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.
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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.
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).