Hideki Matsuyama finishes at 35-under for record-setting start to PGA Tour with victory at Kapalua

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jan 05, 2025 8:32 PM EST | Last Updated: January 6

Hideki Matsuyama got the caller play disconnected to a smashing commencement Sunday erstwhile helium broke the PGA Tour grounds to par for 72 holes by closing with an 8-under 65 for a three-shot triumph implicit Collin Morikawa successful The Sentry.

Matsuyama made an 8-foot birdie putt connected the par-5 18th spread astatine Kapalua, lightly pumping his fist successful astir the lone emotion helium showed each week. That enactment him astatine 35-under 257, breaking by 1 the 34-under par by Cameron Smith acceptable astatine Kapalua successful 2022.

Matsuyama acceptable different PGA Tour grounds with that last birdie, his 35th spread astatine birdie oregon amended for the tournament. Smith successful 2022 and Sungjae Im past twelvemonth held the erstwhile record.

It added to his 11th vocation rubric connected the PGA Tour, and his 3rd triumph successful the past 10 months, each against immoderate of the strongest fields.

Morikawa had to settee for 2nd spot contempt not posting a circular worse than 66 each week.

It was different scoring fest connected the Plantation people connected weeks erstwhile determination is small wind, specified arsenic this 1 to commencement the caller PGA Tour season.

Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., finished successful a three-way necktie for 5th astatine 24 nether — 11 shots backmost of the winner. Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., tied for 13th astatine 22 nether and Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., finished successful 29th astatine 18 under. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford finished tied for 48th astatine 11 under.