Morikawa (65) leads by six strokes in the final round; Rahm, at 7

collin morikawa He continued to play impeccable golf in Kapalúa (Hawaii) and, with an eight-under par this Saturday and still no ‘bogeys’ in the tournament, he reached the final day of the Sentry Tournament of Champions as the six-stroke leader advantage over his immediate peers, chasing.

Morikawa carded a 65 stroke and accumulated 24 under par at Kapalúa, after notching an eagle and five birdies on his third day of competition.

He opened his tournament at nine under on the first day and went to -7 on the second, before continuing to step on the gas on Saturday.

“Now it’s still pretty easy,” Morikawa said. “The last three days, the ball basically went where I wanted it to go.”

The two-time Grand Slam winner (2020 PGA Championship and 2021 British Open) has set a very difficult pace for his main rivals to follow, which is not without merit, such as Scottie Scheffler, world number 2, who also made an eagle on the fifth hole and three birdies and six shots behind British Matthew Fitzpatrick and his compatriot JJ Spaun.

In the distance is the Biscayan Jon Rahm, who was co-leader after the first round and is now seven shots behind Morikawa, despite being under par in the three days played so far. This Saturday he delivered a card with 67 hits, no misses and six more birdies to score in his favor.

Classification

Third day, par 73

195 Colin Morikawa (USA) (64-66-65)
201 Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) (66-69-66)
Scottie Scheffler (USA) (66-66-69)
JJ Spaun (USA) (64-68-69)
202 Joohyung Kim (COR) (65-69-68)
Jon Rahm (ESP) (64-71-67)
203 Max Homa (USA) (70-70-63)
Sung Jae Im (KOR) (66-72-65)
204 Brian Harman (USA) (68-69-67)
Lee Kyung-hoon (KOR) (68-69-67)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) (67-70-67)
Jordan Spieth (USA) (67-66-71)
….
205 Tony Finau (USA) (67-69-69)
206 Patrick Cantlay (USA) (70-70-66)
207 Justin Thomas (USA) (70-70-67)
Will Zalatoris (USA) (69-69-69)
209 Viktor Hovland (NOR) (67-72-70)