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Sunday 5 January 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Matsuyama wins the Sentry
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 January 2025 · Hideki Matsuyama’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Sentry
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/23°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/22°C · wind 27 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Collin Morikawa USA · 260closed with a 67 after a poor putting stretch on holes 5 through 7, while Matsuyama never let up and closed with a 65 Collin Morikawa quick quotes, January 5, 2025 - ASAP Sports
59 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The Sentry
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hideki Matsuyama
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
5 January 2025
I knew Collin was going to play good today, so I was going to say, hey, I'm going to shoot 10-under today, and that's the attitude I had today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
5 January 2025
That last putt, it felt like if I make it, then it's going to be the record, so I'm so happy that it went in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 January 2025
Yeah, excuse my language, but 35-under par is, that's low.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 65 · 65 · 62 · 65 | 257 | −35 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | 66 · 65 · 62 · 67 | 260 | −32 |
| 3 | Sungjae Im | 69 · 67 · 62 · 65 | 263 | −29 |
| 4 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −25 |
| T5 | Ludvig Åberg | 69 · 70 · 65 · 64 | 268 | −24 |
| T5 | Corey Conners | 66 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −24 |
| T5 | Thomas Detry | 67 · 65 · 65 · 71 | 268 | −24 |
| T8 | Sam Burns | 72 · 66 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −23 |
| T8 | Cameron Young | 66 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −23 |
| T8 | Maverick McNealy | 68 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −23 |
| T8 | Tom Hoge | 64 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −23 |
| T8 | Harry Hall | 68 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −23 |
The golfer
born 1992-02-25, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2013; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/hideki-matsuyama-13562)).
What’s in the bag
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