Hideki Matsuyama opened the new season with a record performance, though it was hard to tell from his emotions. He was a machine at The Sentry, with 35 holes at birdie or better to finish at 35-under par, both PGA Tour records.

He only broke into a wide smile when his caddie, Shota Hayafuji, spoke to him on the side of the 18th green Sunday at Kapalua after one final birdie gave Matsuyama the scoring records and a three-shot victory over Collin Morikawa.

Matsuyama won $5.78 million AUD from his 11th career victory.

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There was little luck involved over four days on a Plantation course that was vulnerable as ever without hardly any wind for which it was built.

Matsuyama made only one bogey over the final 59 holes to finish at 35-under 257.

His score broke the record set by Cameron Smith set at Kapalua in 2022.

The result wasn’t so nice for Australia’s Cameron Davis however, with an ugly blunder costing him $490,000 at the event.

Davis and American partner Will Zalatoris both accidentally hit each other’s ball in the final round, resulting in a two-shot penalty for both players.

“It’s gonna be expensive,” Golf Channel analyst Mark Rolfing said on the broadcast.

Without the mistake, Davis would have finished tied for fifth spot and take home $1.15m.

Instead, he finished 13th on the leaderboard and won approximately $660,000.