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LIV Golf Players Should Get Ranking Points, Matsuyama Says

October 11, 2022
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INZAI CITY, Japan—The players who left to compete in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series should be entitled to earn ranking points, former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama said Tuesday. Speaking at the Zozo Championship, which opens Thursday, Matsuyama called the ranking-points question ”difficult” and didn’t offer any details, solutions or clarifications. “I think they should be…

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Tony Finau Passes Dustin Johnson in World Rankings

July 26, 2022
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Tony Finau only climbed one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking following his third career PGA Tour victory on Sunday, but who he passed was notable. Finau rose to No. 16 with his come-from-behind victory, which moved him past former No. 1 Dustin Johnson. Johnson, who ended last year at No. 3 in the…

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Matsuyama Has 1-Stroke, 3rd-Round Lead at Zozo Championship

October 23, 2021
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CHIBA, Japan—Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Saturday after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting heading into the final round. Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first round, led by one after the second,…

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Matsuyama Becomes First Japanese in Masters Green Jacket

April 12, 2021
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—The pressure was even more than Hideki Matsuyama could have imagined when he stood on the first tee Sunday at Augusta National. So was the emotion when he walked off the 18th green as the first Masters champion from golf-mad Japan. His arms securely inside the sleeves of the green jacket, he thrust them…

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