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

See also: Second round Sony Open in Hawaii 2025

See also: Third round Sony Open in Hawaii 2025

See also: Final round Sony Open in Hawaii 2025 

See also: Sony Open dinner with Kenny Loggins

Enjoy the pics!

Paubox signage on hospitality tent at Sony Open in Hawaii golf tournament

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

View from Paubox hospitality skybox overlooking the 17th hole at Sony Open in Hawaii

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

Two people holding Paubox Kahikina Scholarship t-shirts at the Sony Open in Hawaii

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

Air conditioned bathroom facilities with beach view for Sony Open skybox guests

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

Tropical beach with calm ocean, sand, and palm trees visible across the water

This is whatʻs behind our skybox on the 17th hole

Sony Open in Hawaii golf course map showing hole locations and facilities

Sony Open map

Sony Open in Hawaii corporate skybox and tent seating map showing 18th Green, 17th Green, 18th Fairway, and 9th Green locations with company names

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

Paubox team members at Sony Open skybox with Hawaii Dental Service representatives

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

Paubox employee at Sony Open in Hawaii golf tournament

Discussing content strategy with Dean Levitt, our VP of Marketing

Two people smiling at a golf tournament skybox overlooking the 17th hole at Sony Open in Hawaii

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.

People conversing in a tent at the Sony Open in Hawaii event

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

Two men smiling at a golf event under a tent

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

Large tent full of people at a golf tournament skybox on the 18th green

ALTRES skybox already full on the first day