First round Sony Open in Hawaii 2025

Dean Levitt and I staffed our elevated hospitality chalet during the first round of the Sony Open 2025. Our customers Sabina Wilford and Shaun Shimizu from Hawaiʻi Interpreting Services stopped by to visit.

What's happening: For the first time, we have an elevated hospitality chalet next to our customer, Hawaii Dental Service, on the 17th hole of the Sony Open.

Sony Open, by the numbers:

• Over $25 million donated to Hawaii nonprofits since 1999
• 1,300 volunteers help produce the tournament
• Is aired in 213 countries and territories
• 350 local nonprofits have received funding to-date
• Nearly 100 sponsors (now including Paubox)
• 58 years of PGA Tour competition, which makes the Sony Open the third longest-running host course
• Viewers spent 9.1 million hours tuned into the Sony Open in Hawaii

Enjoy the pics!

Paubox at the 17th hole - Sony Open in Hawaii 2025

View from our elevated hospitality chalet (i.e., skybox)

Paubox Kahikina Scholarship t-shirts for Shaun Shimizu and Sabina Wilford (Hawaiʻi Interpreting Services)

Air conditioned bathrooms for our skybox guests, with the beach 20 feet away

This is whatʻs behind our skybox on the 17th hole

Sony Open map

We're the first Hawaii startup to have a skybox at the Sony Open.

Selfie with our skybox neighbors and Paubox customer, the folks from Hawaii Dental Service

Discussing content strategy with Dean Levitt, our VP of Marketing

Barron Guss (CEO and President) and Siana Austin Hunt (Director of Corporate Philanthropy). 

We walked over to Paubox customer ALTRES and their array of skyboxes on the 18th green. In my opinion, they have the top skybox at the Sony Open.

Jeff Oki (CIO, ALTRES) discussing fall weather in Maine with Dean Levitt. 

Selfie with my good friend and Paubox customer, Anthony Hunt (BlueRock Partners)

ALTRES skybox already full on the first day