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How much money each golfer won at the Sony Open in Hawaii

Check out how much each player won this week at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Hawaii.

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The PGA Tour’s annual swing through the Hawaiian islands has come and gone, and Cameron Smith is leaving paradise with a gift.

The 26-year-old Smith, who is donating $10,500 to the Australian relief efforts thanks to 21 birdies this week, forced a playoff with Brendan Steele thanks to a birdie on the 18th hole and went on to win the Sony Open on a soggy Sunday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.

This week Waialae played host to a PGA tour event for the 55th consecutive year, the fourth-longest streak on Tour.

Take a look at how much each player earned this week in Hawaii.

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Position Player To par Earnings
1 Cameron Smith -11 $1,188,000
2 Brendan Steele -11 $719,400
3 Webb Simpson -10 $455,400
T-4 Kevin Kisner -9 $277,750
T-4 Graeme McDowell -9 $277,750
T-4 Ryan Palmer -9 $277,750
T-7 Lanto Griffin -8 $214,500
T-7 Ted Potter Jr. -8 $214,500
T-9 Bo Hoag -7 $179,850
T-9 Henrik Norlander -7 $179,850
T-9 Cameron Davis -7 $179,850
T-12 Joel Dahmen -6 $116,050
T-12 Brandt Snedeker -6 $116,050
T-12 Charles Howell III -6 $116,050
T-12 Peter Malnati -6 $116,050
T-12 Vaughn Taylor -6 $116,050
T-12 Hideki Matsuyama -6 $116,050
T-12 Corey Conners -6 $116,050
T-12 Keegan Bradley -6 $116,050
T-12 Tom Hoge -6 $116,050
T-21 Collin Morikawa -5 $64,350
T-21 Rob Oppenheim -5 $64,350
T-21 Brendon Todd -5 $64,350
T-21 Emiliano Grillo -5 $64,350
T-21 Rory Sabbatini -5 $64,350
T-21 Sung jae Im -5 $64,350
T-21 Mark D. Anderson -5 $64,350
T-28 D.J. Trahan -4 $46,200
T-28 Sam Ryder -4 $46,200
T-28 Marc Leishman -4 $46,200
T-28 Zach Johnson -4 $46,200
T-32 Tim Wilkinson -3 $36,850
T-32 Alex Noren -3 $36,850
T-32 Matthew NeSmith -3 $36,850
T-32 Nick Taylor -3 $36,850
T-32 Brian Harman -3 $36,850
T-32 Russell Knox -3 $36,850
T-38 Matt Jones -2 $27,390
T-38 Abraham Ancer -2 $27,390
T-38 Michael Gellerman -2 $27,390
T-38 Patrick Rodgers -2 $27,390
T-38 Daniel Berger -2 $27,390
T-38 Chase Seiffert -2 $27,390
T-38 Michael Thompson -2 $27,390
T-45 Pat Perez -1 $18,496
T-45 Jimmy Walker -1 $18,496
T-45 Ben Martin -1 $18,496
T-45 Scott Piercy -1 $18,496
T-45 Rikuya Hoshino -1 $18,496
T-45 Kramer Hickok -1 $18,496
T-45 Jerry Kelly -1 $18,496
T-45 Joseph Bramlett -1 $18,496
T-53 Nate Lashley E $15,609
T-53 Carlos Ortiz E $15,609
T-53 Brian Stuard E $15,609
T-53 Sepp Straka E $15,609
T-57 Andrew Putnam +1 $14,916
T-57 Hudson Swafford +1 $14,916
T-57 Scott Harrington +1 $14,916
T-57 Rhein Gibson +1 $14,916
T-57 Joaquin Niemann +1 $14,916
T-57 Harry Higgs +1 $14,916
T-63 Talor Gooch +2 $14,388
T-63 Zac Blair +2 $14,388
65 Mikumu Horikawa +3 $14,190
66 Satoshi Kodaira +6 $14,058

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Cameron Smith’s Sony Open performance tries to bring relief to burning Australia

Cameron Smith’s performance at the Sony Open dictates his donation level to the relief efforts in Australia. Good thing he’s playing well.

Last week, with the bush fires spreading across Australia, Cameron Smith announced a generous pledge to help the relief efforts.

The 26-year-old Aussie pledged $500 per birdie and $1,000 for each eagle he’d make at this week’s Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Heading into the weekend, Smith sits T-3 at 5 under, one shot off the lead held by Brendan Steele and fellow Australian Cameron Davis. His pledge has been a motivator this week, and through two rounds, Smith has made 12 birdies, totaling $6,000 dollars in relief with “plenty more birdies” to come.

