HONOLULU – Kenny Perry’s last PGA Tour title came at the 2009 Travelers Championship. Perry, 54, is hoping that victory in Hartford, Conn., the 14th of his career, won’t be his last. He has decided to take his one-time top-25 money exemption for full PGA Tour status in 2015.

“I’m not trying to prove anything out here,” Perry said from the practice putting green as he prepared for the Sony Open. “I do have one goal. If somehow I could get that lightning in a bottle for one week. If I could win, I would be the oldest guy ever to win.”

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After turning 50 in 2010, Perry spent the next year transitioning – he played events on both the Champions and PGA tours. From 2012 to 2014, he played mostly on the Champions Tour, and didn’t make more than five PGA Tour starts in a single season during that time.

The plan now is for Perry to play 18 events on the PGA Tour in 2015 and play about seven on the Champions Tour – mostly senior majors and big events.

“I had a blast on the senior tour (and) I’m still going to go over there and play a bunch still,” Perry said. “I still want to come back out here and just kind of say bye to everybody, say bye to the sponsorship. Kind of my farewell. I’ve got a couple years to say bye, so I think that’s OK.”

Perry will start his 2015 campaign with completely new equipment. His contract with Adams Golf ended at the end of the 2014 season, and when no renewal was offered, he called his old friend Chip Brewer, CEO of Callaway Golf, to see if Brewer’s company had any interest.

With 14 new Callaway clubs and the new Callaway Chrome Soft golf ball in his bag, Perry is using the Sony Open as a launching pad of sorts.

“That’s concerning,” Perry said of playing with all new equipment. “I’ve enjoyed it, let’s put it that way. I’ve played a few practice rounds in Phoenix and Scottsdale last week and I went to the factory out there in Carlsbad to their facility. I’ve just got to put it in competition. That’s the only way you learn anything in my opinion.”

With a ball speed reaching 170 mph, Perry doesn’t believe his length will be an issue. His short game and putting present the biggest concern.

“There’s certain courses I can still be very competitive out here, there’s no doubt about it, if I can figure out this part of the game again and get my chipping back,” Perry said. “My long game is fine. My driver is fine, my irons are fine. I just lost a little with the chipping around the greens. I kind of had the Tiger Woods thing going there for a little while. I got the chili dipping going.”