Hideki Matsuyama joins very exclusive group of Hawaii Double winners: Full list explored

Hideki Matsuyama won The Sentry 2025 with a record score of 35 under. It was his 11th PGA Tour victory, but it also allowed him to join an exclusive group of players who have won the so-called Hawaii Double.

The term has been around since 1999, the year The Sentry moved to Kapalua Resort, joining the Sony Open in Hawaii as the two PGA Tour events held in the Aloha State. Only seven players have won both events in their careers, with Hideki Matsuyama the most recent member of the list.

List of winners of the Hawaii Double ft. Hideki Matsuyama

Few players have both Hawaii events on their calendars, so winning them both is a merit.

All of the members of the Hawaii Double winners list are major champions. Let's see who they are:

#1 Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama, 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii (Image via Imagn).

Hideki Matsuyama kicked off 2025 by breaking The Sentry's 72-hole record for his first win of the year. In 2024, he won two major championships, the Genesis Invitational and the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Matsuyama won the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii with a 23-under total, shooting two final rounds of 63.

#2 Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas, 2017 SBS Tournament of Champions (Image via Getty).

Justin Thomas has the added merit of winning the Hawaii Double in the same year. That happened in 2017 when he won The Sentry (then known as the SBS Tournament of Champions) and also won the Sony Open a week later.

The latter victory was record-breaking for Justin Thomas, as his total of 253 is still the Sony Open record. He repeated his win at The Sentry in 2020.

#3 Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith, Sentry Tournament of Champions 2022 (Image via Imagn).

Cameron Smith won the Sony Open in 2020 and The Sentry two years later. In the latter tournament, he shot a 72-hole score of 34-under, which was a PGA Tour record until Hideki Matsuyama's 35-under this weekend.

#4 Zach Johnson

Zach Johnson, 2009 Sony Open in Hawaii (Image via Getty).

Zach Johnson's victory at the Sony Open came in 2009 when he shot 15 under to beat Adam Scott and David Toms by two strokes. Five years later, he won the 2014 Hyundai Tournament of Champions (today's The Sentry) with a score of 19 under, one stroke ahead of Jordan Spieth.

#5 Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh, 2005 Sony Open in Hawaii (Image via Getty).

Vijay Singh's wins at the Hawaii Double are part of his tremendous winning streak from 2004-2007, a period in which he won 16 tournaments, including one major championship. He won the Sony Open in 2005 and the then Mercedes Benz Championship (now The Sentry) in 2007.

#6. Ernie Els

Ernie Els, 2003 Sony Open (Image via Getty).

Ernie Else is another player who has swept Hawaii, as he won both tournaments of the double in 2003. One year later, he won the Sony Open again.

#7 Jim Furyk

Jim Furyk, (Image via Imagn).

Jim Furyk won the 1996 Sony Open in Hawaii, beating Brad Faxon in a playoff. As for The Sentry, he won it in 2001 as the Mercedes Championship.