Smith flew to Hawaii straight from Australia, where he saw first-hand the damage being done. He has an uncle in New South Wales, who lost everything.

“Where I was in Brisbane it’s probably less affected than the areas down south, like New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, they’re all not doing too good,” explained Smith. “It’s pretty tragic to see. I flew into Sydney to come here, and we probably couldn’t see — usually from Sydney airport you can see downtown, the Sydney skyline. You couldn’t see that. The smoke was pretty bad.”

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General view of the Dunn Road fire on January 10, 2020 in Mount Adrah, Australia. About 1995 homes have been destroyed and another 816 have been damaged across New South Wales. (Photo: Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Focusing on winning a tournament is hard enough, let alone trying to keep in contact with friends and family in the middle of a disaster. After his rounds, the Brisbane native has been checking his phone, watching the news, anything to keep in touch.

“Like I said, in Brisbane where most of the family is isn’t so bad,” said Smith. “But, yeah, got heaps of friends down there that are all in the midst of it. Yeah, just send them my thoughts and hoping they all stay safe.”

Smith said while his pledge is motivating, he’s focused on the tournament, looking for his first solo PGA Tour win. His only win on Tour came in 2017 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside Jonas Blixt.

Images taken during the bushfire crisis are projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House on January 11, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

“I’m just trying to do my thing, and that’s probably the best way to raise as much money as I can for the fires back home,” said Smith.

This level of form this early in the season is unusual for Smith, but with the Presidents Cup and Australian PGA Championship just weeks ago, he’s been able to keep his game in shape.

“In past years I’ve had three weeks, four weeks off before I get (to Hawaii), and I’m typically pretty lazy when I’m home, eating pies and all that stuff,” said Smith, who went 1-1-1 in his Presidents Cup debut and finished T-10 at the Australian PGA. “So it’s actually been quite good in the fact that I’ve been able to kind of carry over and I played really well at the Presidents Cup and played again the next week quite solidly.”

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Abraham Ancer says media ‘twisted’ Tiger Woods comments, details new tequila company

The star of the Presidents Cup for the International squad can’t get away from comments he made two months ago about Tiger Woods.

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A month has passed and Abraham Ancer still wants to clear up a matter concerning Tiger Woods.

Yes, Ancer said he wanted to play Woods in last month’s Presidents Cup. Not that he was being arrogant or taunting Tiger. Ancer just wanted to play his idol and the best player.

Woods — and others — didn’t take it that way and made sure Ancer heard about it after the American captain beat him, 3 and 2, in singles.

“Abe wanted it, he got it,” Woods said after his victory. Tiger’s quote went viral after the matches.

Ancer simply wanted to be a better player, and he knew going up against Woods would help him do just that.

“I just a little thrown off by some of the comments,” Ancer said ahead of this week’s Sony Open, his 2020 debut. “Yeah, I don’t know. I try for them not to get to me because it was such a great week, such a great experience. I feel like I played some good golf. But, yeah, definitely didn’t like how it got twisted the way I said things for sure.

“I learned a lot about media and how it can get twisted,” Ancer added in regards to the backlash he faced after the Presidents Cup. “Yeah, definitely got twisted and just the context how I said things. And maybe Tiger didn’t know the way I said it. He just kind of took it from what he was reading or what he heard, which is fine.”

The 28-year-old rising star has a busy schedule ahead after his coming out party in Australia, with plans to play next week at the American Express, followed by the Genesis Invitational at Riviera and then the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship in Mexico City.

Ancer’s also keeping rather busy off the course with his and partner Aron Marquez’s new tequila company, Fletcha Azul.

“We’re both Mexican. Both love tequila. We just said, ‘You know what? Let’s give it a whirl.'” It’s been in the works for over a year, and we’re really excited,” Ancer said of his new brand that’ll hit shelves in Texas “in about a month.”

“I really wanted to put my name on something that I’m really passionate about, something I will enjoy, and actually something that I drink. I don’t really drink anything else,” said Ancer. “Everybody that knows me knows that if I’m going to drink I’m going to drink tequila on the rocks and that’s it.”

Flecha Azul, translated to Blue Arrow, has five different classifications of the popular liquor: Blanco, Reposado, Anejo, Cristalino.

“Cristalino is the one I’m really passionate about. It’s just so smooth. People when they try it they are like, ‘Wow.’”

Just like with his comments on Woods, Ancer wants to clarify and “remove the stigma” people have with tequila.

