107 vie for 4 berths in Sony Open
Advertiser Staff
More than 100 golfers will be competing for four spots in the Sony Open in Hawai'i during a qualifying tomorrow at Pearl Country Club.
The 107 golfers are from the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour, Japan, Fiji, Hawai'i and the Mainland. Qualifying begins at 7:10 a.m.
Among the 22 Hawai'i golfers will be Kevin Hayashi, who was paired with Michelle Wie in last year's Sony Open.
Hayashi qualified last year by being named the Aloha Section Player of the Year. Wie, as she did this year, received a sponsor's exemption.
Hawai'i's Norman-Ganin Asao, Parker McLachlin and Gregory Meyer also will try to qualify.
The Sony Open in Hawai'i will be played Thursday through Sunday at Waialae Country Club.
Sony events begin today with a free Kraft Foods Jr. Clinic, featuring Hawai'i's Dean Wilson and Jerry Kelly, the 2002 Sony Open champion.
Wilson is an alternate in this year's Sony.
The family golf clinic will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Waialae.
It is recommended that the public arrive at 3:30 p.m. to allow time for parking and registration.
Junior golfers will follow Wilson and Kelly as they demonstrate driving, pitching, chipping and putting.
For more information, call 523-7888.
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| 2005 Sony Open in Hawai'i
WHAT: First full-field PGA Tour event of 2005 WHEN: 7 a.m., Thursday and Friday and 8 a.m., Saturday and Sunday WHERE: Waialae Country Club (Par 35-35i70, 7,068 yards) PURSE: $4.8 million ($864,000 first prize) FIELD: 144 players, including defending champion Ernie Els, Hawai'i amateurs Michelle Wie and Jonathan Mathias and Hawai'i pros David Ishii, Kevin Carll and John Lynch. QUALIFYING: Tomorrow at Pearl Country Club, 7 a.m. ADMISSION: Free tomorrow and Tuesday, then $15 daily or $50 for tournament badge. Children 12-under free with ticket-bearing adult. TV: ESPN, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday SCHEDULE: All at Waialae Country Club unless noted Today 7 a.m. (all day) — Amateur practice rounds 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Million Dollar Shot semifinals, driving range 1 p.m. — Amateur registration, Kahala Mandarin 4 p.m. — Kraft Foods Family Golf Clinic, 10th hole, with Jerry Kelly and Dean Wilson Tomorrow 7 a.m. to noon — Professionals practice 11:30 a.m. — Tournament blessing, 10th hole Noon — Sony Dream Cup Pro-Am Tuesday All day — Professionals practice 3 p.m. — Pro-Junior Challenge 6 p.m. — Pro-Am Draw Party Wednesday 6:50 a.m. (all day) — Sony Open in Hawai'i official pro-am 12:30 p.m. — Satellite Pro-Am, Pearl Country Club Thursday 7 a.m. (all day) — First round (ESPN 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.) 6 p.m. — Official Pro-Am awards celebration Friday 7 a.m. (all day) — Second round (ESPN 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Third round (ESPN 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Final round (ESPN 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.) 5:15 p.m. — Million Dollar Shot Finals, 18th hole |
