As Hideki Matsuyama raced to an apparent victory at The Sentry, the season-opening PGA Tour event, another story was emerging: he was making a run at Cam Smith’s 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record of 34-under.
Never highly regarded for his putting, Matsuyama changed that narrative – at least for this week – as he made seven putts longer than 20 feet for the week, including a trio surpassing 30 feet.
Opting out of the Australian summer for only the third time in his long career did not appear to have any effect on Adam Scott, who carried his 2024 form into the new year with a top-15 result at The Sentry on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Tour brethren could hardly stop him in 2024, but the start of his 2025 campaign is going to be delayed by an off-course accident that involved preparing Christmas dinner.
The 38-year-old has been on a renaissance after overcoming alcohol abuse and depression in 2019 and returning to the winner’s circle in 2023 after almost eight years – and was recently recognised with the PGA Tour’s 2023 Courage Award at the end of last year.
It could seem unfair to Kirk that his accomplishments now and in the future will be overshadowed by what happened in the past. Kirk, however, sees it differently.
If the people at Malbon are believers in the “any publicity is good publicity” mantra, then they are loving what they are seeing so far with their newest brand ambassador, Jason Day, at the Sentry in Hawaii.
Kisner is expected to make a brief TV appearance during today’s coverage before assuming the seat next to play-by-play man Dan Hicks for the final two rounds, on Sunday and Monday (Australian time).
With so much palpable hurt and struggle, it’s fair to ask why a professional golf tournament is being played just minutes away in Kapalua. But to those here, the answer is simple.
Cantlay has worn hats with a Goldman Sachs logo in recent years, but the bank ended its endorsement deal with the eight-time PGA Tour winner in November.
Zalatoris, who has been sidelined since August due to injury, has committed to the Sentry Tournament of Champions beginning January 5 at the Plantation course at Kapalua Golf Resort.