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Magical Matsuyama Masters history for Asia following one-shot win for the ages

Hideki Matsuyama created Masters Tournament history on Sunday after overcoming intense pressure and the weight of a nation to become the first Japanese male golfer to triumph at Augusta National and put on the famous green jacket.

Leading by four overnight, a one-over 73 in the final round was enough to earn Matsuyama a nervy but momentous one-stroke victory with his 10-under 278 total over American debutant Will Zalatoris (70) as he became only the second Asian male golfer to win a major following Y.E. Yang’s triumph at the 2009 PGA Championship.

Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters winner, and Xander Schauffele, playing in the final group with Matsuyama, finished three back in a share of third place after rounds of 70 and 72 respectively.

Matsuyama’s ascendency...

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Tokyo 2020 Golf Venue: Kasumigaseki Country Club 2016 redesign ads length and modern touches

After the Golf world sighed a collective relief that the 2020 Olympics would be going to a golfing nation, it wasnt long before the USGA, R&A, IGF and the JGA sat down with Kasumigeski CC and decided that the event would be played on the property's East course. Also at that meeting It was decided that the course would seek Tom Fazio (Augusta national's consulting architect) to oversee the East course alterations.

Originally designed by Charles Hugh Alison in 1929, Kasumigaseki CC has played host to numerous big competitions including the first World Cup of Golf in 1957 (Then the Canada Cup) as well as the Japan Open and Asian Amateur. Members of the course and the JGA were confident in Fazio as their choice for the 'Touch up' given his work with Augusta. The changes revolve...

Bernd Wiesberger defends lead in stormy Shenzhen

Three-time European Tour champion Bernd Wiesberger extended his lead in the tense third round of the Shenzhen International. Wiesberger, who has not missed a cut in the last eight months, scored three under par on the third day of play of the storm-interrupted tournament in southern China. The 31-year-old Austrian had taken a commanding clubhouse lead on Friday with a four-shot overnight advantage before heavy rain and lightning halted play for the second day in a row.

Others caught up quickly to him as skies cleared early Saturday, with both France's Grégory Bourdy and Finland's Mikko Korhonen making a hole-in-one. But a strong performance later in the day from Wiesberger put him at a score of 69 and a 15 under par total.

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Korea's Lee Looks To Emulate Matsuyama As He Dreams Of His Own Major Moment

Korea’s newest star K.H. Lee vividly remembers competing against Hideki Matsuyama during his amateur days. Back then, the slender Japanese stood out due to his raw talents and also for his tremendous work ethics where he would pound golf ball after ball for hours at the practice range.

It is a lasting memory that would help shape Lee’s own golf career.

As the Korean prepares for his third U.S. Open at Torrey Pines starting on Thursday, the 29-year-old knows only too well that he needs to keep living the mantra of “The harder you practice, the luckier you get” coined by South African legend Gary Player if he is to emulate Matsuyama’s major success in the near future.

Two months ago, Matsuyama, who is six months younger than Lee, triumphed at the Masters...

Winning, dreaming and giving make golf a beautiful game

Phil Mickelson, K.H. Lee and Justin Thomas are as different as they come but the trio delivered feel-good and standout moments on the PGA TOUR to show the beautiful game of golf is in a very good place and thriving for the right reasons. One tale was about winning, another about dreaming and the third was on giving.

Belonging to the generation of greats who include Vijay Singh and Ernie Els, the left-handed Mickelson, who turns 51 on June 16, would have been forgiven if he had chosen to wind down his World Golf Hall of Fame career on the over-50 circuit. However, Phil the Thrill showed he wasn’t done just yet competing against the young guns and displayed what winning truly meant with his heart-stopping victory at the PGA Championship in May making him the oldest major champion...

Memorial Tournament: First Round Review

Weather: Cloudy with rain . High of 72. Wind SW 10-15 mph. Play was suspended at 12:46 p.m. ET due to thunderstorms and resumed at 2:45 p.m., a delay of one hour, 59 minutes. Play was again suspended at 4:17 p.m. and an attempt to resume was made at 6:30 p.m., but players were removed from the course when another weather cell developed. Play was suspended for the day at 6:41 p.m. The morning wave of 60 players completed the round. No player of the 60 in the afternoon wave completed the round. Round one is scheduled to resume at 7:30 a.m. Friday.

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Collin Morikawa 66 (-6)

Adam Long 67 (-5)

Four players 68 (-4)

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Thongchai Ready To Pursue New Dreams On PGA Champions Tour

May 26: Thai veteran star Thongchai Jaidee will see his illustrious golf career take a full cycle when he tees up in the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma starting on Thursday.

And at age 51, he is by no means finished just yet of his pursuit for more silverware on PGA TOUR Champions.

His appearance at Southern Hills this week for his senior major debut brings back fond memories of his first major appearance at the U.S. Open in 2001, which was also played at the Tulsa venue. Then, he became the first Thai to qualify and play in all four rounds at the U.S. Open, finishing T74 which coincided with the start of a great career that would see him earn three Asian Tour Order of Merit crowns and eight European Tour titles.

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Mickelson makes major history with victory at PGA Championship

Phil Mickelson rewrote golf history by becoming the oldest player to win a major title following a nerve-racking two-shot victory at the PGA Championship on Sunday.

At 50 years, 11 months and 7 days old, the American veteran star claimed his sixth major crown and 45th PGA TOUR title with a closing 1-over 73 helping him see off the challenges of Louis Oosthuizen (73) and Brooks Koepka (74), who finished tied second at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island.

