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Sunday 12 January 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Taylor wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 January 2025 · Nick Taylor’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,700,000 USD · Sony
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 33 km/h ENE, gusts 48 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/23°C · wind 35 km/h ENE, gusts 47 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/24°C · wind 33 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/24°C · wind 32 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Nico Echavarria COL · 264recovered from a bogey-bogey start to post 16-under, but lost the playoff when he three-putted the 18th on the second extra hole Nick Taylor TV interview, January 12, 2025 - ASAP Sports
143 started · cut -3, 76 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Taylor
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2025
I was 1-over through 7 and not really thinking about winning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2025
For whatever reason my mind gets clear in those situations of the shot I'm just trying to hit.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 January 2025
After Saturday in Puerto Rico I might have slept two hours and yesterday I slept like a baby, so, yeah, it's been fun.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Taylor | 66 · 68 · 65 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| 2 | Nico Echavarria | 66 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Stephan Jaeger | 68 · 68 · 62 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T3 | J.J. Spaun | 66 · 66 · 65 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| 5 | Eric Cole | 64 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T6 | Jackson Suber | 66 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Adam Schenk | 64 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Keegan Bradley | 69 · 66 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| T6 | Patrick Fishburn | 65 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | Nick Dunlap | 68 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Jesper Svensson | 67 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Paul Peterson | 64 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | 66 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Harry Hall | 64 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Lee Hodges | 68 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1988-04-14, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2010; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 73 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/nick-taylor-13126)).
What’s in the bag
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