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After the Masters Tournament also the ZoZo Championship. Hideki Matsuyama wins at home and emulates Tiger Woods who, in 2019, managed to win these two tournaments. In Chiba the Japanese with a total of 265 (64 68 68 65, -15) shots dominated the scene, clearly beating Cameron Tringale and Brendan Steele, both second with 270 (-10).
In front of his audience, Matsuyama celebrated his seventh career title on the PGA Tour (figure including a Major and two WGCs). And he did it in his home country, thus managing to avenge the fourth-place mockery (after a 7-player play-off) at the Tokyo Olympics.
ZoZo Championship, Hideki Matsuyama
Arms to the sky and ovation from the audience. On the course of the Accordia Golf Narashino Cc (par 70), Matsuyama (who was born in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture) was greeted by an authentic standing ovation.
At the end of a race lived in crescendo, with an eagle and a bogey in the first nine holes and three birdies, a bogey and another eagle (at 18) in the second nine that certified his triumph. At the age of 29, 7 months and 29 days, he took the win by the widest margin of the tournament (doing better than Woods who in 2019 took the title with a three-stroke advantage over Matsuyama, second).
Among the big names, Top 10 for Collin Morikawa, seventh with 275 (-5) alongside seven other players, including the English Tommy Fleetwood and Branden Grace. A new career as a mental coach, alongside some of the best golfers in the world to drag them to success and support them in times of difficulty.
This is what Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Olympics, seems to have undertaken (also in the name of friendship). A great golf enthusiast, many now define him as the "secret weapon" of green totems such as Jon Rahm, number one in the world ranking, and Jordan Spieth, the Texan who, after a long period of crisis, is back in 2021 to amaze.
"He's a good guy, he's been through a lot as a sportsman and he's the greatest Olympian of all time with a lot of tricks up his sleeve. I'm not going to reveal what I asked him but I can say that he has helped me a lot in the last period.
". These are the revelations of the Spaniard Rahm. For the legendary swimmer, nicknamed 'the Baltimore Shark', important words also came from Spieth, today 12 / o in the world ranking. "The mental aspect is something I've worked on a lot with him lately.
I'm really lucky to have him around. Besides, he's a great lover of golf and having him now more and more in our world is an added value." This is the opinion of Spieth who yesterday, alongside Phelps, played the Pro-Am of the BMW Championship, the second event of the Play-Offs of the Pga Tour starting today in Owing Mills (USA), Maryland.