“When (people are) in college and they’re already kind of drunk, and then they have tequila shots that are pretty bad and then you mix it and end up throwing up, you wake up with the worst hangover,” explained Ancer. “What you remember is like, ‘Wow that tequila got me.’ Yeah, we’re trying to get the culture to really understand how tequila works and good it can be.

“If you just have on the rocks and don’t mix it with anything — I mean, I can throw down — for my size (listed at 5-foot-7, 160 pounds), I can throw down some tequila and the next day 7:00 in the morning I’m hitting balls and I’m completely fine, which is amazing.”

Amazing indeed, just like his recent run of form.

Ancer struggled in his first four events since making the Tour Championship at the end of last season, starting his 2019-20 PGA Tour campaign missed cut, missed cut, T-57, T-41.

Then he got hot, finishing T-4 at the WGC-HSBC Champions and T-8 two weeks later at Mayakoba. Ancer then tied Sungjae Im for most points for the Internationals at the Presidents Cup, earning 3.5 points via a 3-1-1 record with his only loss coming against Woods.

Ancer begins 2020 with a newfound confidence as he chases that elusive first PGA Tour victory, with an endless array of opportunities ahead.

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Things to know about this week’s Sony Open in Hawaii

Here’s what you need to know about the 2020 Sony Open, the second of consecutive PGA Tour stops in Hawaii.

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After a three-way playoff and the threat of a Monday finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour has moved on to its second tournament of 2020.

Waialae Country Club in Honolulu will once again host this week’s Sony Open in Hawaii.

Here’s a few things you should know about the event this week.

Patrick Reed is in the field

On the receiving end of fan’s cry out of “cheater!” at Kapalua last week, Reed finished T-2, eliminated on the third playoff hole by Justin Thomas. Reed is in the Sony field of 140 golfers, the first full-field event of 2020 and the first since the RSM Classic about six weeks ago.

Reed snuck in the playoff after birdieing the 18th hole and then waiting 45 minutes. But he couldn’t quit close the deal.

The bigger question this week – and beyond – will be how the fans continue to treat Reed.

Jordan Spieth is not

Spieth’s manager told Golf Channel via email that the former World No. 1 has been battling a cold and feared his condition may worsen after travelling from Dallas to Honolulu, so he has withdrawn from the Sony. The 26-year-old is now set to make his first start of the new year at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open, Jan. 23-26.

Another 59 (or another win) for JT?

It was in the first round in 2017 that Thomas joined the 59 club. An eagle on the last hole made him the eighth golfer in PGA Tour history to break 60. Since then, Adam Hadwin, Brandt Snedeker and Kevin Chappell (in this season’s opener at The Greenbrier) have turned the trick. For Thomas, that 59 propelled him to victory at the Sony, his second career win. He’s gone on to win 10 more times since then.

When asked after his Sentry win about shooting another 59 this Thursday, he said: “I hope so. Tell me where to sign, I’ll take it right now.”

Defending champ is back

Matt Kuchar is among 21 golfers doing the Hawaii double dip. Also, the past seven champs are in the field: Russell Henley (2013), Jimmy Walker (2014-15), Fabian Gomez (2016), Thomas (2017), Patton Kizzire (2018) and Kuchar (2019). Walker is the last to defend.

55 and counting

Waialae Country Club will host a PGA Tour event for a 55th consecutive year. Only three other courses have a longer streak.

TV info

Thursday, 7-10:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Friday, 7-10:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Saturday, 7-10:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

Sunday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

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Jordan Spieth withdraws from Sony Open, delaying 2020 PGA Tour debut

Due to illness, Jordan Spieth was forced to withdraw from the Sony Open in Hawaii, delaying his 2020 debut another week.

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Jordan Spieth fans will have to wait a little bit longer before they see their favorite player back on the course.

Winless since his 2017 British Open title, Spieth didn’t qualify for this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua and over the weekend withdrew from next week’s Sony Open, the second of consecutive PGA Tour events off the mainland in Hawaii.

So far this season, Spieth has one top 10, a T-8 finish at the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges in October. That performance was followed by a T-66 at the inaugural Zozo Championship the following week and T-43 at the WGC-HSBC Champions the week after that. Spieth last played at the Hero World Challenge, where he finished 16th out of 18 players.

Spieth’s manager told Golf Channel via email that the former World No. 1 has been battling a cold and feared his condition may worsen after travelling from Dallas to Honolulu. The 26-year-old will make his first start of the new year in two weeks at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open, Jan. 23-26.

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