2019 Sony Open in Hawaii

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Dec 12, 2018, 10:00 ET

TOKYO, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced the overview of "Sony Open in Hawaii" to be held from Thursday, January 10^th, 2019 at Oahu, Hawaii (US).

The Sony Open has been continuously sponsored by Sony since 1999. Every year, all proceeds from this event are channeled back into the Hawaiian community and donated to charitable organizations that support children, women, the elderly, and the poor. With a significant start of generating $256,000 for charities^*1 in 1999, the tournament charity proceeds have surpassed the $1 million mark annually since 2005. With a total of approximately $18 million donated to 350 charities, the tournament is the largest charity sports event in Hawaii. We are now aiming for the tournament charity proceeds to be $1.2 million, to annually benefit more than 150 not-for-profit organizations.

*1:Since 2000, proceeds from the tournament have been matched by The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc., a charity partner that assists low-income and vulnerable individuals and families through nonprofit grants to direct-service providers. Find out more at http://hjweinbergfoundation.org/

Tournament:

Sony Open in Hawaii ("Sony Open")

Schedule:	Thursday,	January 10^th, 2019	1^st day	First round
	Friday,	January 11^th, 2019	2^nd day	Second round
	Saturday,	January 12^th, 2019	3^rd day	Third round
	Sunday,	January 13^th, 2019	4^th day	Final round

Broadcast:
The Golf Channel (US and International)
First – third round	January 10^th – 12^th	7:00-10:30pm EST	LIVE
Final round	January 13^th	6:00-10:00pm EST	LIVE

NHK BS-1 (Japan)
Third round	January 13^th	10:00am-12:30pm JST	LIVE
Final round	January 14^th	10:00am-12:00pm JST	LIVE

Golf Network (Japan)
First round	January 13^th	09:00am-12:30pm JST	LIVE
Second round	January 14^th	09:00am-12:30pm JST	LIVE
Third round	January 15^th	09:00pm-12:30am JST	LIVE
Final round	January 16^th	08:00am-12:00am JST	LIVE

Main players (subject to change):
Bryson DeChambeau, Charles Howell III, Defending Champion Patton Kizzire, Satoshi Kodaira, Hideki Matsuyama, Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker, Jimmy Walker, Shugo Imahira, Yuki Inamori, Yuta Ikeda, Rikuya Hoshino, Takumi Kanaya (Amateur)

(In addition to professional golfers, this year's lineup will also feature Takumi Kanaya, an amateur golfer and sophomore at Tohoku Fukushi University. Mr. Kanaya's impressive resume includes first place at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. Sony supports his dream of one day competing in the PGA Tour, and we are proud to welcome him to this year's Sony Open.)

Course:	Waialae Country Club (Length 7,044 yards / Par 70)
Purse:	$6,400,000
Champion's prize:	$1,152,000
Defending Champion:	Patton Kizzire
Host / Sponsor of Record:	Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc.
Title sponsor:	Sony Corporation