GolfChannel.com senior writers Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner were on site at Augusta National for Hideki Matsuyama’s historic win at the Masters Tournament. In this Golf Central Podcast, they discuss the challenges of covering Matsuyama and what it’s like filing in-depth stories on Sunday night of a major. Source link
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TOKYO – Led by Japan’s prime minister, the country celebrated Hideki Matsuyama’s victory in the Masters – the first Japanese player to win at Augusta National and put on the famous green jacket. “It was really wonderful,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said with his country struggling to pull off the postponed Tokyo Olympics in just […]
If you won the green jacket, would you ever take it off? If you had to, would you ever let it out of your sight? Hideki Matsuyama won the coveted prize after capturing his first major title on Sunday at the Masters Tournament and Monday morning he was walking through the Atlanta airport terminal when he […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – In the span of a few hours, Xander Schauffele went from kind of in it to essentially out of it, and back in it to, yup, definitely out of it. “I never gave up,” Schauffele said after tying for third at the 85th Masters Tournament. “It was pretty wild, I’d say.” Schauffele […]
Hideki Matsuyama’s victory at the 85th Masters Tournament wasn’t just popular in his native Japan. Here’s a social media round up of notables who celebrated Matsuyama’s maiden major title. I want to send my heartfelt congratulations to Hideki Matsuyama for his Masters Tournament victory, and for being the first Japanese male golfer to win a […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – It wasn’t the start Jordan Spieth needed. After beginning the final round at the Masters six strokes off the lead Spieth knew he needed to make an early run to have any chance, but instead of putting pressure on Hideki Matsuyama he bogeyed the first, fifth and sixth holes to drop to […]
Hideki Matsuyama won the 85th Masters Tournament and, with it, over $2 million. Here’s a look at what the champion and the rest of the players who made the cut at Augusta National earned in money and FedExCup points: Finish Player FedEx Earnings ($) 1 Hideki Matsuyama 600.00 2,070,000.00 2 Will Zalatoris – 1,242,000.00 T3 […]
It’s a caddie tradition to remove the flag from the flagstick on the 18th green after your player wins a tournament. Hideki Matsuyama’s caddie, Shota Hayafuji, did that after his boss and friend won the Masters on Sunday. It’s a sentimental keepsake for a caddie, but Hayafuji displayed his own emotion as he returned the […]
Hideki Matsuyama became the first male player from Japan to win a major championship, claiming the Masters Tournament on Sunday. Here’s how the final round played out at Augusta National Golf Club: Leaderboard: Matsuyama (-10), Will Zalatoris (-9), Xander Schauffele (-7), Jordan Spieth (-7), Jon Rahm (-6), Marc Leishman (-6), Justin Rose (-5) What it […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jon Rahm started his final round at the Masters more than two hours and 11 strokes behind front-runner Hideki Matsuyama. “I never really thought there was going to be a chance unless I posted a record-breaking score, which needed to be 9, 10 under,” Rahm said. The Spaniard didn’t go that deep […]