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Official World Golf Ranking: Hideki Matsuyama completed a dominant and record-breaking march to an unprecedented 11th PGA Tour victory following a stylish three-stroke triumph in the season-opening event, The Sentry.

The 32-year-old Japanese star held off fellow major champion Collin Morikawa with a closing 8-under 65 which helped establish a new 72-hole scoring record in relation to par with his staggering 35-under 257 winning aggregate in the USD 20 million signature event.

Matsuyama, who won twice last season to break a tie with K.J. Choi of South Korea for most PGA Tour titles by an Asian golfer, also hit 35 birdies or better throughout a glorious week, breaking the previous mark by one. He had led the tournament from the second day.