2023 Sony Open preview: How to watch, who to watch, the course and prize money

The Sony Open in Hawaii marks the first full-field PGA Tour event of 2023 and it will showcase some of the sport’s top talent. The tournament takes place at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu with the field featuring seven of the world’s top 25 players, and 19 of the 39 golfers who competed last week will head over from Maui.

Hideki Matsuyama will try to defend his title from 2022 and will be joined by Russell Henley, Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and 140 more players in the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of 2023. Billy Horschel, Sungjae Im, Brian Harman and Keegan Bradley are all making it successive starts, each seeking victory at one of the longest-tenured host venues for the tour.

The par-70 layout was designed by Seth Raynor originally and got restored recently by Tom Doak in 2017. It offers a distinct test in comparison to the one seen last week at Kapalua.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know ahead of Thursday’s first round of the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii:

Prize money for the 2023 Sony Open

This tournament’s winner this week will receive 500 FedEx Cup points and a $1.422 million share of the $7.9 million prize money payout.

How to watch the 2023 Sony Open?

Golf Channel will carry live coverage on Thursday and Friday from 7-10:30 p.m. ET.

NBC will carry Saturday and Sunday’s coverage from 4-6 p.m. ET and Golf Channel will continue from 6-8 p.m. (See below).

Viewers can also watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming.

All times Eastern

Thursday, Jan. 12

TV: Golf Channel: 7-10:30 p.m.

Stream: ESPN+: 12-10:30 p.m. Peacock: 7-10:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 13

TV: Golf Channel: 7-10:30 p.m.

Stream: ESPN+: 12-10:30 p.m. Peacock: 7-10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 14

TV: NBC: 4-6 p.m. Golf Channel: 6-8 p.m.

Stream: ESPN+: 1-8 p.m. Peacock: 4-8 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 15

TV: NBC: 4-6 p.m. Golf Channel: 6-8 p.m.

Stream: ESPN+: 1-8 p.m.Peacock: 4-8 p.m.

Tee times

1st tee

12:10 p.m. Brendan Steele, John Huh, Matthias Schwab

12:20 p.m. Michael Kim, Parker McLachlin, Doc Redman

12:30 p.m. Andrew Putnam, K.J. Choi, Mark Hubbard

12:40 p.m. Chad Ramey, Lucas Glover, Cam Davis

12:50 p.m. Adam Svensson, Harris English, Michael Thompson

1:00 p.m. J.J. Spaun, Ryan Brehm, Webb Simpson

1:10 p.m. Ryan Moore, Sam Ryder, Max McGreevy

1:20 p.m. Nate Lashley, Scott Piercy, Brandon Wu

1:30 p.m. Kevin Yu, MJ Daffue, Vincent Norrman

1:40 p.m. Trevor Cone, Kevin Roy, Kohei Okada

1:50 p.m. Dylan Wu, Carson Young, Danny Guise

2:00 p.m. Harry Hall, Kyle Westmoreland, Yuto Katsuragawa

4:50 p.m. Peter Malnati, Denny McCarthy, Kurt Kitayama

5:00 p.m. Patton Kizzire, David Lingmerth, Hayden Buckley

5:10 p.m. Brice Garnett, Ryan Armour, Stephan Jaeger

5:20 p.m. Robert Streb, Richy Werenski, Nick Taylor

5:30 p.m. Keegan Bradley, Tom Kim, Mackenzie Hughes

5:40 p.m. Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Adam Scott

5:50 p.m. Corey Conners, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly

6:00 p.m. Nick Hardy, Ben Taylor, Harrison Endycott

6:10 p.m. Taylor Montgomery, Carl Yuan, Taiga Semikawa

6:20 p.m. Ben Griffin, Augusto Núñez, Keita Nakajima

6:30 p.m. Harry Higgs, Will Gordon, Kazuki Higa

6:40 p.m. S.H. Kim, Anders Albertson, George Markham

10th tee

12:10 p.m. Troy Merritt, Kyle Stanley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

12:20 p.m. Emiliano Grillo, Chesson Hadley, Alex Smalley

12:30 p.m. Chris Kirk, Maverick McNealy, Kelly Kraft

12:40 p.m. Stewart Cink, Si Woo Kim, Jim Herman

12:50 p.m. Russell Henley, Tom Hoge, Matt Kuchar

1:00 p.m. Billy Horschel, Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson

1:10 p.m. Brian Harman, Russell Knox, Austin Smotherman

1:20 p.m. Adam Schenk, Zac Blair, Kramer Hickok

1:30 p.m. Justin Suh, Eric Cole, Matti Schmid

1:40 p.m. Erik Barnes, Sam Stevens, Cole Hammer

1:50 p.m. Davis Thompson, Tano Goya, Kaito Onishi

2:00 p.m. Paul Haley II, Trevor Werbylo, Austen Truslow

4:50 p.m. Kevin Tway, Aaron Baddeley, Brian Stuard

5:00 p.m. Ryan Palmer, Kevin Streelman, Aaron Rai

5:10 p.m. Keith Mitchell, Jimmy Walker, Byeong Hun An

5:20 p.m. K.H. Lee, Tyler Duncan, Gary Woodland

5:30 p.m. Chez Reavie, J.T. Poston, Brendon Todd

5:40 p.m. Danny Lee, David Lipsky, Greyson Sigg

5:50 p.m. Adam Long, Austin Cook, Ben Martin

6:00 p.m. Joseph Bramlett, Zecheng Dou, Brandon Matthews

6:10 p.m. Michael Gligic, Nico Echavarria, Jesse Mueller

6:20 p.m. Robby Shelton, Andrew Novak, Joseph Winslow

6:30 p.m. Scott Harrington, Brent Grant, Michael Castillo

6:40 p.m. Tyson Alexander, Austin Eckroat, Blaze Akana