Kapalua’s Plantation Course in Hawaii – site of this week’s season-opening The Sentry on the PGA Tour – was the first course built by the now-legendary design duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The m

Hideki Matsuyama is off to a record-breaking start to the new PGA Tour season. The Japanese star made an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole at The Sentry to break the tour's record to par.

Kapalua, Hawaii – Collin Morikawa had to judge how his ball would come out of the first cut of rough on the 16th hole at Kapalua, and it was close to perfect, settling 20 inches away for a sure birdie in his terrific duel with Hideki Matsuyama.

Here’s a look at third-round tee times and groupings on the Plantation course ( click here for how to watch):

T-5: Corey Conners, -24/268, $ 744,166.67 T-5: Thomas Detry, -24/268, $ 744,166.67

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Xander Schauffele never had a better round or a more peculiar ending. After holing out for two eagles, and closing with four birdies over his last five holes for an 11-under ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Ludvig Aberg now is a veteran of two years at Kapalua for The Sentry ... you meant like being in contention and being in Hawaii,” Morikawa said with a laugh.

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Chris Kirk finds pure joy in golf from the work that's required and how hard it is to succeed, and Sunday at The Sentry was plenty difficult. A dozen players were lined up ...

at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York) Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, reacts after missing birdie on the fourth green during the final round of The Sentry golf event ...

Tiger Woods isn’t sure what’s going to happen with next month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he hosts in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The PGA Tour leaves Hawaii for the California desert and the European tour resumes its season in the desert of the United Arab Emirates.

My good friend Jim McCabe publishes a weekly newsletter called Power Fades, which contains his musings about golf. He has kindly agreed to allow his thoughts to be published weekly in Morning Read, so enjoy.