Letter

March 4th, 2025

A heartfelt letter earned this journeyman a spot in the Arnold Palmer Invitational over two PGA Tour superstars. Here’s what he wrote

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February 6th, 2025

Rory McIlroy responds to PGA Tour veteran’s letter: ‘It seemed like it was pointed at me’

When it comes to Charley Hoffman’s letter to his fellow PGA Tour players, apparently Rory McIlroy got the memo. And the four-time major champion had a few things to say in response.

February 4th, 2025

Tour veteran sends letter to fellow pros addressing slow play, playing opportunities and more

Just two weeks after Justin Thomas wrote a memo to the PGA Tour membership, another tour veteran, Charley Hoffman, penned a letter of his own to his fellow players.

September 4th, 2024

A handwritten letter from a thoughtful 18-year-old Tiger Woods auctions for big dollars

This one-of-a-kind item that just sold at auction is unlike anything we’ve seen before.

July 30th, 2023

Aaron Baddeley’s daughter put pressure on tournament directors with letter-writing campaign

It has probably been difficult for PGA Tour tournament directors to deny Aaron Baddeley a sponsor exemption this year. His letters had to have scored points for originality. And perhaps pulling at heartstrings. Especially considering he hasn’t been writing them.

June 20th, 2023

Tom Watson’s open letter to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan

May 5th, 2022

REPORT: Premier Golf League drafts letter to players, labels McIlroy claim ‘bulls–t’

As a showdown looms between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour against the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, another entity is trying to remind the golf world it wants in the mix.

April 6th, 2022

Dear Phil Mickelson: A Letter from Augusta

The three-time Masters champion is miles away, but not out of mind

February 25th, 2022

Greg Norman warns PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan ‘This is just the beginning’ in strongly worded letter

LIV Golf investments CEO Greg Norman chastised PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and warned “This is just the beginning” in a strongly worded letter distributed Friday.

November 5th, 2019

Greg Norman upset Tiger Woods didn’t respond to his handwritten letter: “Maybe Tiger just dislikes me”

Tiger Woods received congratulations from people all around the world following his Masters win in April. But it was a handwritten note from one of his neighbours – and a fellow former World No.1 – that’s now drawing attention nearly seven months later.

Rory McIlroy shares framed letter he received from Arnold Palmer after his first Major win

US PGA Champion Jason Day pens inspirational letter to 17yo self

Leaderboard

Sony Open in Hawaii - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Davis Riley	-9	F	2
T1	S.H. Kim	-9	F	2
T1	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-9	F	2
T1	Nick Taylor	-9	F	2
T1	Kevin Roy	-9	F	2
T6	Maverick McNealy	-8	F	2
T6	Chris Gotterup	-8	F	2
T6	John Parry	-8	F	2
T6	Takumi Kanaya	-8	F	2
T10	Vince Whaley	-7	F	2
T10	Patrick Rodgers	-7	F	2
T10	Ryan Gerard	-7	F	2
T10	Nick Dunlap	-7	F	2
T14	Doug Ghim	-6	F	2
T14	Jake Knapp	-6	F	2
T14	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-6	F	2
T14	Alex Smalley	-6	F	2
T14	Kurt Kitayama	-6	F	2
T14	Ben Griffin	-6	F	2
T14	Harry Hall	-6	F	2
T14	David Ford	-6	F	2
T22	Adam Svensson	-5	F	2
T22	Dylan Wu	-5	F	2
T22	S.W. Kim	-5	F	2
T22	Brice Garnett	-5	F	2
T22	Michael Kim	-5	F	2
T22	Chandler Phillips	-5	F	2
T28	Daniel Berger	-4	F	2
T28	Jordan Spieth	-4	F	2
T28	Brian Harman	-4	F	2
T28	Ren Yonezawa	-4	F	2
T28	Patton Kizzire	-4	F	2
T28	Kota Kaneko	-4	F	2
T28	Ricky Castillo	-4	F	2
T28	Kensei Hirata	-4	F	2
T36	Lee Hodges	-3	F	2
T36	Joe Highsmith	-3	F	2
T36	Jordan Smith	-3	F	2
T36	Dan Brown	-3	F	2
T36	Jacob Bridgeman	-3	F	2
T36	Matthieu Pavon	-3	F	2
T36	Sam Stevens	-3	F	2
T36	J.J. Spaun	-3	F	2
T36	Adam Scott	-3	F	2
T36	Taylor Pendrith	-3	F	2
T36	Corey Conners	-3	F	2
T47	Tom Hoge	-2	F	2
T47	Zac Blair	-2	F	2
T47	Bud Cauley	-2	F	2
T47	Mark Hubbard	-2	F	2
T47	Zach Johnson	-2	F	2
T47	Vijay Singh	-2	F	2
T47	Seamus Power	-2	F	2
T47	Tom Kim	-2	F	2
T47	Denny McCarthy	-2	F	2
T47	Russell Henley	-2	F	2
T47	Robert MacIntyre	-2	F	2
T47	Pi Coody	-2	F	2
T59	Chad Ramey	-1	F	2
T59	Webb Simpson	-1	F	2
T59	Hideki Matsuyama	-1	F	2
T59	Johnny Keefer	-1	F	2
T59	Matt McCarty	-1	F	2
T59	Billy Horschel	-1	F	2
T59	Mac Meissner	-1	F	2
T59	Emilio Gonzalez	-1	F	2
T59	Zach Bauchou	-1	F	2
T59	Keith Mitchell	-1	F	2
T59	Sahith Theegala	-1	F	2
T59	Aaron Rai	-1	F	2
T59	William Mouw	-1	F	2
T59	Rico Hoey	-1	F	2
T59	Haotong Li	-1	F	2
T59	Zecheng Dou	-1	F	2
CUT	Eric Cole	E	F	2
CUT	Beau Hossler	E	F	2
CUT	Keegan Bradley	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Smotherman	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Eckroat	E	F	2
CUT	Collin Morikawa	E	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	E	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	E	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+1	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	+1	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+1	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	+1	F	2
CUT	Kazuki Higa	+1	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	+1	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+1	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	+1	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+1	F	2
CUT	Hank Lebioda	+2	F	2
CUT	Adrien Saddier	+2	F	2
CUT	Taisei Nagasaki	+2	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+2	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+2	F	2
CUT	S.T. Lee	+2	F	2
CUT	A.J. Ewart	+3	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	+3	F	2
CUT	Gary Woodland	+3	F	2
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	+3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+3	F	2
CUT	Michael Brennan	+4	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	+4	F	2
CUT	Corey Kozuma	+4	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+4	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+5	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	+6	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	+6	F	2
CUT	Nico Echavarria	+7	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+7	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+7	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	+8	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+8	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+8	F	2
CUT	Anson Cabello	+8	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+9	F	2
CUT	Kristoffer Reitan	+15	F	2
WD	Yuta Sugiura	-	-