January 09-12
Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii
$6,600,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
Heading into Sunday's Final Round @SonyOpenHawaii:
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1. @Brendan_Steele (-12)
2. @CamSmithGolf (-9)
3. @K_Kisner (-8)
T4. @Collin_Morikawa (-7)@WebbSimpson1 @RyanPalmerPGA #LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/0IVXz4XNvG
Brendan Steele will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii after a superb 64 saw him surge clear at Waialae Country Club.
Steele, who hasn't had a PGA top-10 finish in nearly two years, and is 403rd in the World Ranking, fired his lowest round in three years and matched the week's low round with a six-under 64 for a 12-under, 198 total after 54 holes.
"I feel like all phases of my game are as good as they've ever been," Steele said.
Taking control.@Brendan_Steele was dialed in on Saturday @SonyOpenHawaii. pic.twitter.com/cECO4fvbg8
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"I need to stick with everything I'm doing and keep the pedal down, just keep doing what I'm doing and hope it's enough."
Steele has led after 54 holes four times in his career but has only converted one of these into a win at the 2011 Texas Open. He also won the 2016 and 2017 Safeway Opens at Napa, California.
Australia's Cameron Smith sits three off the lead after a third-round 66, with Kevin Kisner matching Steele's six-under 64 to lie third on eight under.
Scotland's Russell Knox fell down the leaderboard with a level-par 70 that saw him remain five under, enough for a share of 11th place.
Smith is among the Australian players donating some of their winnings this week to the brushfire relief effort in his home country.
🎙️ @marcleish speaks on the efforts to help his home country. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/F5MBsRDOse
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The Presidents Cup and US PGA each announced $125,000 donations Saturday to the Australian fire relief effort.
"It's amazing what they are doing. It means a lot to me personally that they are doing that. It's a huge effort from everyone," Marc Leishman said.
"You do feel helpless. We're over here playing golf for a living and they are fighting for their lives.
"But we're doing what we can and donating to that need. They've got homes to rebuild, lives to rebuild, and they need all the help we can give them."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
-12 |
68 |
66 |
64 |
198 |
2 |
Cameron Smith | AUS |
-9 |
70 |
65 |
66 |
201 |
3 |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
-8 |
69 |
69 |
64 |
202 |
T4 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
-7 |
71 |
66 |
66 |
203 |
T4 |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
-7 |
65 |
70 |
68 |
203 |
T4 |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
-7 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
203 |
T7 |
Mark Anderson | USA |
-6 |
72 |
68 |
64 |
204 |
T7 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-6 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
204 |
T7 |
Bo Hoag | USA |
-6 |
70 |
65 |
69 |
204 |
T7 |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
-6 |
69 |
66 |
69 |
204 |
T11 |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-5 |
72 |
67 |
66 |
205 |
T11 |
Henrik Norlander | SWE |
-5 |
71 |
66 |
68 |
205 |
T11 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-5 |
68 |
67 |
70 |
205 |
T11 |
Russell Knox | SCO |
-5 |
70 |
65 |
70 |
205 |
T11 |
Cameron Davis | AUS |
-5 |
68 |
66 |
71 |
205 |
T16 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
206 |
T16 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-4 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
206 |
T16 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-4 |
72 |
66 |
68 |
206 |
T16 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-4 |
71 |
68 |
67 |
206 |
T16 |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-4 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
206 |
T16 |
Ted Potter Jr. | USA |
-4 |
67 |
69 |
70 |
206 |
T16 |
Ben Martin | USA |
-4 |
73 |
68 |
65 |
206 |
T23 |
Brendon Todd | USA |
-3 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
207 |
T23 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
-3 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
207 |
T23 |
Zach Johnson | USA |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
207 |
T23 |
Tim Wilkinson | NZL |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
207 |
T23 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-3 |
75 |
66 |
66 |
207 |
T23 |
Pat Perez | USA |
-3 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
207 |
T23 |
Rob Oppenheim | USA |
-3 |
70 |
65 |
72 |
207 |
T30 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-2 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
208 |
T30 |
Nate Lashley | USA |
-2 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T30 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
-2 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T30 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-2 |
72 |
67 |
69 |
208 |
T30 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
208 |
T30 |
D. J. Trahan | USA |
-2 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
208 |
T30 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
-2 |
74 |
66 |
68 |
208 |
T30 |
Lanto Griffin | USA |
-2 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
208 |
T30 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-2 |
74 |
67 |
67 |
208 |
T30 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
-2 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
208 |
T30 |
Jimmy Walker | USA |
-2 |
70 |
71 |
67 |
208 |
T41 |
Marc Leishman | AUS |
-1 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
209 |
T41 |
Alexander Noren | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
209 |
T41 |
Matthew NeSmith | USA |
-1 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
209 |
T41 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-1 |
69 |
71 |
69 |
209 |
T41 |
Michael Gellerman | USA |
-1 |
69 |
67 |
73 |
209 |
T41 |
Andrew Putnam | USA |
-1 |
69 |
67 |
73 |
209 |
T41 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
-1 |
70 |
70 |
69 |
209 |
T48 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
Par |
70 |
69 |
71 |
210 |
T48 |
Brian Harman | USA |
Par |
68 |
68 |
74 |
210 |
T50 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
1 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
211 |
T50 |
Rikuya Hoshino | JPN |
1 |
73 |
67 |
71 |
211 |
T50 |
Kramer Hickok | USA |
1 |
72 |
68 |
71 |
211 |
T50 |
Chase Seiffert | USA |
1 |
71 |
69 |
71 |
211 |
