The second tournament of the PGA Tour 2025 season began on January 9. Top names like Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are still missing from the field. This will of course decrease the demand for the 2025 Sony Open. Adding to the misery, other names too went missing right ahead of the opening round. To begin with Michael Thorbjornsen. The young golfer withdrew from the event at Waialae Country Club, but the reason was not given.

He was replaced by Lanto Griffin. Before that, there had already been two withdrawals on Sunday. Davis Riley withdrew which got Trevor Cone in, and Christiaan Bezuidenhout withdrew which opened a spot for Danny Walker. Finally, on Thursday, there was another withdrawal. Jake Knapp was forced to withdraw from the event in Hawaii on Thursday due to a back injury. He appeared in The Sentry last week and finished at T56. However, after the consecutive withdrawals, the event had to go ahead with 143 players only. Nonetheless, the round began.

But that was not all for the miseries. As per predictions, there was 65% cloud cover at the Waialae Country Club on Thursday. As a result, the round was suspended. According to the report shared by the official X account of the PGA Tour Communications, “The first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii was suspended due to darkness at 6:10 p.m. HT. The first round will resume at 7:45 a.m., with the second round to begin as scheduled.” Seven players are yet to tee off. 

A lot of commotion has already happened for the Sony Open ahead of its commencement. But the question is, will there be more hindrances in the way of the event?

Friday too might have visibility issues for the players at Sony Open

According to the AccuWeather Forecast, the temperature on Friday will be somewhere between 23 degrees to 27 degrees. But that is not what concerns the game. The main problem is the 6% chance of rain, and even if that is overlooked, the cloud cover will remain at 51%. This is of course lesser than Thursday, but will still be of great concern. Once the Friday round is over, hopefully, the weekend will not be bothersome.

Saturday predicts only a 3% chance of rain, with just 18% cloud cover. By evening it might increase but only to 29%. And on Sunday, there will be only a 22% cloud cover, which will reduce to 20% by the evening. Hopefully, if the second round goes uninterrupted, the Sony Open can take place without any disruptions for the players. Do you think Mother Nature will prevent from wreaking havoc at the event? Stay tuned to find out!