIntyre, Byeong Hun An, Maverick McNealy
+3300: Si Woo Kim
+3500: Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala, Taylor Pendrith
+4000: J.T. Poston, Austin Eckroat, Luke Clanton
+4500: Davis Thompson
+5000: Harry Hall, Ben Griffin, Brian Harman
+5500: Chris Kirk
+6000: Sepp Straka, Cam Davis
+6500: Daniel Berger, Denny McCarthy, Harris English
+7000: Thomas Detry, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge
+7000: Mackenzie Hughes, Michael Thorbjornsen
+7500: Andrew Novak
+8000: Stephen Jaeger, Matt Kuchar, Eric Cole
+8000: Seamus Power, Nick Dunlap
+9000: Doug Ghim, Patrick Fishburn, Mac Meissner
+9000: Keith Mitchell, Nico Echavarria, Michael Kim
+10000: J.J. Spaun, Lucas Glover, Patrick Rodgers
+10000: Sam Stevens, Andrew Putnam, Joe Highsmith
72-Hole Winning Score: O/U 260.5 (Par 70)
How To Understand Golf Betting Statistics And Strokes Gained
Over the past decade, winners of the Sony Open at the 7,044-yard Waialae CC have gained more than 40% of their strokes Putting – among the top-5 highest rates of any PGA Tour course in that stretch.
A look at the golf course, stats and insight from FanDuel Research, Waialae Country Club has flat terrain and plays short with fairly wide fairways. The rough isn’t penal, so driver is not necessarily a key this week. The bermudagrass greens average about 7,000 square feet, and there are 83 sand bunkers with water in play on five holes.
The course is also one of the top-3 on Tour in terms of predictive course history. As such, know that these players have had multiple top-15 finishes at Waialae the past five years.
Hun An, Bradley, Buckley, Conners, Henley Kirk, Kizzire, Kuchar, Matsuyama, Mitchell, Montgomery, Palmer, Putnam, Simpson, Taylor.
Beyond the favorites and golfers in the featured groups, some PGA Tour rookies will make their debut. But check out last week’s results at The Sentry and know that eight of the last 11 Sony Open winners played the week prior in Hawaii.
How to watch the Sony Open And Field
Fans can watch streaming coverage of the Sony Open on ESPN+, and NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will offer live simulcasts of Golf Channel and NBC’s coverage.
Thursday-Friday: 7-10:30 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Saturday-Sunday: 4-6 p.m. on NBC, and 6-8 p.m. on Golf Channel
Sony Open Golf Picks
Golf picks are updated weekly Tuesday and Wednesday as selected golf analysts, handicappers and noted golf media provide contributors picks to win, props and additional information you can bet on.
GolfBet:
FanDuel: Henley, Poston, Strakka, Norlander, Si Woo Kim
Bamford Golf: Tom Kim, Eckroat, Straka, Hughes, Cam Davis
GolfStats:
Golf Digest: Fantasy Picks, DFS
Tournament Matchups
Matsuyama (-145) vs. Conners (+125)
Bradley (-115) vs. Si Woo Kim (-105)
Poston (-115) vs. Thompson (-105)
Kitayama (-115) vs. Hall (-105)
More matchups as provided by FanDuel and top online sportsbooks with author picks.
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From Matsuyama’s Sentry win last week and change to the new 2025 Srixon Z-Star XV golf ball, to runner-up Collin Morikawa’s Taylor Made newest Qi35 LS driver and another major champion Xander Schauffele’s move into Callaway’s new Elyte Series using the Triple Diamond model driver and prototype HL 3-wood, check out some of the top players equipment changes this season.
Also, take a look at the new arena and technology for TGL, the new simulator-based team golf circuit that runs this week through March airing on ESPN and ESPN+. Tomorrow’s Golf League was created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, and team rosters plus Week 1 picks are provided by FanDuel’s content team.
More golf news, odds, stats and memorable moments with inspiring stories ahead. Watch each week as the PGA pros fire for more birdies, and fans shoot for more fairways and greens in pursuit of profit while watching and wagering on golf.
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