Left-landed Mickelson, who took a one-shot lead into the final round, defeated Father Time and a stellar field to replace Julius Boros (48 years, 4 months, 18 days/1968 PGA Championship) as the oldest major champion. He also joined Sam Snead, Davis Love III and Raymond Floyd to win in four different decades on the PGA TOUR...

Matsuyama makes ominous move to T4 at halfway stage of PGA Championship

A month after securing an historic victory at the Masters Tournament, Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama continued his impressive showing in the Season of Championships, firing a 3-under 68 at the PGA Championship to move ominously into a tie for fourth on Kiawah Island.

The 29-year-old sits just two back of 36-hole co-leaders Louis Oosthuizen and Phil Mickelson as he makes a bold bid to win consecutive majors championships. South Africa’s Oosthuizen was 6-under and in sole possession of the lead until his lone bogey dropped him into the two-way tie, while the 50-year-old Mickelson was the story of the day with his morning 69.

Korean star Sungjae Im continued his own impressive showing at the Ocean Course with a solid level-par 72 and he will enter the weekend in a share of...

Korea’s Im fires 70 to lie 3 back after day 1 of PGA Championship

Korean star Sungjae Im produced a battling 2-under 70 for a tied eighth position in the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday to keep Asia in the hunt for back-to-back major triumphs.

A month after Hideki Matsuyama’s historic victory at the Masters, the 23-year-old Im rallied with an eagle and birdie over his closing three holes at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island to bounce back from an outward 37.

Canadian Corey Conners leads the year’s second major following a 67, with six players including eight-time PGA TOUR winner Brooks Koepka, in the chasing pack on 69.

Matsuyama signed for a 73 which featured three birdies, two bogeys, and one double bogey to end the day in a share of 41st place with amongst others, Korea’s Byeong Hun An. Three-time PGA TOUR...

IN-FORM LEE HOPES TO CHALLENGE AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 19: The last man in at the PGA Championship hopes to be the last man standing again come Sunday.

After the high of securing his breakthrough PGA TOUR victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson, Korea’s newest star, K.H. Lee is ready to ride on the adrenaline rush at the year’s second major starting on Thursday.

Lee, 29, is amongst a strong contingent of Asian golfers gathered at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island and hopeful of emulating Hideki Matsuyama’s historic Masters triumph last month which delivered a timely impetus for the game in the Far East.

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HISTORY-MAKER YANG EXPECTS ASIA TO SAVOUR MORE MAJOR MOMENTS

May 18: Korea’s Y.E. Yang believes it will not take another 12 years for the region to herald a third major champion following Hideki Matsuyama’s stunning victory at the Masters Tournament last month.

Ahead of this week’s PGA Championship which is the year’s second major, Yang tipped six-time PGA TOUR winner Matsuyama to compile more major victories and expects his fellow countrymen such as Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim to also succeed on the major stage.

Yang wrote golf history in 2009 when he became Asia’s first male major champion by winning the PGA Championship at Hazeltine where he overcame a two-shot deficit in the final round to defeat Tiger Woods in a memorable head-to-head duel.

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Officials And Players Heap Praise On Matsuyama Predict Next Golf Rush In Asia

April 12: Officials and fellow competitors poured deserved praise and adoration on Japan’s history-maker Hideki Matsuyama, whose nail-biting victory at the Masters Tournament on Sunday was tipped to spark a new wave of talents emerging from Japan and Asia for decades to come.

The 29-year-old Matsuyama became the first Asian male golfer to triumph at Augusta National, capturing his first major victory and sixth PGA TOUR title during a year when Tokyo will host the rescheduled Olympic Games later in July where golf is part of the program.

PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said: “On behalf of the PGA TOUR, our congratulations to Hideki Matsuyama on becoming the first Japanese-born player to win a major championship with his Masters Tournament victory. Already Japan’s...

Magical Matsuyama Masters history for Asia following one-shot win for the ages

Hideki Matsuyama created Masters Tournament history on Sunday after overcoming intense pressure and the weight of a nation to become the first Japanese male golfer to triumph at Augusta National and put on the famous green jacket.

Leading by four overnight, a one-over 73 in the final round was enough to earn Matsuyama a nervy but momentous one-stroke victory with his 10-under 278 total over American debutant Will Zalatoris (70) as he became only the second Asian male golfer to win a major following Y.E. Yang’s triumph at the 2009 PGA Championship.

Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters winner, and Xander Schauffele, playing in the final group with Matsuyama, finished three back in a share of third place after rounds of 70 and 72 respectively.

Matsuyama’s ascendency...

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What happens if your ball strikes another players ball? Golfing Rules, Seriously!

On the course this past weekend, I putt from just off the green and my ball struck my playing partners ball, knocking it closer to the hole.

After a quick giggle, we began to discuss the ruling, 'I'll play from there and its a one-shot penalty for you' my friend said. 'I was off the green' I said, 'Doesn't matter' he said. Right, I said. 'Hang on, and I'll consult the rule book'.

Luckily, I had The R&A's Rules of Golf on my phone (Well worth a download and it's FREE)

Without quoting the book verbatim, there are basically three scenarios which you should be mindful of:

On the Fairway If your ball strikes a fellow players ball on the fairway by accident, both players will play from where their balls lie. There will be no penalty...