The best of the best in the PGA Tour descend onto Hawaii for the 2016 Hyundai Tournament of Champions. The event -- which features only winners from 2015 -- will serve as the start of the calendar year for the Tour.
It just won’t be the start of Rory McIlroy’s.
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The two-time major champion decided to skip the event and forgo the opportunity to win back his No. 1 ranking. Jordan Spieth (No. 1) and Jason Day (No. 2) will look to take their running head start in stride.
Spieth, Day and McIlroy aside, the field of 32 will also feature major champions the likes of Davis Love III, Bubba Watson and Zach Johnson.
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Preview
Dates: Thursday, Jan. 7 - Sunday, Jan. 10
The Course: Plantation Course at Kapalua
Purse: $5.9 million
TV Info:
- Thursday, 1-6 p.m. HST, Golf Channel
- Friday, 1-6 p.m. HST, Golf Channel
- Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. HST, Golf Channel
- Sunday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. HST, Golf Channel
Odds
Unsurprisingly, Spieth enters the weekend as the odds-on favorite at 5/1, while Day is second-choice at 6/1. Patrick Reed -- the tournament’s defending champion -- opens at 9/1.
Complete odds courtesy of Golf News Net.
Predictions
Dustin Johnson has had success at the Plantation Course in the past, winning the event in 2013. If anyone is capable of tackling the 7,452-yard, par 73 course, it’s him. Johnson led the Tour in driving distance last year, averaging 317.3 yards per drive, per PGA Tour.
Tee Times (HST)
10:20 a.m. - Smylie Kaufman, Peter Malnati
10:30 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Emiliano Grillo
10:40 a.m. - J.J. Henry, Padraig Harrington
10:50 a.m. - Davis Love III, Matt Every
11:00 a.m. - Fabian Gomez, Alex Cejka
11:10 a.m. - James Hahn, Troy Merritt
11:20 a.m. - David Lingmerth, Chris Kirk
11:30 a.m. - Justin Thomas, Russell Knox
11:40 a.m. - Brooks Koepka, Bill Haas
11:50 a.m. - Scott Piercy, Brandt Snedeker
12:00 p.m. - Steven Bowditch, Kevin Kisner
12:10 p.m. - J.B. Holmes, Jimmy Walker
12:20 p.m. - Dustin Johnson, Danny Lee
12:30 p.m. - Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson
12:40 p.m. - Jason Day, Rickie Fowler
12:50 p.m. - Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed
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