By TERRY LYONS
KAPALUA, MAUI - Collin Morikawa had a rough day. Painful if you rewind the final round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui. Jon Rahm realized his chance and came rolling like a locomotive.
After entering the final day of the Tournament of Champions seven strokes back, and making bogey on his first hole to fall eight back, Rahm staged the largest come-from-behind win at the Tournament of Champions, tied only by Gary Player in 1978. Rahm orchestrated the largest come-from-behind win on Tour since Sam Burns came from seven back to overtake Scottie Scheffler at the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge.
The big win was the eighth PGA TOUR victory in Rahm’s 133rd start. He won No. 8 was at the age of 28 years, 1 month and 29 days. Rahm earned 550 points and moves to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Rahm’s fortune (he claimed $2.7m) came at the expense of Morikawa (won $1.5m).
“I don't know,” said Morikawa, bluntly when asked about his loss. “It sucks. You work so hard and you give yourself these opportunities and just bad timing on bad shots and kind of added up really quickly. Don't know what I'm going to learn from this week, but it just didn't seem like it was that far off. It really wasn't. Yeah, it sucks.”
Sentry | Final Leaderboard
Jon Rahm 64-71-67-63—265 (-27)
Collin Morikawa 64-66-65-72—267 (-25)
Tom Hoge 66-71-68-64—269 (-23)
Max Homa 70-70-63-66—269 (-23)
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What They’re Saying
Rahm Wins Tournament of Champions (ESPNCom/Associated Press)
Rahm’s Minor Miracle (PGATourCom)
Sadness for Collin Morikawa (PGATourCom)
What They Made at $entry (Golf Week/USA Today)
First Look at the SONY Open (PGATourCom)
Golf and Sports Industry News
PGA Tour Commissioner Monahan on LIV (ESPNCom)
Houston Open making play for Spring 2024 Date (GolfWeek/USA Today)
U.S. Open to Winged Foot in 2028 (Golf Week/USA Today)
What was in Rahm’s Bag (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
January 9, 2000 - Tiger Woods sank a 40-foot birdie putt on he second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Ernie Els and win the 2000 Mercedes Championship - the forerunner of the Sentry T of C. The victory was the fifth consecutive tournament win for Woods. “He’s 24. He’s probably going to be bigger than Elvis when he gets to his 40s.” (Woods just turned 47).
Parting Putt
Al Stewart couldn’t do better, right?
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