Former Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama, the current No. 7 player in the world, Russell Henley (No. 8) and Maverick McNealy ...

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama is pictured during the first round of the Masters Tournament on April 10, 2025, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta ... I'll just try my best to get more birdies ...

Hideki Matsuyama, a 32-year-old Japanese surprised ... Defending the title is very challenging, even for the best golfers in the world. Nevertheless, Hideki is one of the best in the world ...

Hideki Matsuyama made history Sunday, when he became the first Japanese golfer to win a PGA Tour major Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals.

Hideki Matsuyama will have some ground to make up after the opening round of the Masters, and he can thank one of the flagsticks at Augusta National Golf Club for that. Matsuyama was playing ...

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan reacts after ... "I will do my best (in the final round) to wrap with a good round of golf for the sake of next year." ...

So finally, as the last ball dropped and the green jacket ceremony beckoned, Matsuyama would become the first — and as of now, only — Asian golfer to win The Masters Tournament. The triumph ...

the Japanese golfer extended his lead by a stroke at the sixth when he rolled in a 40-foot putt to claim an eagle to the American's birdie. But the pair ended the front nine level after Matsuyama ...

the Japanese golfer drained a putt from 10 feet to claim his first birdie of the round at the second, but gave the shot back when he put his tee shot in the water at the fifth. Matsuyama recovered ...