Reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama hit an errant tee shot inside a spectator’s shirt in Friday’s second round of the US PGA Northern Trust tournament in suburban New York.The 29-year-old Japanese star, who won the first major title by any man from his homeland last April at Augusta National, struck …
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Masters runner-up Will Zalatoris could not catch Hideki Matsuyama at Augusta National Golf Club but did track the Japanese major champion down on Tuesday ahead of this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas.Zalatoris said he bumped into Matsuyama in a parking lot at TPC Craig Ranch, where first-round action …
Read More »Golf-Japan hails ‘bright news’ of Matsuyama’s Masters win
Japan sucked in its breath as Hideki Matsuyama almost blew his chance to win the Masters but the golfer’s one-shot victory at Augusta National sparked a joyous reaction back home as the country celebrated another sporting triumph in testing times.Matsuyama, 29, became the first man from Japan to win one …
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