Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama (松山 英樹, Matsuyama Hideki, born 25 February 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He won the Asian Amateur Championship in 2010 and 2011. He is a five-time PGA Tour winner, and an eight-time Japan Golf Tour winner. On 19 June 2017, Matsuyama became the world No. 2-ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking after his runner-up finish at the 2017 U.S. Open.

Hideki Matsuyama
松山 英樹
Matsuyama (second from right) during a round with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe
Personal information
Born (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeTohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins14
Highest ranking2 (18 June 2017)[1]
(as of 9 August 2020)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour5
European Tour2
Japan Golf Tour8
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament5th: 2015
PGA ChampionshipT4: 2016
U.S. OpenT2: 2017
The Open ChampionshipT6: 2013
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
leading money winner		2013
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Summer Universiade
2011 ShenzhenIndividual
2011 ShenzhenMen's team

Early life and amateur career

Matsuyama was born in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. He was introduced to golf at the age of four, by his father. During eighth grade, he transferred to Meitoku Gijuku Junior & Senior High School in Kochi Prefecture, in search of a better golf environment.

He studied at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai. He won the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship with a score of 68-69-65-67=269.[2] This gave him the chance to compete as an amateur in the 2011 Masters Tournament, becoming the first Japanese amateur to do so. At the Masters, Matsuyama was the leading amateur and won the Silver Cup, which is presented to the lowest scoring amateur.[3] He was the only amateur to make the cut.[4] A week after his victory, he finished in a tie for third at the Japan Open Golf Championship which is an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

In 2011, Matsuyama won the gold medal at the 2011 World University Games. He also led the Japan team to the gold medal in the team event. In October 2011, he successfully defended his title at the Asian Amateur Championship.[5] In November, Matsuyama won the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour while still an amateur.[6]

In August 2012, Matsuyama reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[7]

Professional career

2013

Matsuyama turned professional in April 2013 and won his second professional tournament, the 2013 Tsuruya Open on the Japan Golf Tour. Five weeks later, Matsuyama won his third title on the Japan Golf Tour at the Diamond Cup Golf tournament. Following a top 10 finish at the 2013 U.S. Open, Matsuyama entered the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He won his fourth Japan Golf Tour event in September at the Fujisankei Classic. Matsuyama would win his fifth Japan Golf Tour event in December at the Casio World Open. The win also made Matsuyama the first rookie to lead the Japan Tour's money list.

2014

For 2014, Matsuyama qualified for the PGA Tour through non-member earnings. In just seven PGA Tour-sanctioned events, Matsuyama had six top-25 finishes, including a T-6 at the 2013 Open Championship.

Matsuyama earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2014 Memorial Tournament, beating Kevin Na in a playoff and moving to a career-high OWGR ranking of 13th. The win was the first for a Japanese player since Ryuji Imada in 2008. In his first full season as a PGA tour member, he finished 28th in the FedEx Cup standings.[8]

Matsuyama would win his sixth Japan Golf Tour event late in the 2014 season. In November, the victory came at the Dunlop Phoenix in a playoff over Hiroshi Iwata.

2015

Matsuyama finished fifth at the 2015 Masters Tournament, the best major finish of his career.[9] He finished 16th in the FedEx Cup standings. In 8–11 October, he played for the International Team in the 2015 Presidents Cup and went 2–1–1 (win–loss–half).

2016

On 7 February 2016, Matsuyama won the Waste Management Phoenix Open in a playoff with Rickie Fowler. He secured his victory on the fourth hole.[10] The win moved him to 12th in the Official World Golf Ranking, the highest in his career.

On 16 October 2016, Matsuyama captured the Japan Open by three strokes over Yuta Ikeda and Lee Kyoung-hoon. The win was Matsuyama's first title at his country's national open and his seventh victory in Japan. The title gives Matsuyama victories in four of the Japan Golf Tour's five ￥200,000,000 events.[11]

On 30 October 2016, Matsuyama followed up his Japan Open triumph by winning the WGC-HSBC Champions, colloquially known as "Asia's Major", in Shanghai. Matsuyama became the first Asian golfer to claim a World Golf Championship since the series was inaugurated in 1999. With the victory, Matsuyama rose to number 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest position and the second highest ever by a Japanese player after Masashi Ozaki, who achieved a ranking of fifth.[12] He later moved up to fifth in the world after the Farmers Insurance Open.

On 13 November 2016, Matsuyama won his second Taiheiyo Masters, following his victory as a 19-year-old amateur in 2011. He romped to a seven-shot win over South Korea's Song Young-han.[12]

On 4 December 2016, Matsuyama won the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

2017

In Matsuyama's return to the Waste Management Phoenix Open, he again entered a playoff on Sunday to defend his title, this time against Webb Simpson. On the fourth playoff hole, Matsuyama made birdie to win the tournament for the second time in as many years. After finishing second in the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, while the top three players in the world at the time (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day) failed to make the cut, Matsuyama reached 2nd in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest ever, and the highest ever for a male Japanese golfer.

