Sony Open 2023 predictions, expert picks, odds, course ratings, golf best bets at Waialae Country Club

The PGA Tour will head to the state capital of Aloha for the 2023 Sony Open this week. Taking place at the Waialae Country Club, players will be faced with a vastly different task than last week’s Plantation Course at Kapalua. Measuring just over 7,000 yards in size and playing 70 yards, this Seth Raynor design emphasizes ball retention and stance golf.

Despite the contrasting nature of the two Hawaiian courses, 19 of the 39 players from the Tournament of Champions will make the short trip from Maui to Honolulu. Led by Korean phenomenon Tom Kim, historically, those who competed in the first part of the Aloha ferris wheel have succeeded in the second leg; 17 of the 24 most recent Sony Open winners were participants from last week.

Jordan Spieth will make the trip as he plays at the Sony Open for the fifth time in his career and the first since 2019. In the half-way run at Kapalua, he’ll hope to hit the full 72. hole at Waialae CC. Sungjae Im, defending champion Hideki Matsuyama and a host of Georgia Bulldogs like Brian Harman and Russell Henley added other big names to the second event of the new year.

Information & Events

Incident: Sony Open 2023 | Day: January 12-15
Position: Waialae Country Club — Honolulu, Hawaii
Fate: 70 | Yard: 7,044 | Purse: $7,900,000

2023 Sony Open field, odds

Odds Courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook

• Tom Kim (11-1)
• Jordan Spieth (January 14): Spieth is the highest-ranked player in the field and will be making his first appearance at Waialae since 2019. Removing a standard Tour event from competition duty in early 2023, he has decided. stay in Hawaii one week longer than usual. Statistically, this isn’t the right golf course for his game because the prerequisites are finding the right course and golfing the stance — something Spieth doesn’t do very well. Then again, he’s had success at golf courses like Colonial Country Club and Harbor Town Golf Links, both of which have similar characteristics, so who really knows.
• Sungjae Im (January 14)
• Hideki Matsuyama (January 16): The man from Japan has not won in the past year due to injuries and uncertainties surrounding his match. Hopefully returning to Waialae can help him get back on his usual path as Matsuyama has had a rough few months. With no finish in the top 20 in an all-court event since his backdoor top 5 at the US Open, the former Masters champion will need to rediscover his batting if he wants to put in the effort to defend. sure.
• Brian Harman (20-1)
• Russell Henley (January 22): Henley’s main mistake in 2022 was that he couldn’t find the fairway on the 18th par-5 hole both on the regulation hole and the extra hole. Wasted a five-stroke lead on the last nine holes, the 33-year-old failed to win a second Sony Open title. However, a lot of good has come during the week as he posted 23 points under including the final round 5 under 65. Since overtaking Mayakoba, maybe the monkey has turned his back and he could atonement this year.
• Tom Hoge (January 22)
• Corey Conners (January 22)
• Billy Horschel (January 28)
• Taylor Montgomery (January 30): He is the only player not playing in Kapalua to score at or below 30-1 on the odds table. The last time we saw Montgomery, he was early to claim the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year title. Scoring six top 15 finishes in his seven starts during the swing season, UNLV’s production has always relied on explosive hits and ridiculously hot shots. He’s currently 12th in the FedEx Cup standings and has a good chance of improving that this week if he hits enough straight lines.
• Keegan Bradley (33-1)
• KH Lee (33-1)
• Keith Mitchell (33-1)
• Orange Davis (33-1)
• Maverick McNealy (33-1): McNealy could very well be the best player on the PGA Tour without a win. After missing his chance in the first event of the season, the 27-year-old has had four consecutive top 20 finishes, including a pair in the top 10. He can run as hot as anyone. anyone on the pitch, but his inaccuracies at teeing off and his inability to hit irons consistently caused problems. Whether or not he finds a way to hit his ball during the month off will be a long way off not only this week but also into his fourth year on the Tour.
• Adam Scott (33-1)

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