Hawaii State Open
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The Hawaii State Open is the Hawaii
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Aloha section of the PGA of America. It was revived from an earlier event that evolved into the PGA Tour
's Sony Open in Hawaii
. It has been played annually since 1974 at a variety of courses around the state.
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
state open golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Aloha section of the PGA of America. It was revived from an earlier event that evolved into the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
's Sony Open in Hawaii
Sony Open in Hawaii
The Sony Open in Hawaii is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and is part of the tour's FedEx Cup Series. It has been contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii since the event's modern-day inception as the Hawaiian Open in 1965. Starting in 1971, the tournament was held...
. It has been played annually since 1974 at a variety of courses around the state.
Winners
- 2010 Tadd FujikawaTadd FujikawaTadd Fujikawa is a Japanese American professional golfer. Playing as an amateur at age 15, he qualified for the 2006 U.S. Open, the youngest golfer ever to do so. In 2007, he made the cut in a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in Hawaii...
- 2009 Jesse Mueller
- 2008 Nick Mason
- 2007 Dean WilsonDean WilsonDean Hiroshi Wilson is an American professional golfer.Wilson was born in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He turned professional in 1992 after graduating from Brigham Young University and has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour and once on the PGA Tour. After a poor 2009 season Wilson lost his PGA Tour playing...
- 2006 Tom Eubank
- 2005 Jarett Hamamoto (amateur)
- 2004 Chad Saladin
- 2003 Kris Moe
- 2002 Tom Eubank
- 2001 Kevin Hayashi
- 2000 Kevin Hayashi
- 1999 Kevin Hayashi
- 1998 Greg Meyer
- 1997 Brian Sasada
- 1996 Deron Doi
- 1995 Ken Springer
- 1994 Scott SimpsonScott Simpson (golfer)Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...
- 1993 Scott SimpsonScott Simpson (golfer)Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...
- 1992 Lance Suzuki
- 1991 Dick McClean
- 1990 Dick McClean
- 1989 Chuck Davis
- 1988 Lance Suzuki
- 1987 Casey Nakama
- 1986 Lance Suzuki
- 1985 David IshiiDavid IshiiDavid S. Ishii is an American golfer of Japanese descent.Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. He turned professional in 1979. He led the money list on the Japan Golf Tour in 1987...
- 1984 David IshiiDavid IshiiDavid S. Ishii is an American golfer of Japanese descent.Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. He turned professional in 1979. He led the money list on the Japan Golf Tour in 1987...
- 1983 Clyde Rego
- 1982 Wendell Tom (amateur)
- 1981 Scott SimpsonScott Simpson (golfer)Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...
- 1980 David IshiiDavid IshiiDavid S. Ishii is an American golfer of Japanese descent.Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. He turned professional in 1979. He led the money list on the Japan Golf Tour in 1987...
- 1979 Scott SimpsonScott Simpson (golfer)Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...
- 1978 Steve VeriatoSteve VeriatoSteve Veriato is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Asian Tour, Canadian Tour, and Champions Tour where he won once....
- 1977 Steve VeriatoSteve VeriatoSteve Veriato is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Asian Tour, Canadian Tour, and Champions Tour where he won once....
- 1976 Lance Suzuki
- 1975 Allan Yamamoto (amateur)
- 1974 Dan Nishimoto (amateur)