Tiger Woods congratulates Hideki Matsuyama after the 2016 Hero World Challenge. (Getty) NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND, Bahamas—Tiger Woods was never a serious threat to win the Hero World Challenge, and thanks to Hideki Matsuyama, neither was anyone else. Matsuyama lit the Albany Golf Club course on fire with an 18-under performance and a two-stroke victory over […]
Hideki Matsuyama hurtling toward world No. 1 after torrid run
December 25, 2016 by
Hideki Matsuyama is coming into his own. (Getty Images) Hideki Matsuyama has finished no worse than second in his last five starts. He’s won four times, including on Sunday at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. That bookends a stretch in which Matsuyama also won the WGC-HSBC Champions for his second official PGA Tour […]
Hideki Matsuyama becomes first Asian-born WGC winner
October 30, 2016 by
Hideki Matsuyama won the WGC-HSBC Champions. (Getty Images) Hideki Matsuyama set a major milestone for Japenese and, more broadly, Asian golf on Sunday in winning the World Golf Championships HSBC Champions in China. Matsuyama, who won the event by seven shots at 23-under 265 at Sheshan International in Shanghai, became the first Japanese-born and Asian-born […]
Hideki Matsuyama finds the flat stick, share of The Players lead
May 9, 2015 by
If you don’t know the name Hideki Matsuyama, you may become very familiar with it this week at The Players. Matsuyama, the 23-year-old who won the Memorial last year, shares the Day 1 lead at TPC Sawgrass with Kevin Na, Charley Hoffman and David Hearn, who each shot 5-under 67. The young Japanese star has […]
