After an Opening Round Washout Thursday, the SONY OPEN is on!

This week's SONY OPEN is at the awe-inspiring Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, HI It is worth 500 FedEx Cup points and a winner's check of $990,000.  This course first opened to play in 1927....that's right, Feb. 1, 1927! Originally designed by Seth Raynor & Charles Banks in 1927; it was redesigned by Desmond Muirhead in 1992. It is a Par 70 and plays 7,234 yards. The course features Bermuda grass throughout. Ryan Palmer is the defending champ who beat out Robert Allenby last year by 1 stroke.

Several of the holes at Waialae Country Club, are designed after amazing holes elsewhere on the globe. Take the hole #13, which is designed from one on the Biarritz Golf Course in France. The 8th hole after the Berwick Course in Scotland, and the 10th hole has the same features as the 17th hole at St. Andrews in Scotland. Varies Hawaiian Opens have been held at Waialae since 1928, with the first PGA Hawaiian Open in 1965. This course has a tremendous history and you can read more about it and it's struggles through the years via it's website at waialaecc.com  David Toms set the course record of 61 in 2006, when he won the tourney.The most difficult hole is stated to be #2, which is a par 4, 423 yarder. The easiest is #9 a par 5, 506 yards (which is normally played as the 18th by members).

Sony Open in Hawaii
Round 1- last updated4:18 p.m. ET

POS	PLAYER	SCORE	THRU	TODAY
T1	Chris Riley	-4	16	-4
T1	Justin Rose	-4	14	-4
T3	Stuart Appleby	-3	14	-3
T3	Chad Campbell	-3	11	-3
T3	Brian Davis	-3	11	-3

Tournament coverage is 7:30-10:30 PM ET and then 7:00-10:00 PM ET on Sunday for the final round.

Now, Go Hit Some Balls...................