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| Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the final round of the Zozo Championship golf tournament at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. (Photo by=AP/Tomohiro Ohsumi) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] INZAI: Hideki Matsuyama won the Zozo Championship on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour title on Japanese soil and seventh of his career, a 4-under back nine separating him from his main challenger and giving him a 15 -under four-round total, Kyodo reported.
With Matsuyama applying pressure, American Cameron Tringale could not match the pace on the back nine after leading earlier in the day at Narashino Country Club in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. "I'm not in really good shape but so many people cheered me on so that helped bring my level up," Matsuyama said next to the 18th green. Matsuyama had a conservative start to his final 18 with pars in his first five holes, but a monster putt gave him an eagle three on the par-5 sixth to kick start his round.
Matsuyama completed the victory having been one shot off the lead after the first round of the event co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour, and holding the lead after rounds two and three. He started Sunday's final round with a one-shot margin over Tringale. Tringale, the world's 69th ranked player, finished bogey-bogey to drop into a tie for second at 10-under with his countryman Brendan Steele, who shot a final-round 66 to improve one place.
