Full swing golf simulation ambassador breaks PGA Tournament record for lowest under par in PGA history
With a birdie-4 on the 72nd hole, Hideki Matsuyama established the tournament record of 35-under 257. It’s also the lowest score in relation to par in PGA TOUR history.
Matsuyama connected for his first title at Kapalua in his eighth appearance. The seeds were sown with respective results of T3, second and T4 through 2018, but he hadn’t recorded a top 10 in his first four tries on the renovation (2020-present). Prior to victory, he was +1800 to win at FanDuel. That was tied for fifth-shortest in this year’s field of 59. (Davis Riley withdrew during the final round.)
Scottie Scheffler would have been the shortest if he hadn’t withdrawn due to an injured right hand. Instead, Xander Schauffele was shortest at +500 and settled for a share of 30th place, 18 strokes back of the champ.
Meanwhile, Collin Morikawa “fulfilled” his position as second-shortest (at +1000) with a runner-up finish, checking up three swings back of Matsuyama. It’s Morikawa’s second second-place finish to go along with two T5s and a pair of T7s in the tournament.
By default, Matsuyama now sits atop both the FedExCup standings with 700 points and the money list with $3.6 million.
