Preview - Sony Open

 Dates: Thursday, January 12th through Sunday, January 15th
 Site: Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
 Course Architect: Seth Raynor, Charles Banks (1927), 
                   Rick Smith (1999)
 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
                   -------------        -------------
                    35 3,601 Yds         35 3,459 Yds
 
 Annual: 41st

 Defending Champion: Vijay Singh
 Runner-up: Ernie Els
 Tournament Record: 260 (John Huston, Brad Faxon)
 54-Hole Record: 194 (John Huston, Brad Faxon)
 36-Hole Record: 128 (Davis Love III, John Huston,
                      Paul Azinger,  Brad Faxon, 
                      John Cook)
 18-Hole Record: 60 (Davis Love III Par 72)
 Course Record: 62 (John Cook, Charles Howell III
                    Steve Allan, Frank Lickliter, 
                    Ernie Els)
 Total Purse: $5,100,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $918,000; 2nd Place - $550,800; 
         3rd Place - $346,800
 
                             2005 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player            Score   Player            Score
 ------            -----   ------            -----
 Vijay Singh        269   Brett Quigley      272
 Ernie Els          270   Tommy Armour III   273
 Charles Howell III 271   Andrew Magee       273
 Shigeki Maruyama   271   Four players at    274
 Stewart Cink       272
 
                        Past Sony Open Winners
                        ----------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Vijay Singh (269) -- Ernie Els
 2004  *Ernie Els (262) -- Harrison Frazar
 2003  *Ernie Els (264) -- Aaron Baddeley
 2002  Jerry Kelly (266) -- John Cook
 2001  Brad Faxon (260) -- Tom Lehman
 2000  Paul Azinger (261) -- Stuart Appleby
 1999  Jeff Sluman (271) -- Chris Perry, Len Mattiace, Jeff Maggert,
                            Tommy Tolles, Davis Love III
 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).