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Hideki Matsuyama hit a brilliant 3-metal from 277 yards to just less than 3 feet and made the eagle putt to defeat Russell Henley on the first playoff hole in the 2022 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Matsuyama, who rallied from five shots down at the turn, wins $1.35 million from the total purse of $7.5 million.

It’s the eighth career PGA Tour victory for Matsuyama, which ties him with K.J. Choi of South Korea for the most wins by an Asian-born player. It’s his second victory this season after he won the Zozo Championship last year in Japan.

Matsuyama forced the playoff with a birdie on the 72nd hole. Henley had a chance to win in regulation but his 10-foot birdie putt slid by.

2022 Sony Open: Purse, Payouts by Position

1. $1,350,000 — Hideki Matsuyama

2. $817,500 — Russell Henley

T3. $442,500 — Kevin Kisner, Seamus Power

T5. $289,687.50 — Michael Thompson, Lucas Glover

T7. $227,812.50 — Keith Mitchell, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar, Adam Svensson

T12. $148,875 — Ryan Palmer, Keegan Bradley, Hayden Buckley, Satoshi Kodaira, Haotong Li

T17. $114,375 — Vince Whaley, Jason Kokrak, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

T20. $79,017.86 — Joseph Bramlett, Erik van Rooyen, Ryan Armour, Dylan Wu, Davis Riley, Kramer Hickok, Kevin Na

T27. $49,250 — Maverick McNealy, Chris Kirk, Kyle Stanley, Wesley Bryan, Andrew Putnam, Luke Donald, Talor Gooch, Ben Kohles, Cam Davis

T36. $35,700 — Charles Howell III, Marc Leishman, Billy Horschel, Stewart Cink, Brandt Snedeker

41. $31,125 — Keita Nakajima (a)

T42. $25,875 — Sepp Straka, Jim Furyk, J.T. Poston, Vaughn Taylor, Patton Kizzire, Greyson Sigg.

T48. $19,017.86 — Paul Barjon, Hudson Swafford, Brian Harman, K.H. Lee, Brendon Todd, Sahith Theegala, 

55. $17,250 — Kevin Chappell, Henrik Norlander, Brett Drewitt, Si Woo Kim, Jim Knous, Harris English

T61. $16,650 — Kevin Tway, Sam Ryder

63. $16,425 — Sam Ryder

64. $16,275 — Justin Lower

65. $16,125 — Jimmy Walker

2022 Sony Open: Field and Alternates (through Jan. 11)

Bo Hoag plays the 11th hole at the 2021 Sony Open.

Bo Hoag plays the 11th hole at the 2021 Sony Open.

* - Open Qualifier 

+ - Sponsor Exemption 

# - Section Champion 

@ - Foreign

Ancer, Abraham 

Armour, Ryan 

Barjon, Paul

Bezuidenhout, Christiaan 

Bradley, Keegan 

Bramlett, Joseph

Bryan, Wesley 

Buckley, Hayden

 Carll, Kevin + 

Chappell, Kevin 

Cink, Stewart 

Conners, Corey 

Cook, Austin 

Creel, Joshua 

Dahmen, Joel 

Davis, Cam 

Donald, Luke 

Doucett, BJ * 

Drewitt, Brett 

Duncan, Tyler

English, Harris 

Furyk, Jim + 

Gay, Brian 

Gligic, Michael 

Glover, Lucas 

Gooch, Talor 

Grace, Branden 

Grant, Brent + 

Grillo, Emiliano

Gutschewski, Scott 

Haas, Bill

Hadley, Chesson 

Hardy, Nick 

Harman, Brian 

Henley, Russell 

Herman, Jim 

Hickok, Kramer 

Higgs, Harry 

Hoag, Bo 

Hodges, Lee 

Hoge, Tom 

Horschel, Billy

Hoshino, Rikuya + 

Hossler, Beau 

Howell III, Charles 

Hubbard, Mark 

Huh, John

Im, Sungjae 

Ishika, Koichiro * 

Jaeger, Stephan 

Johnson, Zach 

Jones, Matt

Jung, Peter + 

Kanaya, Takumi + 

Kang, Sung

Kelly, Jerry + 

Kim, Chan + 

Kim, Si Woo 

Kirk, Chris 

Kisner, Kevin

Kitayama, Kurt 

Kizzire, Patton 

Knous, Jim 

Knox, Russell 

Kodaira, Satoshi 

Kohles, Ben 

Kokrak, Jason 

Kraft, Kelly 

Kuchar, Matt 

Lashley, Nate 

Lebioda, Hank 

Lee, K.H.

Leishman, Marc 

Li, Haotong + 

Lipsky, David 

Long, Adam 

Lower, Justin 

Malnati, Peter

Matsuyama, Hideki 

McCarthy, Denny 

McDowell, Graeme 

McGirt, William 

McGreevy, Max 

McLachlin, Parker + 

McNealy, Maverick 

Mitchell, Keith 

Moore, Ryan 

Mullinax, Trey

Na, Kevin 

Nakajima, Keita + 

Norlander, Henrik 

Novak, Andrew 

Ogletree, Andy *

Okamura, Garrett # 

Palmer, Ryan 

Pendrith, Taylor 

Percy, Cameron 

Poston, J.T.

Power, Seamus 

Putnam, Andrew 

Rai, Aaron 

Ramey, Chad 

Reeves, Seth 

Riley, Davis 

Ryder, Sam 

Sabbatini, Rory 

Sawada, Jared * 

Schenk, Adam 

Seiffert, Chase 

Sigg, Greyson 

Simpson, Webb 

Skinns, David 

Sloan, Roger 

Smalley, Alex 

Smith, Cameron

Smotherman, Austin

Snedeker, Brandt 

Spaun, J.J. 

Stanley, Kyle 

Steele, Brendan

Straka, Sepp 

Streb, Robert 

Stuard, Brian 

Svensson, Adam 

Swafford, Hudson 

Tarren, Callum 

Taylor, Vaughn 

Theegala, Sahith 

Thompson, Curtis 

Thompson, Michael 

Todd, Brendon 

Trainer, Martin 

Tway, Kevin

van der Walt, Dawie 

Van Pelt, Bo

van Rooyen, Erik 

Villegas, Camilo 

Walker, Jimmy 

Werenski, Richy 

Whaley, Vince 

Wolfe, Jared 

Wu, Brandon 

Wu, Dylan 

Young, Cameron

Alternates:

Byrd, Jonathan 

O'Hair, Sean 

Baddeley, Aaron 

Brown, Scott 

Hearn, David 

Dufner, Jason 

Garrigus, Robert 

Martin, Ben 

Wagner, Johnson 

Lingmerth, David