Hideki Matsuyama finished with a PGA Tour 72-hole record of 35 under par to win The Sentry in Hawaii by three strokes from Collin Morikawa.
The Japanese eclipsed the 34 under par Cameron Smith had achieved to win the same event in 2022 as he picked up his 11th PGA Tour title and third in under a year.
Matsuyama shot an eight-under 65 at Kapalua on Sunday, with his bogey at the par-four seventh his only dropped shot across his final 59 holes as he claimed the $3.6m top prize.
After an eight-foot birdie putt at 18 secured a new PGA Tour record, the 32-year-old said: “I’m so happy that it went in.”
Matsuyama’s 35th hole of birdie or better – he also holed out from 107 yards for eagle at the second in his final round – broke the record of Smith three years ago and Sungjae Im in 2024 at the same venue in 2024.
Morikawa, who began the final round one shot adrift of Matsuyama, carded a six-under 67, with his title hopes fading when he had consecutive three-putts at five and six to record par and bogey respectively.
The American said of Matsuyama, who will now rise to fifth in the world rankings: “Today he just never let up. I just knew I had to be on top of everything, and just kind of let a few slip on that front nine.
“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 under par, while Taylor Pendrith secured an albatross – the first on the Plantation course since 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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Taylor Pendrith hit a superb albatross on the final day at The Sentry, holing from 200 yards on the par-five fifth
The Canadian, who ended in a share of 13th place on 22 under, said: “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 didn’t see it go in but the fans that were up by the green went crazy so, yeah, it was a really good bonus.”
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