Just two of the six golfers who have turned this trick did so by winning the Hawaiian stops in consecutive weeks.

Sony Open in Hawaii is the first PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier. The Honolulu tournament is an open event and allocates four spots in the field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier.

Tom Hoge takes a one-stroke lead in the first round as the 2025 PGA Tour season tees off at The Sentry in Hawaii.

The tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, with the PGA Tour starting the 2025 season in Hawaii with the second of two events in the Aloha State. We do not ye

The Tour kick-started 2025 with The Sentry, open to '24 winners and players who finished inside the top 50 in FedExCup points. The Sony is first full-field event of the season, with 144 players competing for a $8.7 million purse.

After this week's The Sentry, the PGA Tour will stay in Hawaii but head to Honolulu on the island of Oahu for the Sony Open in Hawaii at the Seth Raynor-designed Waialae Country Club. Following a star-filled week at Kapalua's Plantation Course -- its status as a signature event brings out the biggest names in the sport -- the field for the second leg of the Hawaii double features more of the circuit's rank-and-file.