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HONOLULU – Chris Kirk has a reason to be optimistic at the Sony Open, an event he almost won in 2014 and where he’s played the weekend in five of his seven starts, but this year was different.
Since his last start at the RSM Classic in November, Kirk embraced a true offseason, which is rare for PGA Tour types. In fact, he explained after his round on Thursday at Waialae Country Club that it wasn’t until last week on Oahu, where he was vacationing with his family, that he started to prepare for 2018.