The Sentry Tournament of Champions returns for its 72nd year, marking the first event of the 2024 PGA Tour season. Held at the scenic Plantation Course at Kapalua, the tournament features a star-studded field of top golfers, including defending champion Chris Kirk and world No. 2 Xander Schauffele.
It’s the 72nd consecutive year that the Sentry will be the first stop on the new calendar, dating back to Al Besselink’s win in 1953.The first of eight signature events this season, the Sentry’s champion will walk away with $3.6 million and 700 FedExCup points. The tournament now includes the top 50 in the 2024 FedExCup standings, along with tournament winners from last year (which was its sole qualification criteria before 2024).
Thirty-one Tour winners are teeing it up this week, with 15 making their Sentry debuts (Rafael Campos, Nick Dunlap, Austin Eckroat, Chris Gotterup, Harry Hall, Stephan Jaeger, Jake Knapp, Robert MacIntyre, Maverick McNealy, Matt McCarty, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith, Davis Thompson, Aaron Rai, Kevin Yu). The four players who qualified via the top 50 are Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Thomas Detry, Max Greyserman and Alex Noren. Thirty-seven players in the field are ranked inside the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, led by No. 2 Xander Schauffele. World No. 1 Scheffler withdrew after suffering a right hand injury on Christmas. Three players in the field have won the Sentry before: Justin Thomas (2017, 2020), Schauffele (2019) and defending champion Chris Kirk., one stroke ahead of runner-up Sahith Theegala. It was Kirk's second victory in a year after an eight-year drought that included time away to treat alcoholism. Kirk was making his first appearance at The Sentry in eight years—and it sent the Georgia native to the Masters for the first time since 2016.There aren’t many courses like the Plantation Course at Kapalua—and not just because of its scenic views. It’s the only par-73 on Tour, stretching 7,596 yards with just three par 3s and seven holes that play longer than 500 yards. The par-5 18th is the Tour’s longest hole at 667 yards.In 2003, Jonathan Byrd hit the Tour’s first 400-yard drive on the closing hol
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