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Hideki Matsuyama has won the first PGA Tour event of 2025, capturing the Sentry while also setting the PGA Tour record for the lowest score to par at 35 under. Now, he has a chance to complete the Hawaii sweep this week when he tees it up at the Sony Open, an event he won in 2022.

The PGA Tour remains in Hawaii for the second straight week as the 2025 Sony Open takes place at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu beginning on Thursday. Hideki Matsuyama is coming off a historic win at Kapalua last week,

Sentry winner and 2022 Sony champion Hideki Matsuyama is, understandably, the heavy betting favorite at +900. He's followed by Corey Conners at 14/1, and Tom Kim and Russell Henley at 20/1. The Japanese star is just the seventh player to win both Hawaii events.

The Sporting News' golf pro, Keith Stewart of Read the Line, provides his full betting preview for the 2025 Sony Open and serves up his best bets and top props for the weekend.

The PGA Tour's Hawaiian Swing makes its second stop this week at the Sony Open, at the historic Waialae Country Club. Last week's winner at The Sentry, Hideki Matsuyama, leads 35 players who competed at the short-field opening event in Maui and are making the quick hop to Honolulu for the first full-field tournament of the season.

The start of the PGA Tour season continues the familiar ebbs and flows golf fans know for another tournament out in Hawaii, following last week's The Sentry thi

We'd love to be celebrating a Week 1 cash right now on Collin Morikawa, who two of our experts were on at The Sentry. Unfortunately, Hideki Matsuyama had other plans. With his dominant victory, Matsuyama has earned top favorite honors for the Sony Open,