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Apr 13, 2021

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Hideki Matsuyama of Japan lines up a shot from the pine straw on the 1st hole in the final round of the 2021 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday, April 11, 2021. AUG20210411303 KEVINxDIETSCH
Golf: Masters Tournament Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits from the second tee during the final round of the Masters Tournament on April 11, 2021, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan reacts after Dustin Johnson puts the Green Jacket on him after the final round of the 2021 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Matsuyama wins his first major with a score of 10 under par. AUG20210411478 KEVINxDIETSCH
Bilder des Jahres 2021, Sport 04 April Sport Themen der Woche KW14 Sport Bilder des Tages Last years Masters champion Dustin Johnson bumps fists with 2021 champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan after the final round of the 2021 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Matsuyama wins his first major with a score of 10 under par. AUG20210411520 KEVINxDIETSCH
Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama at Byron Nelson Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, Texas, on May 17, 2018.
Matsuyama, Woods Hideki Matsuyama (L) and Tiger Woods play together during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.
Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama in British Open practice round Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits a shot during a British Open practice round at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, on July 18, 2017.
Golf: Japan s Matsuyama finishes 2nd at U.S. Open Japan s Hideki Matsuyama reacts during an interview after finishing in a tie for second with a total score of 12-under 276 at the U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 18, 2017. Matsuyama equaled World Golf Hall of Famer Isao Aoki s record for the best finish by a Japanese man in one of the four majors.
Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama at U.S. Open 1st round Japan s Hideki Matsuyama looks pensive on the 17th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open Championship at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 15, 2017. After shooting a 2-over 74, Matsuyama sat in a tie for 82nd place.
Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama wins Hero World Challenge Hideki Matsuyama (R) of Japan and American Tiger Woods pose for photos at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas on Dec. 4, 2016, after completing the final round of the Hero World Challenge. Matsuyama won the tournament while Woods, the host of the annual event fought by the world top-rankers, finished at 15th.
Japan s Matsuyama wins HSBC Champions for 3rd PGA Golf Herren title Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (C), surrounded by golf staff members, poses for photos after winning the HSBC Champions golf tournament at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai on Oct. 30, 2016. Matsuyama won the event and became the first Japanese to win in the World Golf Championship series.
Hideki Matsuyama of Japan considers a putt during the final round of the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai, China, 30 October 2016. Hideki Matsuyama waved to a cheering crowd from the top balcony of a corporate suite over the 18th green at Sheshan International, where moments earlier he finished up a thorough beating of a world-class field in the HSBC Champions. He never felt higher. His game never felt better. And the 24-year-old Japanese star can only hope that he s just getting started. Matsuyama never gave anyone a chance Sunday, closing with a 6-under 66 for a seven-shot victory that made him the first Asian to win a World Golf Championships event since the series began in 1999. And it was only fitting that he won at the event billed as Asia s major. Matsuyama finishes off dominant victory in Shanghai pbu525301_61
Golf, Japan Open, Sieger Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama, OCTOBER 16, 2016 - Golf : Japan Open Golf Championship 2016 Award Ceremony at Sayama Golf Club, Saitama, Japan. NOxTHIRDxPARTYxSALES. (mrva132973)
March 18, 2016 - Orlando, FL, U.S: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan lines up a putt on the 1st hole during second round golf action of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard held at Arnold Palmer s Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Fl. Romeo T Guzman CSM. PGA Golf Herren 2016: Arnold Palmer Invitational Rnd 2 MAR 18 - ZUMAcg2_
June 1, 2014 - Columbus, OH, United States of America - Hideki Matsuyama holds the trophy after the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. PGA Golf Herren 2014: the Memorial Tournament JUN 01 - ZUMAc04
(L-R) Tiger Woods (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Daisuke Shindo, AUGUST 2, 2013 - Golf : Tiger Woods of the United States and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan line up a putt during the second round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, United States. NoxThirdxPartyxSales (unia008527)
(L-R) Tiger Woods (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), AUGUST 1, 2013 - Golf : Tiger Woods of the United States and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan shake hands during the first round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, United States. NoxThirdxPartyxSales (unia008511)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), JUNE 14, 2013 - Golf : Hideki Matsuyama of Japan putts on the 18th green during the first round of the U.S. Open Championship at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States. NoxThirdxPartyxSales (unia008552)
(R-L) Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Mikio Sasaki, JUNE 2, 2013 - Golf : Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the Diamond Cupolf at Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki, Japan. (qkqb002872)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), APRIL 18, 2013 - Golf : 21st Japan Golf Tour Token Homemate Cup 2013 First Round at Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie, Japan. (mrva083908)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), APRIL 18, 2013 - Golf : 21st Japan Golf Tour Token Homemate Cup 2013 First Round at Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie, Japan. (mrva083934)
January 11, 2012 - Charlotte, NC, USA - Hideki Matsuyama hits out of a sand bunker along the fifth green during final round action of the PGA Golf Herren Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, August 13, 2017. PGA Championship - ZUMAm67_ 20120111_zaf_m67_019 Copyright: xJeffxSinerx
January 11, 2012 - Charlotte, NC, USA - Hideki Matsuyama chips his ball onto the 15th green during final round action in the PGA Golf Herren Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, August 13, 2017. PGA Championship - ZUMAm67_ 20120111_zaf_m67_035 Copyright: xJeffxSinerx
GOTEMBA, Japan - Asian amateur champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan holds the trophy at Taiheiyo Club s Gotemba Course in Shizuoka Prefecture on Nov. 13, 2011, after winning the Taiheiyo Masters. The 19-year-old became the third amateur golfer to win on the JGTO Tour after Masahiro Kuramoto in 1980 and Ryo Ishikawa in 2007. 1113024
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), AUGUST 20, 2011 - Golf : The 26th Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Men s Individual at Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China. (mrvr000200)
AUGUSTA, United States - Japan s Hideki Matsuyama (R) receives the Silver Cup for the amateur golfer with the best score after finishing 27th in the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 10, 2011. Matsuyama is a student at Tohoku Fukushi University in the quake-hit city of Sendai. 0411062
SENDAI, Japan - Japanese teenager golfer Hideki Matsuyama shows his invitation to the Masters Tournament at a news conference at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai on Jan. 6, 2011. The 18-year-old student of the university became the first-ever Japanese amateur to qualify for the renowned tournament in the United States. 0106019
SENDAI, Japan - Amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama of Tohoku Fukushi University speaks at a press conference PK Pressekonferenz at its campus in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2010. The 18-year-old who has earned a spot in the 2011 Masters Tournament in the United States said he will turn professional after graduating from the university. 1020032
NAGOYA, Japan - Eighteen-year-old amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the Japan Open at Aichi Country Club on Oct. 15, 2010. Matsuyama shot a 7-under 67, taking the lead after the second day of the tournament. 1015021
SAITAMA, Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, an 18-year-old Japanese amateur, celebrates after winning the Asian amateur golf championship at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010. With the victory, Matsuyama earned a spot to be the first Japanese amateur to play in the 2011 U.S. Masters Tournament. 1010038

