Hideki Matsuyama did not let wild circumstances section him one bit.
Shortly after incomes a bronze medal in Paris two weeks in the past, he, his caddie and his coach had been all robbed at a London airport whereas en path to the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Matsuyama’s caddie and coach had been each pressured again to Japan after their passports had been stolen and had been unable to make the journey to the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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Hideki Matsuyama of Japan traces up a putt on the ninth inexperienced in the course of the closing spherical of the St. Jude Championship on Aug. 18, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Picture/Mark Humphrey)
No downside. Matsuyama received the match for his first victory in additional than two and a half years.
On the ultimate gap and main by only a stroke, Matsuyama wanted a par or higher for the victory; a bogey would have put him in a three-way playoff with Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland.
However after discovering the golf green on 18, he drilled his fairway shot simply roughly 6 ft from the opening and birdied it for good measure, successful the match by two. He had additionally birdied 17 to interrupt his tie with Schauffele and Hovland, final 12 months’s FedEx Cup winner.
Matsuyama moved from eighth to 3rd within the FedEx Cup standings.
Matsuyama had his pockets stolen from the airport. Fortunately, no person took his Olympic medal.
After the incident, Matsuyama mentioned he felt that “all of the duty is on me.” Effectively, he actually did not seem like he had extra weight on his shoulders.
Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the primary gap in the course of the closing spherical of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., on August 18, 2024. (Chris Day/The Business Attraction/USA TODAY NETWORK)
It was not a simple closeout for Matsuyama, although, as he completed at even par on the day (he was -17 for the match). Schauffele did not seem like he had a lot of an opportunity coming into the day, however the two-time main champion shot a 63 to place himself proper within the combine. Nevertheless it was not sufficient.
Nick Dunlap made par on his 72nd gap to clinch a spot in subsequent week’s BMW Championship, the place solely the top-50 within the Cup standings will go. Nonetheless, Dunlap’s par knocked out Tom Kim, now ranked 51st; he started the weekend forty third.
Hovland’s second-place end bumped him up 41 spots, placing him within the discipline for subsequent week.
Hideki Matsuyama of Japan chips onto the seventh inexperienced in the course of the closing spherical of the St. Jude Championship golf match on Aug. 18, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Picture/Mark Humphrey)
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