Golf, Hideki Matsuyama sets record at The Sentry

Last round at -8 for tournament winner

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Cracking start to the season for Hideki Matsuyama. The Japanese golf champion won The Sentry, in Kapalua, Hawaii, finishing with a stratospheric -35 (257 total strokes). Hideki Matsuyama’s final day è closed with a -8 that allowed him to keep behind Collin Morikawa, second three strokes behind but starring, nonetheless, in a great tournament.

Thanks to this incredible feat (bettered Cameron Smith’s record of -34 in 2022), Hideki Matsuyama è took home the $3.6 million prize, celebrating at his best what è his 11th victory on the PGA Tour circuit.

"I played the last nine holes well, but to win on a course like this, in conditions like these, you have to keep your concentration until the end", the words of Hideki Matsuyama himself reported by ESPN.

The Japanese outfielder thus celebrates his third success in the last 10 months, which earns him the fifth place overall in the world ranking. The Sentry’s victory confirms his fabulous form. The feeling è that he will be a big player throughout the PGA Tour season.