Australian Cameron Smith’s PGA Tour record lowest score of -34 is in Hideki Matsuyama’s sights as the 2021 Masters champion extends his lead at The Sentry in Hawaii.
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The Japanese superstar started the final round -27 as he set the lowest ever 54-round score at the season-opening event at Kapalua, and matched the PGA Tour record for the best score after three rounds.
Smith set his record at the same tournament in 2022 before he crossed to LIV, and Matsuyama made a dream start in his pursuit of the scoring record and his 11th PGA Tour win.
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The 32-year-old holed out from the fairway for a spectacular eagle at the par 4 third hole to widen the gap between himself and nearest challenger Collin Morikawa.
Matsuyama made his first birdie of the day two holes later at the par 5 fifth.
It is a hole he could probably play blindfolded as he has remarkably made birdie or better the last 20 times he has played the 520-yard hole which is ranked the easiest on the course.
Matsuyama dropped a shot at the 532-yard par 4 seventh as he missed the green left and failed to get up-and-down to save par, but he earned that shot back at the very next hole with a birdie at the scenic par 3 eighth where players tee off over a long canyon.
He then closed out his front nine with another birdie at the par-5 ninth.
After nine holes, Matsuyama is -31 for the tournament with Morikawa four shots back.
Australian Cam Davis has continued his surge up the leaderboard to move into the top five.
The 29-year-old shot back-to-back nine-under par 64s in the second and third rounds, and is five-under par for the day through 11 holes to be -23 overall.
Adam Scott is three shots back from his compatriot also with seven holes remaining, while Jason is -13 for the tournament with two holes left to play.
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