{"id":270950,"date":"2023-01-08T03:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T03:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/matt-fitzpatrick-chases-collin-morikawa-going-into-last-day-in-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:59:04","slug":"sentry-tournament-of-champions-2023-r3-matt-fitzpatrick-chases-collin-morikawa-going-into-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/sentry-tournament-of-champions-2023-r3-matt-fitzpatrick-chases-collin-morikawa-going-into-last-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Fitzpatrick chases Collin Morikawa going into last day in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"
Collin Morikawa easily kept control of his lead ahead of the last day of the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii while Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick pushed his way to a share of second.<\/p>\n
American Morikawa finished the day on eight-under 65 for a total of 24-under 195, keeping ahead of the pack and is the only player in the field bogey-free through 54 holes.<\/p>\n
\"It's been pretty simple today. Kind of over the past three days, is where I've been looking is kind of where the ball's been going. I kind of know what is doing right and when I hit a bad shot, kind of what the mistake was. That's the biggest thing. That's what I was kind of hindering on is brining in a couple more coaches, just knowing a little bit more about what's going on.<\/p>\n
\"Sometimes I think you do, and you do. You know enough. But it really factors in now if I can go back to any shot today and just really go through like, was the mental process right, was the routine good, what was off a little bit here or there and go from there.<\/p>\n
His six-shot lead equals the largest 54-hole lead of the season (Russell Henley\/World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba) and matches the largest 54-hole lead since the Sentry Tournament of Champions moved to Kapalua in 1999 (Geoff Ogilvy\/2009).<\/a><\/p>\n His 195 sets his low 54-hole score on Tour, it was previously 198, achieved three times most recently at the 2021 Sony Open in Hawaii).<\/a><\/p>\n Fitzpatrick shot his way up from sixth place to share the second spot, on a total of 18-under 201, with Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and American JJ Spaun.<\/p>\n Morikawa finished last year winless but is showing his determination to end the losing streak early in 2023 by earning a six shot lead before the final day of the tournament.<\/p>\n He birdied four of the last five holes on Saturday, ending on a 15-foot birdie putt.<\/p>\n