SONY OPEN
Site: Honolulu.
Course: Waialae CC. Yardage: 7,044. Par: 72.
Prize money: $8.7 million. Winner's share: $1.566 million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 7-10:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (NBC), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Previous winner: Grayson Murray.
FedEx Cup leader: Hideki Matsuyama.
Last week: Hideki Matsuyama won The Sentry.
Notes: Hideki Matsuyama will try to join Ernie Els in 2003 and Justin Thomas in 2017 as the only players to sweep the Hawaii swing. ... The field features 37 players from the 59-man field that played on Maui in The Sentry last week. ... Matsuyama is the only player from the top 10 in the world, and five others are playing who are among the top 20. ... Grayson Murray won in a playoff last year. He died by suicide last May after the Colonial. ... Florida State junior Luke Clanton received a sponsor exemption. He has four top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in eight starts since last June. That includes a runner-up finish in the RSM Classic to close out the 2024 season. ... Waialae is a dream for the players (and particularly the caddies) who are coming over from the steep climb of Kapalua last week. ... Rikuya Hoshino and Jesper Svensson are the only two players in the field who earned PGA Tour cards by finishing in the top 10 in Europe.
Next week: The American Express.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
TEAM CUP
Site: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Course: Abu Dhabi Golf Resort. Yardage: 7,648. Par: 72.
Prize money: None.
Television: Friday, 3-8 a.m. (Golf Channel), 10:30-11 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1:30-7 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Continental Europe.
Race to Dubai leader: John Parry.
Last tournament: John Parry won the Mauritius Open.
Notes: Team Cup is matches between players from Continental Europe against players from Britain and Ireland. It's an unofficial event to get prospective players ready for the Ryder Cup in September at Bethpage Black. ... There is no prize money or Race to Dubai points at stake this week. ... Francesco Molinari is captain of Continental Europe, while Justin Rose is captain for Britain and Ireland. ... Six of the 20 players and captains from the 2023 edition wound up playing at Marco Simone. ... Four players from last year's Ryder Cup are playing in the Team Cup — Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Nicolai Hojgaard and Tommy Fleetwood. ... Hojgaard is joined by his twin brother, Rasmus, who has a PGA Tour card this year. ... Nine players from England are on the Britain and Ireland team. The exception is Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland. ... Continental Europe has five Danish players among the 10-man roster.
Next week: Hero Dubai Desert Classic.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/
BAHAMAS GOLF CLASSIC
Site: Nassau, Bahamas.
Course: Ocean Club GC at Atlantis. Yardage: 7,118. Par: 70.
Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000.
Television: Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Monday-Tuesday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Previous winner: Jeremy Paul.
2024 points leader: Matt McCarty.
Notes: The opening two tournaments in the Bahamas start Sunday and end Wednesday. ... The field includes more than two dozen players who have won on the PGA Tour.
Next tournament: The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on Jan. 19-22.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour
Last tournament: Jeeno Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship.
Next tournament: Hilton Grand Vacation Tournament of Champions on Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
Race to CME Globe winner: Jeeno Thitikul.
Online: https://www.lpga.com/
PGA Tour of Australasia: Webex Players Series Perth, Royal Fremantle GC, Perth, Australia. Defending champion: New event. Online: https://pga.org.au/
AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf
Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, holds the champions trophy after the final round of The Sentry golf event, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Strong winds that sent wildfires ripping through the mountains and foothills around Los Angeles on Tuesday fed a spectacle of smoke, flames and flight.
Vivid orange flames lit the sky in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where firefighters dragged hoses to meet blazes flaring up in brush dried out by persistent drought. Others fought to protect structures from the fires.
Firefighters raced to try to beat the flames back from homes. A helicoper dropped water in one area, while a firefighter jumped a fence near a home with flames approaching. Meanwhile, a woman stood outside of her garage, hand on her head, as a firetruck sprayed water on a neighboring house.
The fast-moving fires forced residents to evacuate. One woman wept as she stood next to her car as bright flames burned in the background. Another person ran alongside a line of cars as smoke filled the skyline.
As the Pacific Palisades fire scorched more than 200 acres, billowing smoke was visible for miles. One surfer road a wave, with smoke in the background. Two other people laid on the sand, a white plume nearly filling the sky behind them. And a pair of bicyclists pedaled along the beach against an afternoon sky made twilight by the looming smoke.
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Bike riders make their way along the coast as large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Tim Murphy and his son Sean arm wrestle on the beach during sunset under a blackened sky from a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades, during the sunset in Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A surfer takes off on a wave in Santa Monica, Calif., during sunset under a blackened sky from the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Jerome Krausse pushes his mother-in-law in a shopping cart as they evacuate from their home in the Pacific Palisades after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter tries to contain the Palisades Fire from a rooftop in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person tries to hose down embers from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A resident stands in front of a garage as fire crews fight the Palisades Fire nearby in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The Palisades Fire burns trees and homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
The Palisades Fire burns a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A vehicle burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Two people ride by on motorcycles as the Palisades Fire destroys an area in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Will Adams uses a garden hose to keep flames from damaging his home as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A residence burns as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Will Adams watches as flames from the Palisades Fire close in on his property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Smoke from a wildfire is seen from the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A lone sunbather sits and watches a large plume of smoke from a wildfire rise over the Pacific Palisades, in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Bike riders make their way along the coast as large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, from Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Jerome Krausse pushes his mother-in-law in a shopping cart as they evacuate from their home in the Pacific Palisades after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter protects a structure from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters stage in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Firefighters battle the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
