Golf: Matsuyama wins Masters, becomes Japan s 1st men s major champion
Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday to become the first player from Japan to claim a men s major championship.
Matsuyama finished one stroke ahead of American rookie Will Zalatoris after carding four birdies and five bogies for a final-round score of 73 and 10-under for the four days.
He started the final round 11 under par with a four-stroke lead over four golfers England s Justin Rose, Australia s Marc Leishman and Americans Xander Schauffele and Zalatoris.
Matsuyama survived some late slip-ups, and a determined challenge down the back nine from Schauffele, who finished 7-under, to claim the iconic green jacket in dramatic fashion.
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Hideki Matsuyama s victory at Augusta National will resonate throughout the whole of the Far East after he became the first Japanese man to win a major, writes Iain Carter.