Wrong ball incident proves costly for Cam Davis
Hideki Matsuyama wins 11th PGA Tour title and sets new all-time scoring record
Australia’s Cam Davis was moving into contention for a possible finish inside the top during the final round of the Sentry Tournament at Kapalua Resort on the island of Maui when he and Will Zalatoris were involved in a costly incident for both.
Both players hit their second shots just short of the green at the par 5 15th hole but after playing their third shots it was discovered that both had hit each other’s ball and, instead of recording a birdie, both were required to play their 5th shots from what would have been their thirds.
The mistake cost both players two shots and instead of a potential finish inside the top 5 where he was at the time of the incident, Davis finished tied for 13th the difference in prizemoney potentially as much as US$340,000.
For Davis, who had been making an impressive move up the leaderboard prior to the incident with five birdies in his first 14 holes, the incident unsettled him and he bogeyed the 17th before hitting a fine second to the last to record one final birdie in his round of 69 and a share of 13th.
Adam Scott finished one shot behind Davis after his final round of 70 while Jason Day was the only other Australasian in the field and finished 40th.
The winner and the man to set a new course and PGA Tour record was Hideki Matsuyama whose final round of 65 saw him finish at 35 under par on the low scoring par 73 layout.
Matsuyama bettered the previous record of Cam Smith’s set in 2022 and won his 11th PGA Tour title and earned US$3.6 million with his three-shot victory over Collin Morikawa.
