Jordan Spieth wins Tournament of Champions in Hawaii

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Jordan Spieth is the first player since Ernie Els in 2003 to finish a PGA Tour event on 30 under or lower

Tournament of Champions final leaderboard

-30 J Spieth (US); -22 P Reed (US); -21 B Snedeker (US), B Kopeka (US); -20 R Fowler (US); -17 P Harrington (Ire), P Malnati (US), F Gomez (Arg); Selected others:-15 J Day (Aus), B Watson (US); -4 G McDowell (NI)

World number one Jordan Spieth matched Tiger Woods by winning his seventh PGA Tour event before the age of 23 with a dominant victory at Hawaii's Tournament of Champions.

The 22 year old cruised to an eight-shot win over Patrick Reed after a six-under-par 67 at the Kapalua Resort on the island of Maui.

Spieth won the Masters and the US Open in 2015 and wants more success.

He said: "I'll try and continue exactly what we were doing last year."

Spieth held a five-shot lead going into Sunday's final round and was never troubled, hitting seven birdies to post a 30-under total of 262.

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Spieth has won six PGA Tour events since March 2015

He became only the second player to finish a 72-hole event on the PGA Tour at 30-under par or lower, emulating South African Ernie Els who won the 2003 Tournament of Champions with a 31-under score.

Asked how he felt after matching 14-times major winner Woods with a seventh PGA Tour victory, Spieth said: "I don't think there's any reason to compare. What Tiger's done, I can't imagine ever being done again, but it's nice to be in that company."

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