"I'm more excited about the seven-shot lead than what you just said," Thomas replied. Staked to a five-shot lead, Thomas wanted to avoid giving anything back on another peaceful afternoon, and he only had one close call. He wound up with a seven-shot lead, the largest at the Sony Open since Jack Nicklaus led by six in 1974. That's not the record Thomas was thinking about when he reached the par-5 18th. Along with tying Stricker's record, Thomas set the 54-hole scoring record at the Sony Open by five shots.

Source: ABC News January 15, 2017 03:52 UTC