He won the Sony Open in Honolulu two years ago in a playoff. Smith picked up his fourth PGA Tour victory - two were team titles in New Orleans - and became the sixth player to have won at both Hawaii stops on the PGA Tour. Until this week, only three players had ever finished a 72-hole event at 30 under or lower - Els in 2003, Jordan Spieth at Kapalua in 2016 and Dustin Johnson at rain-soaked Liberty National in 2020.Īnd then three players topped that in this week of warm and no wind, along with a soft golf course from heavy rain before the strongest field arrived. A final birdie allowed Jones to tie the Plantation course record at 61 - Justin Thomas and Rahm each shot 61 on Saturday - to finish third. Matt Jones of Australia tried to join the race, holing out for eagle on the 13th, making a 4-foot eagle putt on the 15th, and holing a 50-foot birdie putt on the 17th. “I have every reason to be smiling,” Rahm said about his score. Rahm closed with a 66 to finish at 33-under 259. They matched birdies and pars on the same holes the rest of the way. Rahm closed within one shot with a 15-foot birdie on the 11th.
4 and a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth. Smith pulled ahead with a 4-foot birdie putt on No. They started the final round tied for the lead. 15, did all he could and Smith never gave him an opening. Rahm, playing for the first time since Oct.
1 player in the world on the weekend and pipped him by a single shot. Not only did he smash the record, the Australian went toe-to-toe with the No. Three players beat that in this surreal week on the western edge of Maui.
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