Hideki Matsuyama completed with a PGA Tour 72-hole report of 35 below par to win The Sentry in Hawaii by three strokes from Collin Morikawa.
The Japanese eclipsed the 34 below par Cameron Smith had achieved to win the identical occasion in 2022 as he picked up his eleventh PGA Tour title and third in below a 12 months.
Matsuyama shot an eight-under 65 at Kapalua on Sunday, together with his bogey on the par-four seventh his solely dropped shot throughout his last 59 holes as he claimed the $3.6m prime prize.
The Sentry: Closing leaderboard
-35 Hideki Matsuyama
-32 Collin Morikawa
-29 Sungjae Im
-25 Jhonattan Vegas
-24 Thomas Detry, Corey Conners, Ludvig Åberg
After an eight-foot birdie putt at 18 secured a brand new PGA Tour report, the 32-year-old mentioned: “I’m so happy that it went in.”
Matsuyama’s thirty fifth gap of birdie or higher – he additionally holed out from 107 yards for eagle on the second in his last spherical – broke the report of Smith three years in the past and Sungjae Im in 2024 on the identical venue in 2024.
Morikawa, who started the ultimate spherical one shot adrift of Matsuyama, carded a six-under 67, together with his title hopes fading when he had consecutive three-putts at 5 and 6 to report par and bogey respectively.
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The American mentioned of Matsuyama, who will now rise to fifth on the planet rankings: “Immediately he simply by no means let up. I simply knew I needed to be on prime of every thing, and simply sort of let a number of slip on that entrance 9.
“I played a good back nine, but to win on a course like this, conditions like this, you’ve got to have it for 72 [holes]. And I had it for 65.”
Im closed with a 65 to take third place on 29 below par, whereas Taylor Pendrith secured an albatross – the primary on the Plantation course for the reason that PGA Tour season opener moved to Kapalua in 1999 – on the par-five fifth when he holed out from 200 yards.
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Taylor Pendrith hit an outstanding albatross on the ultimate day at The Sentry, holing from 200 yards on the par-five fifth
The Canadian, who led to a share of thirteenth place on 22 below, mentioned: “As soon as I hit it, I knew it was going to be really good [but] I didn’t expect it to go in.
“I did not see it go in however the followers that have been up by the inexperienced went loopy so, yeah, it was a extremely good bonus.”
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