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Hideki Matsuyama of Japan lines up a shot from the pine straw on the 1st hole in the final round of the 2021 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on Sunday, April 11, 2021. AUG20210411303 KEVINxDIETSCH

Golf: Masters Tournament Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits from the second tee during the final round of the Masters Tournament on April 11, 2021, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama at Byron Nelson Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during the first round of the AT&amp;T Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, Texas, on May 17, 2018.

Matsuyama, Woods Hideki Matsuyama (L) and Tiger Woods play together during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.

Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama in British Open practice round Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits a shot during a British Open practice round at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England, on July 18, 2017.

Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama at U.S. Open 1st round Japan s Hideki Matsuyama looks pensive on the 17th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open Championship at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin, on June 15, 2017. After shooting a 2-over 74, Matsuyama sat in a tie for 82nd place.

Golf, Japan Open, Sieger Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama, OCTOBER 16, 2016 - Golf : Japan Open Golf Championship 2016 Award Ceremony at Sayama Golf Club, Saitama, Japan. NOxTHIRDxPARTYxSALES. (mrva132973)

June 1, 2014 - Columbus, OH, United States of America - Hideki Matsuyama holds the trophy after the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. PGA Golf Herren 2014: the Memorial Tournament JUN 01 - ZUMAc04

Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), JUNE 14, 2013 - Golf : Hideki Matsuyama of Japan putts on the 18th green during the first round of the U.S. Open Championship at the East Course of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States. NoxThirdxPartyxSales (unia008552)

(R-L) Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Mikio Sasaki, JUNE 2, 2013 - Golf : Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the Diamond Cupolf at Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki, Japan. (qkqb002872)

Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), APRIL 18, 2013 - Golf : 21st Japan Golf Tour Token Homemate Cup 2013 First Round at Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie, Japan. (mrva083908)

Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), APRIL 18, 2013 - Golf : 21st Japan Golf Tour Token Homemate Cup 2013 First Round at Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie, Japan. (mrva083934)

January 11, 2012 - Charlotte, NC, USA - Hideki Matsuyama chips his ball onto the 15th green during final round action in the PGA Golf Herren Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, August 13, 2017. PGA Championship - ZUMAm67_ 20120111_zaf_m67_035 Copyright: xJeffxSinerx

Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), AUGUST 20, 2011 - Golf : The 26th Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Men s Individual at Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China. (mrvr000200)

NAGOYA, Japan - Eighteen-year-old amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the Japan Open at Aichi Country Club on Oct. 15, 2010. Matsuyama shot a 7-under 67, taking the lead after the second day of the tournament. 1015021

Bilder des Tages - SPORT Golf: Matsuyama at Byron Nelson Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits out of the bunker on the seventh hole during the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, Texas, on May 17, 2018.