T50 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
1 |
69 |
67 |
75 |
211 |
T50 |
Jerry Kelly | USA |
1 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
211 |
T50 |
Scott Harrington | USA |
1 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
211 |
T50 |
Talor Gooch | USA |
1 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
211 |
T58 |
Rhein Gibson | AUS |
2 |
70 |
69 |
73 |
212 |
T58 |
Joseph Bramlett | USA |
2 |
73 |
67 |
72 |
212 |
T58 |
Carlos Ortiz | MEX |
2 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
212 |
T58 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
2 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
212 |
T62 |
Zac Blair | USA |
3 |
72 |
67 |
74 |
213 |
T62 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
3 |
73 |
68 |
72 |
213 |
T62 |
Harry Higgs | USA |
3 |
73 |
68 |
72 |
213 |
65 |
Sepp Straka | AUT |
5 |
70 |
69 |
76 |
215 |
66 |
Mikumu Horikawa | JPN |
6 |
73 |
67 |
76 |
216 |
CUT |
Chris Kirk | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Kyle Stanley | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
2 |
71 |
71 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Aaron Wise | USA |
2 |
70 |
72 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Matt Kuchar | USA |
2 |
69 |
73 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Anirban Lahiri | IND |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Nelson Ledesma | ARG |
2 |
74 |
68 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Chris Baker | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Rico Hoey | USA |
2 |
74 |
68 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Vince Covello | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Adam Schenk | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
2 |
74 |
68 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Bud Cauley | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Sebastian Munoz | COL |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Adam Long | USA |
2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
142 |
CUT |
Roger Sloan | CAN |
3 |
74 |
69 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Charley Hoffman | USA |
3 |
71 |
72 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brice Garnett | USA |
3 |
73 |
70 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Justin Thomas | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brandon Hagy | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Troy Merritt | USA |
3 |
75 |
68 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Patrick Reed | USA |
3 |
69 |
74 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
J. T. Poston | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Chez Reavie | USA |
3 |
73 |
70 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Kevin Tway | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Brian Gay | USA |
3 |
72 |
71 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Xinjun Zhang | CHN |
3 |
73 |
70 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Ben Taylor | ENG |
3 |
73 |
70 |
- |
143 |
CUT |
Scott Brown | USA |
4 |
74 |
70 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Jason Dufner | USA |
4 |
71 |
73 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
James Hahn | USA |
4 |
69 |
75 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
4 |
77 |
67 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Graham DeLaet | CAN |
4 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
4 |
70 |
74 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
4 |
74 |
70 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Ryan Armour | USA |
4 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Kyoung-Hoon Lee | KOR |
4 |
76 |
68 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
David Hearn | CAN |
4 |
72 |
72 |
- |
144 |
CUT |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
5 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
5 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Russell Henley | USA |
5 |
76 |
69 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Cameron Percy | AUS |
5 |
73 |
72 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Martin Trainer | USA |
5 |
72 |
73 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
5 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Kazuki Higa | JPN |
5 |
74 |
71 |
- |
145 |
CUT |
Doc Redman | USA |
6 |
77 |
69 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Ryuko Tokimatsu | JPN |
6 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Vijay Singh | FIJ |
6 |
71 |
75 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Hank Lebioda | USA |
6 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Will Gordon | USA |
6 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Tyler McCumber | USA |
6 |
74 |
72 |
- |
146 |
CUT |
Colt Knost | USA |
7 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Tyler Ota | USA |
7 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Jared Sawada | USA |
7 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Sam Burns | USA |
7 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
CUT |
Luke List | USA |
8 |
76 |
72 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Robby Shelton | USA |
8 |
76 |
72 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Vincent Whaley | USA |
8 |
81 |
67 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Doug Ghim | USA |
8 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
CUT |
Eric Dugas | USA |
9 |
71 |
78 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Shugo Imahira | JPN |
9 |
78 |
71 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
J. J. Spaun | USA |
9 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Tomoyo Ikemura | JPN |
9 |
76 |
73 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Toru Nakajima | JPN |
9 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
CUT |
Robert Streb | USA |
10 |
75 |
75 |
- |
150 |
CUT |
Alex Beach | USA |
11 |
81 |
70 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
11 |
74 |
77 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Jim Herman | USA |
11 |
71 |
80 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Kristoffer Ventura | NOR |
11 |
74 |
77 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Michael Gligic | CAN |
11 |
76 |
75 |
- |
151 |
CUT |
Bo Van Pelt | USA |
12 |
76 |
76 |
- |
152 |
CUT |
Andrew Landry | USA |
13 |
77 |
76 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Smylie Kaufman | USA |
13 |
78 |
75 |
- |
153 |
CUT |
Rafael Campos | PRI |
14 |
78 |
76 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Ryan Brehm | USA |
14 |
81 |
73 |
- |
154 |
CUT |
Mark Hubbard | USA |
15 |
78 |
77 |
- |
155 |
RET |
Matthew Every | USA |
Par |
73 |
66 |
- |
139 |