Overview
- The 2026 PGA Tour season will now start at the Sony Open at Waialae on Oahu after The Sentry’s Kapalua stop was removed.
- A photo shared by CBS writer Patrick McDonald showed lush fairways and reporters said Kapalua looked “pretty much back to normal,” though that recovery followed the October cancellation.
- Maui’s severe 2025 drought and conservation rules curtailed irrigation, prompting a 60‑day closure of Kapalua’s courses and repropagation of dead greens.
- An unresolved dispute over water delivery continues to cloud the resort’s long-term access, complicating prospects for the tournament’s return.
- On the week the event would have begun, Maui was under a flood watch, and the Sony Open enters its final year with its current title sponsorship.