The Sony Open in Hawaii is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and is part of the tour's FedEx Cup Series. It has been contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, since the event's modern-day inception as the Hawaiian Open in November 1965.
Setting for the Sony Open: the Waialae Country Club on Oahu
PGA Tour golfer Ben Martin (left) at a Birdies for the Brave event following his round at the 2014 Sony Open
The PGA Tour is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, as well as the PGA Tour Champions and the Korn Ferry Tour, as well as the PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and formerly the PGA Tour China. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb southeast of Jacksonville.
The FedEx Cup, presented to the winner of the season-ending playoffs
The Ryder Cup, contested in even-numbered years between teams from Europe and the United States