Sony Open Odds, Tee Times, TV Schedule: Can Justin Thomas Replicate his 2017 Results?
By Michael Shamburger
The first tournament of 2018 is in the books after Dustin Johnson cruised to a win at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Johnson isn’t in the field this week at the Sony Open, the second leg of the Hawaii swing, but Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth are.
Thomas will be looking to defend his spectacular 2017 appearance at Waialae Country Club that included a first round 59. His buddy, Jordan Spieth, is coming off of a solid performance at the Tournament of Champions where he finished ninth at 12-under and will be looking to get his first win of the 2018 season.
TV Schedule
Tee Times
If you aren’t interested in browsing through the full field, Jordan Spieth tees off at 8AM with Xander Schauffele and Daniel Berger. Justin Thomas tees off at 12:40 with Jason Dufner and Kevin Kisner.
My Pick
Even though Justin Thomas didn’t play extremely well last week at the Tournament of Champions, I’m going to stick with him to win this week. Thomas’s success at Waialae last season was just a preview of the season he would go on to have, and for me, there’s no reason to expect that to continue this year. Not to mention he’ll have a very savvy veteran looper on his bag in Jim “Bones” MacKay.