The 2017 season has been a breakthrough year with Matsuyama winning three Tour titles, including his first World Golf Championship, and three second-place finishes in his first 15 events, as well as winning $5,945,990, putting him second on the money list behind Dustin Johnson, before the month of July. He then won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August, shooting a course record-tying 61 in the final round to win by five strokes.[13]

At the 2017 PGA Championship, Matsuyama continued his excellent form with opening rounds of 70-64 to share the 36-hold lead, with Kevin Kisner at Quail Hollow.

2019

In December 2019, Matsuyama played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Matsuyama went 2–1–1 and halved his Sunday singles match against Tony Finau.[14]

Amateur wins (5)
  • 2010 Asian Amateur Championship
  • 2011 Japan Collegiate Championship, World University Games, Asian Amateur Championship
  • 2012 Japan Collegiate Championship

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (5)
Legend
World Golf Championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 1 Jun 2014 Memorial Tournament −13 (70-67-69-69=275) Playoff Kevin Na
2 7 Feb 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open −14 (65-70-68-67=270) Playoff Rickie Fowler
3 30 Oct 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions −23 (66-65-68-66=265) 7 strokes Daniel Berger, Henrik Stenson
4 5 Feb 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open (2) −17 (65-68-68-66=267) Playoff Webb Simpson
5 6 Aug 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational −16 (69-67-67-61=264) 5 strokes Zach Johnson

PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Memorial Tournament Kevin Na Won with par on first extra hole
2 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open Rickie Fowler Won with par on fourth extra hole
3 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open Webb Simpson Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)
Legend
Japan Opens (1)
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 13 Nov 2011 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
(as an amateur)		 −13 (71-64-68=203)* 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi
2 28 Apr 2013 Tsuruya Open −18 (69-63-68-66=266) 1 stroke David Oh
3 2 Jun 2013 Diamond Cup Golf −9 (71-69-68-71=279) 2 strokes Brendan Jones, Park Sung-joon,
Kim Hyung-sung
4 8 Sep 2013 Fujisankei Classic −9 (66-70-66-73=275) Playoff Park Sung-joon, Hideto Tanihara
5 1 Dec 2013 Casio World Open −12 (72-66-68-70=276) 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
6 23 Nov 2014 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −15 (68-64-67-70=269) Playoff Hiroshi Iwata
7 16 Oct 2016 Japan Open Golf Championship −5 (71-70-65-69=275) 3 strokes Yuta Ikeda, Lee Kyoung-hoon
8 13 Nov 2016 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2) −23 (65-66-65-69=265) 7 strokes Song Young-han

*Note: The 2013 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2013 Fujisankei Classic Park Sung-joon, Hideto Tanihara Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2014 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Hiroshi Iwata Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Dec 2016 Hero World Challenge −18 (65-67-65-73=270) 2 strokes Henrik Stenson

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T27LA T54 CUT 5 T7 T11 19
U.S. Open T10 T35 T18 CUT T2 T16
The Open Championship T6 T39 T18 CUT T14 CUT
PGA Championship T19 T35 T37 T4 T5 T35
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament T32
PGA Championship T16 T22
U.S. Open T21
The Open Championship CUT NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00012487
PGA Championship00022588
U.S. Open01012576
The Open Championship00001374
Totals01047173025
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2014 U.S. Open – 2016 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 U.S. Open – 2013 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship T23 T17 T7 T22 CUT T8
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

World Golf Championships

Wins (2)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2016 WGC-HSBC Champions 3 shot lead −23 (66-65-68-66=265) 7 strokes Daniel Berger, Henrik Stenson
2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2 shot deficit −16 (69-67-67-61=264) 5 strokes Zach Johnson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020
Championship T34 T23 T35 T25 T19 T6
Match Play R32 R16 T18 T51 T36 T24 NT1
Invitational T21 T12 T37 T42 1 T39 T43 T20
Champions WD T41 WD 1 T50 T30 T11

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

WD = Withdrew
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

PGA Tour career summary
SeasonStartsCuts
made		Wins
(majors)		2nd3rdTop-10Top-25Earnings
($)		Money
list rank
2011210000000
2012210000000
20137600026690,4730
201424201014122,837,47727
201525230129193,758,61915
201623172018144,193,9549[15]
201722202307128,380,5704[16]
201821180004122,687,47739[17]
201924220027153,335,13723[18]
Career*150128546419025,883,70851[19]

* As of the 2019 season

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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