
The 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii tees off this week at Waialae Country Club, and the field is absolutely loaded with former winners and big-name players.
The field in Honolulu includes 10 past Sony Open champions:
Fabian Gomez – 2016
Jimmy Walker – 2015 & 2014
Russell Henley –2013
Johnson Wagner – 2012
Ryan Palmer – 2010
Zach Johnson – 2009
KJ Choi – 2008
David Toms – 2006
Vijay Singh – 2005
Jerry Kelly – 2000
Arguably the three best young professional golfers in the world will also be teeing it up this week in Honolulu: Jordan Spieth (23, #5 OWGR), Justin Thomas (23, #12), and Hideki Matsuyama (24, #6).
The strong field also will have several major champions, including Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, and even a Hall of Famer in Davis Love III.
Other top-ranked tour pros include: Scott Piercy, Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Pat Perez, Luke List, Mackenzie Hughes, Camilo Villegas, Bill Haas, Charles Howell III, and Russell Knox.
The Tour pros will be competing for a share of the $6 million purse with the champion taking home a check worth $1,080,000!
Full Sony Open Field
HOW THEY QUALIFIED |
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Winner - PGA/U.S. Open Championship |
Jason Dufner |
Justin Rose |
Webb Simpson |
Jordan Spieth |
Jimmy Walker |
Keegan Bradley |
Winner - British Open |
Zach Johnson |
Winner - TOUR Championship |
Billy Horschel |
Winner - World Golf Championship Event |
Russell Knox |
Hideki Matsuyama |
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Inv. & the Memorial (Last 3 Years) |
Matt Every |
David Lingmerth |
William McGirt |
Winner - FedExCup - Last Five Seasons |
Brandt Snedeker |
Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons |
Daniel Berger |
Steven Bowditch |
Greg Chalmers |
Tony Finau |
Fabian Gomez |
Branden Grace |
Cody Gribble |
Bill Haas |
James Hahn |
J.J. Henry |
Jim Herman |
Mackenzie Hughes |
Billy Hurley III |
Smylie Kaufman |
Si Woo Kim |
Chris Kirk |
Kevin Kisner |
Peter Malnati |
Ben Martin |
Troy Merritt |
Rod Pampling |
Pat Perez |
Scott Piercy |
Robert Streb |
Brian Stuard |
Vaughn Taylor |
Nick Taylor |
Justin Thomas |
Career Money Exemption |
Stewart Cink |
Carl Pettersson |
Sponsors Exemptions - Web.com Tour Finals |
Bryson DeChambeau |
Rory Sabbatini |
Sponsors Exemptions - Members not otherwise exempt |
Fred Funk |
Parker McLachlin |
Sponsors Exemptions - Unrestricted |
Brent Grant |
Hiroshi Iwata |
Daisuke Kataoka |
Yusaku Miyazato |
Designated Sponsor Exemption |
Hyung-Sung Kim |
Miguel Tabuena |
Y.E. Yang |
Commissioner Exemption - 2 Foreign Players |
Satoshi Kodaira |
Hideto Tanihara |
PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year |
Kevin Hayashi |
Past Champion of Respective Event |
Russell Henley |
Johnson Wagner |
Life Member |
Vijay Singh |
Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Points List |
Paul Casey |
Gary Woodland |
Sean O'Hair |
Kevin Na |
Ryan Palmer |
Harris English |
Jamie Lovemark |
Charles Howell III |
Brian Harman |
David Hearn |
Kyle Reifers |
Hudson Swafford |
Daniel Summerhays |
Jon Curran |
Marc Leishman |
Ricky Barnes |
Jerry Kelly |
Chad Campbell |
Patrick Rodgers |
Harold Varner III |
Colt Knost |
Scott Brown |
Chez Reavie |
John Senden |
Bryce Molder |
K.J. Choi |
Spencer Levin |
John Huh |
Sung Kang |
Jason Bohn |
Tyrone Van Aswegen |
Derek Fathauer |
Jonas Blixt |
Zac Blair |
Boo Weekley |
Mark Hubbard |
Kyle Stanley |
Ben Crane |
Michael Kim |
Anirban Lahiri |
Luke List |
Shawn Stefani |
David Toms |
Seung-Yul Noh |
Top 125 on Prior Season's Official Money List thru Wyndham |
Ken Duke |
Steve Marino |
Bud Cauley |
Chad Collins |
Morgan Hoffmann |
Top 125 (Prior Season Non-member) |
Soren Kjeldsen |
Major Medical Extension |
Brian Gay |
Bob Estes |
John Peterson |
Leading Money Winner from Web.com Tour & Web.com Tour Finals |
Wesley Bryan |
Top 10 and Ties from the Previous Event |
Henrik Norlander |
Camilo Villegas |
Ollie Schniederjans |
Cheng Tsung Pan |
Top Finishers from Web.com Tour Prior Season (reordered) |
Ryan Blaum |
Cameron Smith |
Whee Kim |
Xander Schauffele |
Ryan Brehm |
Trey Mullinax |
Michael Thompson |
Seamus Power |
Steven Alker |
Cameron Percy |
Brandon Hagy |
J.T. Poston |
Kelly Kraft |
Tim Wilkinson |
J.J. Spaun |
Miguel Angel Carballo |
Nicholas Lindheim |
Tag Ridings |
Andres Gonzales |
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano |
Will MacKenzie |
Credits/Sources: Sony Open, PGA Tour, Getty Images