That record score to par of 35 under by Hideki Matsuyama at Kapalua last week ... and U.S. captain Zach Johnson. Johnson, who turns 49 next month, holed out with a 9-iron from the third fairway ...
Kensai Hirata of Japan opened with four straight birdies, and he got up-and-down for one last birdie on the 18th at Waialae ...
Among those right behind were figures from the last Ryder Cup outside Rome — Sepp Straka of Austria, and U.S. captain Zach Johnson ... Hirata said. Hideki Matsuyama, who finished at 35-under ...