‘Masters Champ’ Matsuyama’s ‘6-Stroke Comeback Show’

Genesis Invitational FR 9-Under Par Surge
9th Career Win in 2 Years, Prize Money 5.3 Billion KRW
Zelleritos and List Tied for 2nd, Cantlay 4th

‘2021 Masters Champion’ Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) staged a ‘6-shot comeback show’.

Matsuyama Hideki is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the Genesis Invitational.
[Pacific Palisades, USA=AP·Yonhap News]

On the 18th (local time), at the Riviera Country Club (par 71) in California, USA, the final 4th round of the PGA Tour Genesis Invitational (total prize money $20 million) concluded with Matsuyama shooting a 9-under 62, completing a come-from-behind victory (17-under 267). This marked his 9th career win, his first in 2 years and 1 month since the Sony Open in January 2022, with a winner’s prize of $4 million (approximately 5.3 billion KRW).

Matsuyama started tied for 7th, 6 shots behind, and swept up 9 birdies without a single bogey. He made two sets of three consecutive birdies on holes 1-3 and 10-12 to chase the leader. Then, he secured another three consecutive birdies on holes 15-17, ultimately taking the top spot on the leaderboard.

On the day, Matsuyama’s driving accuracy was 77.78% (tied 2nd), his scrambling ability?making par or better when missing the green?was 100% (tied 1st), and he had 23 putts (tied 1st), which powered his performance. Matsuyama said, "My results haven’t been good since my back injury. Fortunately, I’m happy to have won. I think this will be an important momentum heading into the Masters in April," expressing his joy.

Will Zalatoris and Luke List (both USA) performed well, finishing tied for 2nd, 3 shots behind (14-under 270). Patrick Cantlay (USA), who was expected to win ‘wire-to-wire,’ struggled with a 1-over round and fell to tied 4th (13-under 271). World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) finished tied 10th (8-under 276), Byeong Hun An tied 16th (7-under 277), Juhyung Kim and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) tied 24th (5-under 279), and Sungjae Im and Siwoo Kim tied 44th (even par 284).

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