KAPALUA, Hawaii – In Maui, it’s all about the winds.
The Plantation Course has some the widest fairways and largest greens on the PGA Tour primarily because of the winds that buffet the layout, like those that gusted to 35 mph for the first three days at this year’s Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Sunday was a different story, with the wind switching directions and calming considerably. The benign conditions led to predictably lower scores for the final round.
The scoring average on Sunday dropped to 69.72, compared to averages for the first three days that hovered above 71, and just a single player in the field (Francesco Molinari) shot over par on Sunday.