Blog #204 Results Sony Open January 13, 2025

Blog #204 Results Sony Open January 13, 2025

ROUND 1

1 Harry Hall-6 64 1 DB 2 bogies with 10 birdies. Finish 10-12 1 Adam Schenk-6 64 Bogie free RD 6 birdies. Finish 6-13

1 Eric Cole-6 64 Bogie free RD 6 birdies. Finish 5-14

1 Paul Peterson-6 64 Two bogies 6 birdies 1 eagle. Finish 10-12 1 Tom Hoge-6 64 Bogie free RD 2 eagles 2 birdies.  Finish 45-7

7 Patrick Fishburn-5 65 One bogie 6 birdies, his 2nd year on PGA Tour. Finish 6-13

13 JJ Spaun-4 66 Bogie free RD 4 birdies. Finish 3 -15

13 Brian Harman-4 66 Bogie free RD 4 birdies. Finish 21-10

13 Nico Echavarria-4 66 One bogie 5 birdies. Finish 2-16

13 Nick Taylor-4 66 One bogie 5 birdies. Finish Wins

26 H. Matsuyama-3 One bogie 4 birdies. Finish 16-11

44 Stephen Jager-2 68 Two bogies 4 birdies. Finish 3-15

44 Tom Kim-2 68 One bogie 3 birdies. Finish 65-4

65 Keegan Bradley-1 69 Two bogies 3 birdies. Finish 6-13

121 Cory Conners+2 Four bogies 2 birdies, 4 more bogies RD 2 to miss cut. CUT

ROUND 2. Many top players missed the cut.  As predicted a lesser known player may win.

1Patrick Fishburn-10 65 Bogie free RD 5 birdies.  An alternate last year and did not play. 

3 Eric Cole-9 67 Wild RD 1 DB 3 bogies 8 birdies 6 pars.

6 JJ Spaun-8 66 Only 2 bogies in 1st 2 RDs.

11 Tom Kim-7 65 Bogie free RD with 5 birdies to move up 32 spots. 

11 Adam Schank-7 69 Two bogies drop him 10 spots

11 Nico Echavarria-7 67 Bogie free RD with 3 birdies.

18 Harry Hall-6 70 Three bogies to drop 17 spots.

18 Nick Taylor-6 68 Two bogies 4 birdies.

28 Tom Hoge-5 Five bogies, drops 27 spots.

28 Keegan Bradley-5 66 Up 23 spots 1 bogie 5 birdies.

42 Stephen Jaeger-4 68 Three bogies 5 birdies.

42 H. Matsuyama-4 69 Two bogies 3 birdies.

CUT-3 Billy Horschel, Ben An, Adam Eckroat-2, Luke Clanton, Cory Conners-1, Chris Kirk E. 

ROUND 3 One of these 7 should win, love to see Bradley but Spaun most consistent.

1 JJ Spaun-13 65 Two bogies 7 birdies move up 5 spots.

2 Patrick Fishburn-12 68 Four bogies may cost him tournament.

2 Stephan Jaeger-12 62 Lowest RD of tournament despite 1 bogie with 9 birdies.

2 Eric Cole-12 67 One bogie 4 birdies, a good RD on Sunday may get him his 1st win.

5 Nick Taylor-11 65 Bogie free RD with 5 birdies.

5 Nico Echavarria-11 66 Bogie free RD with 4 birdies.

5 Harry Hall-11 65 One bogie 6 birdies to bounce back from par RD#2.

5 Brian Harman-11 66 Only 1 bogie in 3 RDs.

5 Keegan Bradley-11 64 Up 24 spots with 2 bogies 9 birdies.

FINAL ROUND Nick Taylor was 120/1 and gets his 5th PGA win.  Spaun (80/1) played well enough to win for 70 holes, but bogie and par on last 2.  

Last 3 were WM Phoenix Open 2024, Canadian Open 2023, Pebble Beach 2020.

1 Nick Taylor-16 65 Eagles #18 to tie for lead then wins on 2nd playoff hole. $1.6M

2 Nico Echavarria-16 65 Birdies 16&18 to tie for lead, 3 putts 2nd playoff hole. $948K

3 Stephen Jaeger-15 67 Out of bounds on 16, only bogie to lose chance to win. $513K

4 JJ Spaun-15 68 Only bogie on 17, also loses chance to win. $513K

5 Eric Cole-14 68 Bad start bogies #2, DB #6 and misses chance for 1st win. #357K