Three years ago, Hideki Matsuyama hit one of the more memorable shots of the 2022 season when he smoked a 3-wood on the 18th hole in a playoff to win the Sony Open in Hawaii.
After 36 holes at The Sentry in Maui, he’s in contention to become just the seventh golfer to complete the career Hawaii double.
Chris Kirk won the Sentry last year but came up short at Waialae. It’s been since 2022 since someone completed the second leg.
Here’s a closer look at the six golfers who have won both The Sentry and the Sony Open in Hawaii in their PGA Tour careers.
Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas won the two island stops back-to-back in 2017. He later won the Sentry again in 2020.
Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith won the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions and the Sony Open in 2020.
Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson won his second-to-last PGA Tour victory at the 2014 Hyundai Tournament of Champions. The 2023 Ryder Cup captain also claimed the Sony Open in 2009.
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh won the Sony Open in 2005 during a torrid stretch where he won 17 times over a three-year period (2003 to 2005).
In 2007, he opened his year with a win in the Mercedes-Benz Championship at Kapalua.
Ernie Els
Ernie Els swept the Hawaii events in 2003, then a year later he repeated at the Sony.
It was in 2003 in Maui that Els seemed finally due to win after several close calls at Kapalua: T-14 in 1997, T-10 in 1998, solo second in 2000 (after an epic duel with Tiger Woods) and T-3 in 2001.
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk won his Hawaii Double at the then-United Airlines Hawaiian Open (now Sony) in 1996 and the then-Mercedes Championships in 2001.
The Hawaiian Open win was the second of 17 career PGA Tour wins. He won the 2001 Mercedes by a shot over another former University of Arizona golfer, Rory Sabbatini.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: These are the six golfers who have won the Sentry and Sony on PGA Tour
