Hideki Matsuyama
| Hideki Matsuyama 松山 英樹 |
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|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
25 February 1992 Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) |
| Nationality |
 Japan
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| Career | |
| College | Tohoku Fukushi University |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Current tour(s) |
Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 13 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 8 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | 5th: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | T10: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | T6: 2013 |
| PGA Championship | T4: 2016 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Japan Golf Tour leading money winner |
2013 |
Hideki Matsuyama (松山 英樹 Matsuyama Hideki?, born 25 February 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He won the Asian Amateur Championship in 2010 and 2011. He is a four-time PGA Tour winner, and an eight-time Japan Golf Tour winner.
Matsuyama was born in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. He was introduced to golf at the age of four, by his father. During his eighth grade, he transferred to Meitoku Gijuku Junior & Senior High School in Kochi Prefecture, in search for a better golf environment.
He has studied, since 2010, at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai. He won the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship with a score of 68-69-65-67=269. This gave him the chance to compete as an amateur in the 2011 Masters Tournament, becoming the first Japanese amateur to do so. At the Masters, Matsuyama was the leading amateur and won the Silver Cup, which is presented to the lowest scoring amateur. He was the only amateur to make the cut. A week after his victory, he finished in a tie for third at the Japan Open Golf Championship which is an event on the Japan Golf Tour.
In 2011, Matsuyama won the gold medal at the 2011 World University Games. He also led the Japan team to the gold medal in the team event. In October 2011, he successfully defended his title at the Asian Amateur Championship. In November, Matsuyama won the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour while still an amateur.
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