in his home country ofjapan and he took the zozo championship title with some style. he sank a is foot putt for eagle at the final hole, at the narashino country club just outside tokyo. that gave him a closing round of 65, leaving him is under par, five shots clear of the american carmeron tringale. a thrilled matsuyama thanked the crowd, saying he d converted their energy. the us grand prix should be exciting later, with the resumpion of the rivalry between max verstappen and lewis hamilton. verstappen had the edge in qualifying. the championship leader was two tenths of a second quicker than hamilton s mercedes, as he claimed his ninth pole of the season. verstappen will also have support from his red bull team mate sergio perez who ll start from third on the grid in austin, texas. it has been a tough couple of days for hamilton. pi, things were going well, and then you have times taken away from you, and then you make adjustments and set up the cars.