During Sunday’s final round of Hawaii, Jon Rahm was nine strokes behind Collin Morikawa. Rahm was at the top of the leaderboard by the end of the day while Morikawa was left wondering what had happened.
The Spaniard, 28, took advantage of Morikawa’s back-nine blunders and won his eighth PGA Tour victory at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions. This was his first win since May’s Mexico Open. Rahm shot a final round 10-under 63 at Kapalua’s Plantation Course. He was helped by a 5-under stretch thanks three birdies, and an eagle on Numbers. 12-15.
Morikawa seemed to be cruising to his sixth PGA Tour victory before a trio bogeys on Nos. Morikawa’s first dropped shot of the week was 14-16. This set him up to tie an unfortunate record in history. After he reached the final round with a six shot lead, the 25-year old tied for the biggest 54-hole collapse on the PGA Tour. Nine players now have squandered a 54 hole six-shot lead in Tour History. Bobby Cruickshank was the first, and Scottie Scheffler was the most recent.
Tom Hoge finished T-3 at 23 Under, Max Homa was T-3, and Tom Kim came in fifth at 22 Under.
