The Sentry: Hideki Matsuyama shoots PGA Tour-record 72-hole score of 35-under par to win in Hawaii

[ad_1] Hideki Matsuyama completed with a PGA Tour 72-hole document of 35 beneath par to win The Sentry in Hawaii by three strokes from Collin Morikawa.

The Japanese eclipsed the 34 beneath par Cameron Smith had achieved to win the identical occasion in 2022 as he picked up his eleventh PGA Tour title and third in beneath a yr.

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 ultimate 59 holes as he claimed the $3.6m prime prize.

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-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 document, the 32-year-old mentioned: "I am so blissful 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 ultimate spherical - broke the document 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 document par and bogey respectively.

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The American mentioned of Matsuyama, who will now rise to fifth on the earth rankings: "At this time he simply by no means let up. I simply knew I needed to be on prime of the whole lot, and simply type of let a number of slip on that entrance 9.

"I performed again 9, however to win on a course like this, situations like this, you have to have it for 72 [holes]. And I had it for 65."

Im closed with a 65 to take third place on 29 beneath par, whereas Taylor Pendrith secured an albatross - the primary on the Plantation course because the 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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<img loading="lazy" src="https://e0.365dm.com/25/01/768x432/skysports-golf-the-sentry_6792367.jpg?20250105213036" alt="Taylor Pendrith albatross at The Sentry" srcset="https://e0.365dm.com/25/01/768x432/skysports-golf-the-sentry_6792367.jpg?20250105213036 600w,https://e0.365dm.com/25/01/1600x900/skysports-golf-the-sentry_6792367.jpg?20250105213036" aria-hidden="true" class="sdc-site-video__poster-img"/> Taylor Pendrith hit an excellent albatross on the ultimate day at The Sentry, holing from 200 yards on the par-five fifth The Canadian, who resulted in a share of thirteenth place on 22 beneath, mentioned: "As quickly as I hit it, I knew it was going to be actually good [but] I did not anticipate it to go in.

"I did not see it go in however the followers that had been up by the inexperienced went loopy so, yeah, it was a very good bonus."

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