SONY OPEN IN HAWAII RESULTS 2023

SONY OPEN RESULTS SUNDAY JANUARY 15, 2023

This is the second tournament of the calendar year 2023.  Hideki will be defending his title.  He had been nursing a neck injury but is picked 3rd behind Tom Kin & Jordan Spieth. 

ROUND 1 Ryan Armour aced #17, only the 6th time in 40 years.  He is 110/1 to win. 

#1 Jordan Spieth -6  He carded 7 birdies for the lead.

#1 Chris Kirk-6 Started  60/1

#1 Taylor Montgomery-6 Started 31/1

#4 SH Kim, Griffin, McCarthy, Sabbatini, English, Todd, Lipsky-5

#11 Stewart Cink-4 Started 140/1 & 10 others J J Spaun, B Taylor, A Novak, H Hall,

A Smotherman, C Davis, J Winslow, KJ Choi, B Steele, M McNealy.

R Henley-3 T Hoge & Matsuyama-2, Armour E, Kitayama-1 SJ Im+1, Higgs & Tom Kim+2  

ROUND 2 After being tied for the lead, Jordan Spieth missed the cut with -1.  

He bogied 5 of the last 11 holes and shot 75, eleven shots over his first round.   

Adam Svensson aced par 3 #7 to get to -2 and make the cut.

NEW ODDS

#1 Chris Kirk-5 (-11)  He has not won in 8 years, 2015 Colonial. 9/2

#2 JJ Spaun-6 (-10) started 40/1 11/2

#2 Taylor Montgomery-4(-10) 4/1

#4 Hayden Buckley-6(-9) started 65/1 12/1

#5 David Lipsky-4(9) started 120/1 16/1

CUT-2 Jordan Spieth+5 (-1) Ryan Armour-1, Tom Kim+1, SJ Im+2, Harry Higgs+3, 

Yuto Katsuragawa+4 

ROUND 3  Most of leaders are unknown.  NEW ODDS

#1 Buckley-6(-15) He eagled 10 then 18 to break a 3 way tie and take the lead. 2/1

#2 Kirk-2(-13) Doubled bogied first hole, but came back to shoot 68.  6/1

Missed  a 6’ putt on 18 which would have put him in final group. 7/1

#2 David Lipsky-4(-13) Bogied first 2 holes, then 7 birdies to shoot 66. 8/1

#2 Ben Taylor-5(-13) 8/1

#5 SW Kim-6(-12) Seven birdies 1 bogie to get into top 5. 8/1

#5 Andrew Putnam-8(-12) Shot 62 along with Nick Taylor(-9) for lowest round. 10/1

#7 Will Gordon-7(-11)(Starting odds 65/1) 28/1

#7 Nate Lashley-5(-11) Birdied #18 to tie for 7th (Starting Odds NL) 50/1 #16 JJ Spaun+1(-9) Putted poorly made only 1 put outside 4’ to drop from #2 to #16.

Of the 8 golfers in top 7 only 2 have won on the PGA Tour. 

#25 Matsuyama-8 #32 Henley-7 #51 Hoge-5.

FIANAL ROUND Buckley led most of day.  Kim birdied 16 to take lead, but Buckley followed 

with a birdie on 17 which Kim matched with a birdie from the fringe.  He then birdied 18 while Bradley missed a 12’ putt which would have forced a playoff.

#1 SW Kim-6(-18) 262 $1,422,000  Birdied 4 of last 10 holes

#2 Hayden Buckley-2 -(17) 263 $861,100     Birdied 1st 3 holes

#3 Chris Kirk-2(-15) 265 $545,100 Never a factor in final round

#4 Andrew Putnam-2(-14) 266 $332,458 “

#4 David Lipsky-1(-14) 266 $332,457 “

#4 Ben Taylor-1(-14) 266 $332,458 “

Buckley earnings last 4 years 2023 $631,244, 2022 $1,269,886, 2020 $14,4590, 2019 $9,240

Kim was the most experienced player of top 4.  I doubt any of the other top 4 will win in 2023.

Adam Svensson finished tied for 41st.  His ace made him $28,045.