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 |
|---|
| 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
