Hideki Matsuyama’s PGA Tour report could possibly be secure for some time attributable to potential Kapalua tweak

Hideki Matsuyama received The Sentry on Sunday by capturing 35 beneath round Kapalua’s Plantation Course, breaking a PGA Tour report within the course of.

Matsuyama bested by a shot Cameron Smith’s earlier 72-hole report rating in relation to par, which Smith set on the 2022 version at Kapalua. Of the eight scores of 30 beneath or higher in Tour historical past (since 1983 not less than), seven of them have been recorded at Kapalua, together with Collin Morikawa’s 32 beneath in a runner-up efficiency on Sunday.

Matsuyama’s report may be secure for some time, too.

Golf Channel’s Mark Rolfing reported Sunday that whereas “it’s not a completed deal but,” there have been “quite a few discussions” about altering the Plantation Course from a par 73 to a par 72, particularly turning the 520-yard, par-5 fifth gap right into a par-4.

Here’s a take a look at the bottom 72-hole scores in relation to par in PGA Tour historical past (since 1983), together with Hideki Matsuyama’s 35-under successful rating on the 2025 Sentry.

“Which it’s a par-4,” Rolfing stated. “… It’s simply approach too quick in as we speak’s world, and gamers are hitting, what, 8- or 9-irons into that inexperienced, most of them, and I by no means appreciated a par 73 anyway.”