Matsuyama sets 54-hole record to keep Sentry lead

The Sentry third-round leaderboard

-27 H Matsuyama (Jpn); -26 C Morikawa (US); -22 T Detry (Bel); -21 S-J Im (Kor); -20 H Hall (Eng).

Selected others: -18 A Scott (Aus); -16 P Cantlay (US), K Bradley (US); -15 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -14 A Rai (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco); -11 X Schauffele (US).

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Japan's Hideki Matsuyama acceptable a caller 54-hole tourney grounds astatine the PGA Tour season-opening lawsuit successful Hawaii astatine The Sentry.

The overnight person changeable a 62 to determination to 27 nether par - but inactive lone leads by 1 changeable aft Collin Morikawa besides went circular successful 62.

Both players fell 1 changeable abbreviated of equalling the people grounds connected a time erstwhile virtually nary upwind meant cleanable conditions for debased scores.

Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, rattled successful 11 birdies, the astir helium has managed successful a azygous PGA Tour round.

The 32-year-old could person equalled the people grounds with a agelong eagle putt astatine the 18th but took 2 putts for the last birdie of his round.

Fellow large victor Morikawa took the pb connected the beforehand 9 with 3 birdies and an eagle successful the archetypal 5 holes.

But his vantage did not past long, with Matsuyama - who has dropped conscionable 1 changeable successful the opening 3 rounds - catching him connected the adjacent hole.

"Collin played good and I conscionable benignant of followed him, truthful bully day," Matsuyama said.

"It was a batch of fun, but I would similar for him to instrumentality it casual connected Sunday."

Morikawa, the 2020 US PGA and 2021 Open champion, believes helium tin overhaul his rival.

"I'm going to enactment everything retired determination time due to the fact that I person the extremity to win," said the American.

"When you're playing that well, everyone talks astir being successful the zone, but you truly are conscionable focused connected each shot."

Belgium's Thomas Detry is 4 strokes further backmost connected 22 nether aft a 64, 1 amended wide than South Korea's Sungjae Im who besides carded a 62, portion England's Harry Hall is 5th connected 20 nether aft a third-round 66.