2026 Sony Open – Final-Round Notes – Sunday, January 18, 2026

Weather: Partly cloudy with intermittent showers and breezy. High of 79. Winds E at 9-14 mph with gusts to 20 mph.

Final Leaderboard

Chris Gotterup (1^st/-16)

VIRTUAL 3-YEAR TOUR EXEMPTION ….

Chris Gotterup makes it three wins in three-years with @SonyOpen seeing him jump from @OWGRltd No. 284 ahead of his maiden 2024 @PGATOUR win to now World No. 17

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— Fatiha (@TOURMISS) January 19, 2026

• Earns his third win on TOUR in his 69^th start at the age of 26 years, 5 months, 29 days (previous wins: 2024 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, 2025 Genesis Scottish Open); second win in his last eight starts on TOUR after earning one win in his first 61 starts
• First player since Tom Kim (2023 Shriners Children’s Open/44^th start) to earn first three PGA TOUR wins in less than 70 starts
• Matches his low final-round score on TOUR (64); previous instance: 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson/finished T15
• First win when trailing entering the final round on TOUR (54-hole positions of wins: led at the 2024 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic, was T1 at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open, was T2 at the 2026 Sony Open Hawaii)
• Sixth player in the last seven years to come from behind after trailing entering the final round to win the Sony Open in Hawaii; trailed 54-hole leader Davis Riley by two strokes

• Two-stroke win is the largest margin of victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii since 2019 (Matt Kuchar/four strokes)
• Victory comes in his second appearance at the Sony Open in Hawaii (MC/2025)
• Fully exempt on TOUR through 2028 – a virtual three-year exemption meaning all of 2026, ’27 and ’28.  Though he was exempt to end of 2027 thanks to his 2025 Scottish Open triumph.
• Earns 500 FedExCup points to become the first FedExCup leader of the 2026 season
• Led the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (4.352); T1 in sand saves (6-of-6)
• Jumps 11 places to become the new World No. 17.  Teed-up in the 2025 Sony Open ranked No. 193. As well, he was the then World No. 284 in winning the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic, and his maiden Tour win.

Miscellaneous Notes

• Ryan Gerard (2^nd/-14) closes with 65, his lowest final-round score on TOUR (previous: 66/2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship); matches his low 72-hole score in an individual stroke play event on TOUR (2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open/finished 9^th); notches his third top-two finish on TOUR in his 54^th start (previous instances: 1^st/2025 Barracuda Championship, 2^nd/2025 Valero Texas Open)
• Patrick Rodgers (3^rd/-13) earns his 31^st top-10 finish in his 313^th start, the most top-10 finishes on TOUR without a win among active players (since 1983); owns the most starts on TOUR without a win among active players (since 1983)
• Robert MacIntyre (T4/-12) cards the low round of the day (63); earns his third top-three finish in his last nine starts on TOUR (previous instances: 2^nd/2025 U.S. Open, 2^nd/2025 BMW Championship).
• *Story on MacIntyre’s effort, that including snapping a putter, go to:  https://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2026/01/macintyre-singles-out-attitude-snapping-a-putter-in-being-so-close-to-hawaiian-victory-luau/
• 54-hole leader Davis Riley (T6/-11) posts 1-over 71, playing Nos. 6-8 in 4-over including a double bogey on the eighth hole; falls to 1-for-3 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on TOUR (2022 Valspar Championship/2^nd, 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge/1^st, 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii/T6)
• Starting the day three strokes back, defending champion Nick Taylor (T13/-9) closes with even-par 70; earns his fifth consecutive top-15 finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii (T11/2021, T7/2023, T7/2024, 1st/2025, T13/2026); records his 20th consecutive round of par or better at Waialae Country Club