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Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama

(Mah-tsu-YAH-mah)

Height: 5'11" (1.8 m)
Weight: 198 (90 kg)
Age: 30 (February 25, 1992)
Birthplace: Ehime, Japan
Residence: Sendai, Japan
Family: Wife, Mei; Kanna

Education: Tohoku Fukushi University
Special Interests: All sports, photography
Turned Professional: 2013
City plays from: Sendai, Japan

Exempt Status

PGA TOURWinner, Masters Tournament (thru 2026-27)

Career Victories

PGA TOUR Victories (8):
2014 (1) the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance. 2016 (1) Waste Management Phoenix Open. 2017 (3) World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, Waste Management Phoenix Open, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. 2021 (1) Masters Tournament (2021). 2022 (2) ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Sony Open in Hawaii.
International Victories (8):
2011 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo [Jpn]. 2013 Tsuruya Open [Jpn]. 2013 Diamond Cup Golf [Jpn]. 2013 Fujisankei Classic [Jpn]. 2013 Casio World Open [Jpn]. 2014 Dunlop Phoenix [Jpn]. 2016 Japan Open Golf Championship [Jpn]. 2016 Taiheiyo Masters [Jpn].
Other Victories (1):
2016 Hero World Challenge.

Player Statistics

Career Low Round:

61 - 2017 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational (Round 4)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#1 : 2022 The Genesis Invitational

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#2 : 2017 Wyndham Championship

Career Largest Paycheck:

$2,070,000 : 2021 Masters Tournament (2021) (Finished 1)

2021-22 Season Highlights

Won two events (ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Sony Open in Hawaii) and advanced to the TOUR Championship for the ninth consecutive season, finishing in a tie for No. 11 in the FedExCup standings. Became the only player to qualify for the TOUR Championship in each year from 2014 through 2022. Marked the second multiple-win season of his career and first since 2016-17 (3). Was the first player to win twice on the season and one of nine total. Recorded six top-10s, his most in a season since 2018-19 (7), and made 17 cuts in 21 starts. Earned one of the automatic qualifying spots for the International Team at the 2022 Presidents Cup.

PGA TOUR
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP - Won the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, the lone PGA TOUR event in his home country of Japan, by five strokes to earn his seventh TOUR title. Marked his second TOUR win in Asia and first since the 2016 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Held a one-stroke lead after the second and third rounds. Led the field in Greens in Regulation Percentage (81.94 percent) and co-led in Eagles (2) and Par-3 Scoring Average (2.75). Sony Open in Hawaii - Defeated Russell Henley in a playoff to win the Sony Open in Hawaii, earning his second win of the season and eighth of his PGA TOUR career. Won with an eagle-3 on the first playoff hole (No. 18), becoming the first player to win a playoff with an eagle since J.J. Henry at the 2015 Barracuda Championship. Victory came in his 203rd start on TOUR at the age of 29 years, 10 months, 22 days. With a total of 23-under 257, became the 11th player in PGA TOUR history with a 72-hole score of 257 or better. AT&T Byron Nelson - Carded a final-round 62 to finish T3 at the AT&T Byron Nelson. Marked his lowest score on TOUR since the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (61/R4). U.S. Open - Finished solo-fourth at the U.S. Open, his fourth top-five of the season and first in a major since winning the 2021 Masters Tournament. Co-led the field in Par-3 Scoring Average (2.88).

National Team Selections

Presidents Cup : 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 Olympic Games : 2020 World Cup : 2016 Eisenhower Trophy : 2008, 2012

Career Records

PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 4 - 1)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 219 761 8 7 9 55 125 185 27 8 $40,344,697
2023 1 4 1 1 25 $55,273
2022 21 72 2 1 6 10 17 1 2 11 $5,776,298
2021 27 93 1 2 3 10 22 4 1 26 $4,963,594
2020 20 74 1 2 5 14 17 3 15 $3,665,825
2019 24 88 2 7 15 22 2 9 $3,335,137
2018 21 72 4 12 18 2 1 13 $2,687,477
2017 22 76 3 3 7 12 20 2 8 $8,380,569
2016 23 73 1 1 8 14 17 5 2 13 $4,193,954
2015 25 91 1 2 9 19 23 2 16 $3,758,619
2014 24 80 1 1 4 12 20 3 2 28 $2,837,477
2013 6 24 2 6 6 $690,473
2013 1 (A) 2 1
2012 2 (A) 6 1 1
2011 2 (A) 6 1 1
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments
PGA TOUR
THE PLAYERS Championship Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
2022 T14 T60 4 T68
2021 CUT T13 T23 T17 T42 T2 (P) T15
2020 CNL T22 T11 T20 T6
2019 T8 T32 T16 T21 CUT T30 T24 T43 T19
2018 CUT 19 T35 T16 CUT T50 T36 T39 DNS
2017 T22 T11 T5 T2 T14 1 T51 1 T25
2016 T7 T7 T4 CUT CUT W/D T18 T42 T35
2015 T17 5 T37 T18 T18 T41 T9 T37 T23
2014 T23 CUT T35 T35 T39 W/D T17 T12 T34
2013 T19 T10 T6 T21
2012 T54
2011 T27
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2022 T35 T11
2021 T43 T46 T26
2020 T29 T3 T15
2019 T30 3 T9
2018 T15 T4 15 T4
2017 CUT T23 T47 T26
2016 CUT T15 T24 5
2015 T13 T25 T7 T12
2014 T30 T57 T20 22

Personal

  • Learned golf from his father, a former club champion.
  • Was a student at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan when the city was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, but was in Australia training at the time. Returned to find his dorm room destroyed and struggled to find food. A few weeks later, made his debut at the Masters having won the Asian Amateur.
  • Wore buttons at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2016 to show support for Japan after the Kumamoto earthquakes in April 2016.
  • Became the first Japanese player to win a men's major championship when he won the 2021 Masters Tournament.
  • Received the Prime Minister's Award in Japan following his 2021 Masters win. Was the first player from Japan to win the Masters Tournament.