Sony Open in Hawaii

Odds to Win Tournament

Golfer	Odds
Jason Day	21-to-2
Jimmy Walker	27-to-2
Chris Kirk	17-to-1
Matt Kuchar	17-to-1
Hideki Matsuyama	20-to-1
Russell Henley	21-to-1
Zach Johnson	21-to-1
Brendon Todd	25-to-1
Harris English	30-to-1
Luke Donald	30-to-1
Robert Streb	30-to-1
Tim Clark	30-to-1
Charles Howell III	35-to-1
Marc Leishman	35-to-1
Ryan Palmer	35-to-1
Sang-Moon Bae	35-to-1
Gary Woodland	45-to-1
Graham DeLaet	45-to-1
Kevin Na	45-to-1
Webb Simpson	45-to-1
Ben Martin	70-to-1
Brian Harman	70-to-1
Jerry Kelly	70-to-1
Kevin Streelman	70-to-1
Paul Casey	70-to-1
Boo Weekley	75-to-1
3 Golfers	80-to-1
6 Golfers	90-to-1
4 Golfers	100-to-1
2 Golfers	110-to-1
4 Golfers	120-to-1
David Hearn	140-to-1
10 Golfers	150-to-1
Matt Jones	190-to-1
5 Golfers	200-to-1
5 Golfers	230-to-1
2 Golfers	240-to-1
54 Golfers	250-to-1

After an exciting finish at the Tournament of Champions last week, the PGA Tour stays in the Aloha State for the Sony Open. The field will include six of the top-25 players in the current World Golf Rankings, including No. 8 Jason Day, the highest-ranked player in the tournament. Defending champion Jimmy Walker will also be present for this one, and was huge last year with a score of 17-under while finishing with a 63 on Sunday. Low scores are common in this event as 10 of the past 15 winners had a score of 15-under or better on the par-70, 7,068-yard course. With a fairly shallow field in this one, the door is wide open for some new names to get a win while also giving some of the more well-known players a chance to dominate. Let’s take a look at a few of the golfers who have a shot at hoisting the trophy on Sunday afternoon.

Golfers to Watch

Jimmy Walker (27/2): Walker was able to grab a win at this event during his breakout campaign in 2014, and has remained hot going into this season with top-5 finishes in two of the past five events. His driver has been spectacular so far, as Walker is averaging 299.3 yards off the tee (30th on tour) and has hit 82.6% of greens from 200+ yards (14th on tour). Walker has moved up to 21st in the World Golf Rankings and looks prepared to keep climbing the leaderboard with his strong play.

Ryan Palmer (35/1): The name of the game is consistency, and Palmer has been one of the more steady golfers on tour over the past year. He made the cut in 20-of-23 tourneys last year and finished 22nd in the WGC event back in November, which was his only PGA event played so far. Palmer has placed in the top-10 twice at this tournament over the past five seasons and will look to continue his strong putting that helped him gain .291 strokes in 2014 (35th on tour).

Marc Leishman (35/1): Leishman has been strong so far this year and earned a 9th-place finish in his most recent PGA event, the WGC-HSBC Champions in November. While he has always been a solid player, his performances at this course have been out of this world, and he has not ranked worse than 22nd at this event in the past five years. This includes coming off back-to-back, single-digit finishes. With scores of 68 or better in seven of his past eight rounds at Waialae, Leishman should be expected to compete throughout.

Charles Howell III (35/1): While Leishman has been great at this course, the play of Howell III has been out of this world. He has yet to miss a cut in 13 starts while placing 8th, 3rd and 2nd in each of the past three years. Overall he has nine top-10's while playing in the Sony Open, and will be another nice darkhorse pick with his 136th world ranking coming in.