Maui Musings: Finding the right schedule in a long year

There are 32 players in the Sentry Tournament of Champions who will take the 30-minute flight to Oahu next week for the Sony Open, the second leg of the Hawaii Swing. The winners-only start to the year at Kapalua is now bloated with players who reached the Tour Championship because of the COVID-19 pandemic that cost the PGA Tour three months of play. For the Sony Open, it doesn't help that six of those players are among the top 10 in the world, starting with Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas.