Tournaments / 2014-2015
Sony Open in Hawaii
2015-01-15 · Waialae Country Club
- Winner
- Jimmy Walker
- Winning score
- -23
- Field
- 138
- Field strength
- +0.092 SG
The 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii was played at Waialae Country Club, starting 15 January 2015. Jimmy Walker won at 23 under par (257), 9 strokes ahead of Scott Piercy. The winning card was 66, 66, 62 and 63, and the win paid $1,008,000. Scott Piercy finished second, and Gary Woodland, Harris English and Matt Kuchar tied for third. 138 players started the event. The field averaged +0.092 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 89% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 138. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Jimmy Walker
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 62
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 257
- Scott Piercy
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 266
- Gary Woodland
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 267
- Harris English
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 267
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 267
- Brian Davis
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Jerry Kelly
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 62
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 268
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 61
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 268
- Max Homa
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Rory Sabbatini
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 268
- Shawn Stefani
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 268
- Zac Blair
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Brian Harman
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 269
- Daniel Berger
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Russell Knox
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 269
- Webb Simpson
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 269
- Colt Knost
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Daniel Summerhays
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 270
- Jason Day
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 270
- Jason Kokrak
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 270
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 84 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.261
- Top-20 hit rate
- 45%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 29.3
Grade is this event’s percentile (43rd) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Kuchar | 1st | 3rd |
| Jimmy Walker | 2nd | 1st |
| Jason Day | 3rd | 17th |
| Zach Johnson | 4th | 64th |
| Kevin Na | 5th | 64th |
| Chris Kirk | 6th | 26th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 7th | 78th |
| Webb Simpson | 8th | 13th |
| Ryan Palmer | 9th | 17th |
| Jerry Kelly | 10th | 6th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Hideki Matsuyama | 7th | 78th(+71) |
| John Senden | 15th | 83rd(+68) |
| Max Homa | 72nd | 6th(−66) |
| Zach Johnson | 4th | 64th(+60) |
| Kevin Na | 5th | 64th(+59) |
| Justin Thomas | 65th | 6th(−59) |
| Daniel Berger | 70th | 13th(−57) |
| Rory Sabbatini | 62nd | 6th(−56) |
| Colt Knost | 73rd | 17th(−56) |
| Zac Blair | 61st | 6th(−55) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Sony Open in Hawaii in 2014-2015?
- Jimmy Walker won the 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club, finishing 23 under par.
Where was the 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii played?
- The 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii was played at Waialae Country Club, starting 15 January 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii?
- The winning score was 23 under par (257 strokes), posted by Jimmy Walker.
How many players were in the Sony Open in Hawaii field?
- 138 players started the 2014-2015 Sony Open in Hawaii. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.