Results Recap January 16th

Welcome to the results recap by Golfscale, your go-to source for all things professional golf. This week, we're recapping the Sony Open from the PGA Tour and the Hero Cup from the European Tour.

Sony Open

It was a close finish, with Si Woo Kim edging out Hayden Buckley to win the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. A chip-in birdie on 17, followed by another birdie on 18, propelled Si Woo Kim to his victory over Hayden Buckley. For Si Woo, it was his fourth win on the PGA Tour, and he starts his year off strong.

Hayden Buckley finished one shy of Si Woo after missing a chance for an up and down on 18 to force a playoff. Even though he was just short it was a big week for Buckley, proving he has what it takes to keep up in a final round after holding the lead on Saturday.

Hero Cup

The first Hero Cup in Abu Dhabi ended with Continental Europe winning 14.5 to 10.5 over Great Britain & Ireland. Francesco Molinari, captain of the European side, started the Sunday singles session with a victory over Shane Lowry. Then, his team clinched the win with an Adrian Meronk 1-up victory over Callum Shinkwin.

Sony Open Earnings

• 1 🇰🇷 Kim $1.42M
• 2 🇺🇸 Buckley $861K
• 3 🇺🇸 Kirk $545K
• T4 🇺🇸 Lipsky $332K
• T4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Taylor $332K
• T4 🇺🇸 Putnam $332K
• T7 🇨🇦 Taylor $232K
• T7 🇺🇸 Lashley $232K
• T7 🇦🇺 Baddeley $232K
• T7 🇺🇸 Kuchar $232K
• T7 🇺🇸 McNealy $232K
• T12 🇨🇦 Conners $139K
• T12 🇨🇴 Echavarria $139K
• T12 🇰🇷 Hun An $139K
• T12 🇺🇸 Montgomery $139K
• T12 🇺🇸 Spaun $139K
• T12 🇺🇸 Novak $139K
• T12 🇺🇸 Griffin $139K
• T12 🇰🇷 Kim $139K
• T12 🇺🇸 Eckroat $139K

Sony Open Birdies

• Si Woo Kim 24
• Chris Kirk 23
• David Lipsky 22
• Chun-an Yu 22
• Yechun Yuan 22
• Andrew Putnam 21
• Taylor Montgomery 21
• Seong-hyeon Kim 21
• Brendon Todd 21
• Brice Garnett 21
• Nick Taylor 20
• Austin Eckroat 20
• Stewart Cink 20
• Adam Scott 20
• Harry Hall 20

Sony Open Leaderboard

• 1 Kim -18 67 67 64 64
• 2 Buckley -17 67 64 64 68
• 3 Kirk -15 64 65 68 68
• T4 Lipsky -14 65 66 66 69
• T4 Taylor -14 66 66 65 69
• T4 Putnam -14 70 66 62 68
• T7 Taylor -13 70 68 62 67
• T7 Lashley -13 69 65 65 68
• T7 Baddeley -13 67 70 65 65
• T7 Kuchar -13 70 67 64 66
• T7 McNealy -13 66 67 67 67
• T12 Conners -12 69 66 68 65
• T12 Echavarria -12 69 69 65 65
• T12 Hun An -12 70 65 66 67
• T12 Montgomery -12 64 66 70 68
• T12 Spaun -12 66 64 71 67
• T12 Novak -12 66 70 67 65
• T12 Griffin -12 65 68 67 68
• T12 Kim -12 65 67 68 68
• T12 Eckroat -12 66 66 68 68

Enjoy the week ahead!