For these notable players to miss the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Aloha means goodbye

HONOLULU — The PGA Tour season’s first full-field tournament also means its first 36-hole cut of the year, and it was a doozy.

All the same feels coming down the stretch on Friday with Joel Dahmen holding the weekend fate of 17 golfers who needed him to miss a 5-foot birdie putt at No. 9 or else they were all going home. He burned the right edge, saying afterward, “I hit a good putt. They should all give me money.”

Or maybe at least buy him a drink. It took a 36-hole aggregate of 2-under 138 at Waialae Country Club to make the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, the 2022 champ here, made birdie at his final two holes to make the weekend while Lanto Griffin made birdie at his last to join him. In all, 82 players have a weekend tee time, the most of any 36-hole cut on Tour since the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (84). Just seven strokes separate first and worst.

Here’s more on some of the players for whom aloha means goodbye.