In the field by virtue of qualifying for the 2022 season Tour Championship, Scott began his 2023 campaign at the Plantation Course at Kapalua for the eighth time in his career.

A closing round of four-under 69 saw the Queenslander total 13-under for the four rounds and outright 29th in the 39-man field.

As Jon Rahm used a 10-under 63 to turn a seven-shot deficit into a $US2.7 million three-stroke win, Scott’s $210,000 pay day was enough to move him past $US60 million in career earnings on the PGA TOUR.

As reported by Golf Digest’s Ryan Herrington, Scott arrived at Kapalua with $US59,873,599 in career earnings in 369 starts and is now just the seventh player in TOUR history to reach the milestone, Jason Day the next best Aussie with $50,791,670.

The other six to have surpassed $US60m in career earnings are Tiger Woods ($120,895,206), Phil Mickelson ($94,955,060), Dustin Johnson ($74,897,059), Jim Furyk ($71,507,269), Vijay Singh ($71,236,216) and Rory McIlroy ($68,064,549).

On top of the boost to his bank balance Scott also showed signs that he will pick up the good form that he displayed toward the end of 2022.

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The 42-year-old had 19 birdies and an eagle across the 72 holes, hitting 77.78 per cent of greens in regulation and signing off with three birdies in his final five holes ahead of next week’s Sony Open at Waialae Country Club.

As Scott continues to set records in his glittering career, West Australian Hayden Hopewell took another important step in establishing his presence within professional golf.

Hopewell finished top of Section C in Thailand to guarantee his place at the Final Stage of Asian Tour Qualifying School, one of five Australians to advance.

Looking to reignite his career in Asia, Gold Coast’s Kade McBride finished in a tie for sixth with Victorian Deyen Lawson one further back in a share of ninth.

Hopewell’s fellow rookie pro Connor McKinney finished tied for 14th along with Kiwi Kevin Chun while 2021 Gippsland Super 6 champion Jack Thompson had to win a playoff to earn the 23rd and final spot.

Results

PGA TOUR
Sentry Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
1            Jon Rahm           64-71-67-63—265           $US2.7m
29          Adam Scott        70-68-72-69—279           $210,000

Asian Tour
Qualifying School (Section C), Blue Canyon Country Club (Lakes Cse)
T1          Hayden Hopewell           69-68-69-69—275
T6          Kade McBride    69-69-68-72—278
T9          Deyen Lawson   68-71-71-69—279
T14        Connor McKinney           71-70-75-66—282
T14        Kevin Chun (NZ) 74-71-72-65—282
23          Jack Thompson 73-73-69-69—284
Did not qualify for Final Stage
T34        Daniel Fox          74-69-72-72—287
T34        Sungjin Yeo (NZ)              74-69-73-71—287
T41        Jordan Garner   73-76-68-71—288
T46        Jake McLeod      75-68-73-73—289
T46        Elvis Smylie        69-72-75-73—289
T46        Jack Munro        73-76-68-72—289
T49        Shane Feldman (a)          72-73-74-71—290
T52        Mitchell Varley (a)          73-69-75-74—291
T76        Jerry Song (NZ)  75-77-70—222
T84        Nabil Abdul        73-73-78—224