Cameron Smith won the Sentry Tournament of Champions by one stroke over World No. 1 Jon Rahm, earning his fourth PGA Tour victory.
Three players posted the most strokes under-par in a 72-hole event: Smith (-34), Rahm (-33), Matt Jones (-32).
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Smith joined Jim Furyk, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Zach Johnson and Justin Thomas as players who have won both PGA Tour stops in Hawaii.
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Smith’s victory snaps a streak of 11 straight American winners of the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
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Jones tied the 18-hole tournament scoring record with a final-round 12-under 61 and recorded the lowest 36-hole score to par (23-under) in consecutive rounds in Tour history.
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With his T15 finish, Talor Gooch maintained the lead in the FedExCup standings.
Korea’s Sungjae Im carded final round 69 to finish T8, his second successive top-10 in the tournament.
Smith earned his fourth career Tour victory in his 157th start at the age of 28 years, 4 months, 22 days.
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At 34-under, he set the PGA Tour record (since 1950) for most strokes under par in a 72-hole event. Prior to this week, Ernie Els held the record of 31-under en route to winning the 2003 Sentry Tournament of Champions.
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Smith moves to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings. Four-time Tour winner: 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Jonas Blixt), 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii, 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Marc Leishman), 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions.
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He is the first player to carry the first-round lead/co-lead on to victory this season.
Rahm finished runner-up for the eighth time in his 114th start; equalled Tour record for most birdies (32) in a 72-hole event, tying Paul Gow (2001 B.C. Open) and Mark Calcavecchia (2001 Waste Management Phoenix Open).
Defending champion Harris English finished T30; the last repeat winner of the event was Geoff Ogilvy (2010).
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