Rahm shot a final-round 63 to finish 27-under. Viktor Hovland successfully defended his title at the Hero World Challenge, while Sahith Theegala and Tom Hoge won the QBE Shootout and Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas defeated Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy at the latest edition of The Match.Jon Rahm won the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Sunday, overcoming a seven-shot deficit to beat Collin Morikawa in what will be more remembered as a horrific collapse for Morikawa. Mackenzie Hughes and his wife, Jenna, also welcomed a child in early December (their third), while Justin Thomas, Will Zalatoris, Collin Morikawa and Sungjae Im tied the knot… A handful of guys will come into the Sentry Tournament of Champions with some bonus-event momentum. This is the first official TOUR event for Max Homa since becoming a father in late October. Jon Rahm nearly made it three in a row last year, but his eagle try on the 72nd hole just missed… It was a busy end of 2022 for a few guys set to tee it up in Hawaii. The other designated events are the four majors and THE PLAYERS, the three FedExCup Playoffs events, the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, three player-hosted invitationals (Tiger Woods’ Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament presented by Workday) and the Waste Management Phoenix Open, RBC Heritage, Wells Fargo Championship and Travelers Championship… Two of the last three Sentrys were decided in a playoff. ![]() That path to the Sentry was discontinued last year but now is back in perpetuity as the Sentry becomes the first of the year’s 17 designated events that will promise participation from the game’s top players and elevated purses. STORYLINES: The top 30 in the FedExCup were first invited to the Sentry in 2021 in response to the COVID-interrupted 2020 campaign. This Sentry Tournament of Champions debut for Luke List, 37, will be a special one after he earned his inaugural TOUR win at the Farmers Insurance Open after 206 TOUR starts. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Cameron Young, Zalatoris, Sahith Theegala, Ryan Brehm, Luke List, Trey Mullinax, Chad Ramey, J.J. Kim is fourth in this season’s FedExCup standings… Kim is one of several debutants at Kapalua in 2023. Along with his successful title defense at the BMW Championship, he had a win and runner-up in his final three starts of the year… Speaking of Kim, he’s making his Sentry debut thanks to two wins in a span of four starts (Wyndham Championship, Shriners). 4 Patrick Cantlay is playing for the first time since his runner-up to Tom Kim at the Shriners Children’s Open. Rahm ended the year with five consecutive top-10s, including wins at the Spanish Open and DP World Tour Championship… Justin Thomas, who, like Rahm, shot a course-record 61 at Kapalua a year ago, is back in action. ![]() Power won his second PGA TOUR title at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship… Jon Rahm, who shot 33 under at the Sentry a year ago but fell one shot short of winning, hopes to continue his strong finish to 2022. 2 in the world ranking… Nine of the top 10 players in this season’s FedExCup standings are in the field, including leader Seamus Power. Jude Championship… PGA TOUR Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. The BMW came one week after he earned his first TOUR win in a playoff at the FedEx St. ![]() FIELD NOTES: In addition to tournament winners from 2022, this year’s 39-man field also will feature the top 30 from last season’s final FedExCup points list… Will Zalatoris is set to make his first start since withdrawing from the BMW Championship with herniated discs in his back.
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