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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hideki_MatsuyamaHideki Matsuyama - Wikipedia

    Hideki Matsuyama (松山 英樹, Matsuyama Hideki, born 25 February 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is the first-ever Japanese professional golfer to win a men's major golf championship – the 2021 Masters Tournament .

  2. www.golfdigest.com › story › hideki-matsuyama-things15 things you need to know about Hideki Matsuyama

    • Stephen Hennessey
    • His father introduced him to the game at age 4. Courtesy of the PGA Tour. Golf was something Matsuyama quickly took to. By the time he reached high school in Japan, he had moved to have better access to facilities to practice.
    • Matsuyama won the Asia-Pacific Amateur in 2010 to earn an invitation to the Masters, but he almost did not travel to Augusta in 2011. After a deadly earthquake devastated the city of Sendai, Japan, a month before the 2011 Masters, Matsuyama considered not playing.
    • The same course where he won the Asia-Pacific Amateur in 2010, Kasumigaseki Country Club, is the host venue for golf in the 2021 Summer Olympics. Nick Faldo even speculated that Matsuyama would be a torch-bearer for his home country.
    • Upon turning pro in 2013, Matsuyama dominated the Japan Golf Tour. Hideki Matsuyama became just the third amateur to win on the Japan Golf Tour (following Masahiro Kuramoto in 1980 and Ryo Ishikawa in 2007) when he won the Taiheiyo Masters in November 2011.

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/04/11 › sportsHideki Matsuyama of Japan Is the First Asian-Born Winner of ...

    Apr 11, 2021 · AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama’s first swing in the final round of the 85th Masters was an unsightly banana-shaped slice that would have looked familiar on the nerve-racking first tee of any ...

  5. www.cnn.com › 2021/04/17 › golfHow Hideki Matsuyama became Japan’s new national hero

    Apr 17, 2021 · With one small putt, Hideki Matsuyama ascended from professional golfer to national treasure. Like Naomi Osaka before him, the 29-year-old’s victory at the 2021 Masters propelled him into a ...

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  6. www.cbsnews.com › news › hideki-matsuyama-mastersHideki Matsuyama becomes first male Japanese player to win ...

    Apr 12, 2021 · Hideki Matsuyama reflects after his 2021 Masters win 02:17. Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all. Ten years after Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the ...

  7. www.masters.com › en_US › playersHideki Matsuyama - The Masters

    Hideki Matsuyama is making his 13th Masters appearance. Has top 20s in eight of the past nine years at Augusta National. When he won his Green Jacket in 2021, he became Japan's first male major champion and strengthened a connection to the Masters that already included two Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship victories in 2010 and 2011 and the Silver Cup as Low Amateur at Augusta National in 2011.

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  9. apnews.com › article › hideki-matsuyama-rivieraHideki Matsuyama wins at Riviera with 62. He becomes Asia's ...

    Feb 19, 2024 · Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, stands near the The Genesis Invitational trophy after he won the final round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of, Los Angeles.

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