Dates: Thursday, January 18th through Sunday, January 21st
Site: Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
Course Architect: Seth Raynor, Charles Banks (1927)
Par: 70
Yardage: 7,060
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 488 Yds 10 - Par 4 353 Yds
2 - Par 4 426 Yds 11 - Par 3 196 Yds
3 - Par 4 423 Yds 12 - Par 4 446 Yds
4 - Par 3 203 Yds 13 - Par 4 478 Yds
5 - Par 4 466 Yds 14 - Par 4 433 Yds
6 - Par 4 459 Yds 15 - Par 4 396 Yds
7 - Par 3 167 Yds 16 - Par 4 417 Yds
8 - Par 4 459 Yds 17 - Par 3 189 Yds
9 - Par 5 510 Yds 18 - Par 5 551 Yds
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35 3,601 Yds 35 3,459 Yds
Annual: 36th
Defending Champion: Paul Azinger
Runner-up: Stuart Appleby
Tournament Record: 260 (John Huston, 1998)
54-Hole Record: 194 (John Huston, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Davis Love III, 1994; John Huston, 1998;
Paul Azinger, 2000)
18-Hole Record: 60 (Davis Love III, 1994)
Course Record: 63 (Tommy Tolles, Davis Love III, 1999; Paul Azinger, 2000)
Total Purse: $4,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $720,000; 2nd Place - 432,000; 3rd Place - 272,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Paul Azinger 261 Sean Murphy 272
Stuart Appleby 268 Scott Dunlap 272
John Huston 270 Tom Lehman 272
Jesper Parnevik 270 Five players at 273
Ernie Els 271
Past Sony Open in Hawaii Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Paul Azinger (261) -- Stuart Appleby
1999 -- Jeff Sluman (271) -- C.Perry, L.Mattiace, J.Maggert, T.Tolles, D.Love
1998 -- John Huston (260) -- Tom Watson
1997 -- *Paul Stankowski (271) -- Jim Furyk, Mike Reid
1996 -- *Jim Furyk (277) -- Brad Faxon
1995 -- John Morse (269) -- Tom Lehman, Duffy Waldorf
1994 -- Brett Ogle (269) -- Davis Love III
1993 -- Howard Twitty (269) -- Joey Sindelar
1992 -- John Cook (265) -- Paul Azinger
1991 -- Lanny Wadkins (270) -- John Cook
1990 -- David Ishii (279) -- Paul Azinger
1989 -- #Gene Sauers (197) -- David Ogrin
1988 -- Lanny Wadkins (271) -- Richard Zokol
1987 -- *Corey Pavin (270) -- Craig Stadler
1986 -- Corey Pavin (272) -- Paul Azinger
1985 -- Mark O'Meara (267) -- Craig Stadler
1984 -- *Jack Renner (271) -- Wayne Levi
1983 -- Isao Aoki (268) -- Jack Renner
1982 -- Lanny Wadkins (280) -- Scott Simpson
1981 -- Hale Irwin (265) -- Don January
1980 -- Andy Bean (266) -- Lee Trevino
1979 -- Hubert Green (267) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1978 -- *Hubert Green (274) -- Bill Kratzert
1977 -- Bruce Lietzke (273) -- Don January, Takashi Murakami
1976 -- Ben Crenshaw (270) -- Hale Irwin, Larry Nelson
1975 -- Gary Groh (274) -- Al Geiberger
1974 -- Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Eddie Pearce
1973 -- John Schlee (273) -- Orville Moody
1972 -- *Grier Jones (274) -- Bob Murphy
1971 -- Tom Shaw (273) -- Miller Barber
1970 -- Not Held
1969 -- Bruce Crampton (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
1968 -- Lee Trevino (272) -- George Archer
1967 -- Dudley Wysong (284) -- Billy Casper
1966 -- Ted Makalena (271) -- Gay Brewer, Billy Casper
1965 -- *Gay Brewer (281) -- Bob Goalby
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called United Hawaiian Open (1991), Hawaiian Open (1965-90),
United Airlines Hawaiian Open (1992-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Paul Azinger - Defending Champion, shot final round 75 last week
Notah Begay III - Broke par only once last week at Mercedes Championships
Ernie Els - Two top-five finishes already this season
Brad Faxon - Posted three of four rounds under par last week
Carlos Franco - Second round 76 knocked him out of contention in Hawaii
Jim Furyk - Won last week's Mercedes Championships
John Huston - Tied for 3rd last year at this event, won it 1998
Tom Lehman - Struggled last week failing to break 70 at Kapalua
Davis Love III - Trying to record first win in two years, 3 seconds in 2000
Shigeki Maruyama - Finished 37th on money list in 2000 with seven top-10's
Jesper Parnevik - 12th in world rankings, two-time winner in 2000
Rory Sabbatini - Finished 2nd last week after missing 3-footer on 18
Vijay Singh - Recorded a third-place finish in Hawaii last week
Garrett Willis - Won last week's "other" PGA event (Tucson Open)
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