Golfer Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese champion of a men’s major tournament Sunday at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia. The event is the first of the four professional major tournaments, every year. The others are the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship. Over four days of play, Matsuyama finished one stroke better than Will Zalatoris, a Californian playing in the tournament for the first time. “It was really wonderful,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said of the Masters win. Japan is preparing to open the Tokyo Olympics in July, after COVID-19 forced a year-long postponement of the 2020 Summer Games. Matsuyama’s success, Suga said, “moved our hearts and gave us courage.” Japanese golfers have seen some international success. Two, Chako Higuchi and Hinako Shibuno, won championships of women’s majors in 1977 and 2019. The closest a Japanese player came to a men’s major win was Isao Aoki in 1980. He finished second to Jack Nicklaus at the U.S. Open that year. The Masters is the only one of the four men’s majors where there has been a winner from all continents where golf is played.
Title: Japan Celebrates Golfer’s Victory at the Masters
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5025/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Japan Celebrates Golfers Victory at the Masters' data-article-id='5555'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14146'>Golfer Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese champion of a men’s major tournament Sunday at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia.</span> <span data-start-time='14146' data-end-time='22104'>The event is the first of the four professional major tournaments, every year. </span> <span data-start-time='22104' data-end-time='28896'>The others are the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship.</span> <span data-start-time='28896' data-end-time='42667'>Over four days of play, Matsuyama finished one stroke better than Will Zalatoris, a Californian playing in the tournament for the first time.</span> <span data-start-time='42667' data-end-time='51896'>“It was really wonderful,” Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said of the Masters win. </span> <span data-start-time='51896' data-end-time='66750'>Japan is preparing to open the Tokyo Olympics in July, after COVID-19 forced a year-long postponement of the 2020 Summer Games. </span> <span data-start-time='66750' data-end-time='76625'>Matsuyama’s success, Suga said, “moved our hearts and gave us courage.”</span> <span data-start-time='76625' data-end-time='82792'>Japanese golfers have seen some international success. </span> <span data-start-time='82792' data-end-time='96979'>Two, Chako Higuchi and Hinako Shibuno, won championships of women’s majors in 1977 and 2019.</span> <span data-start-time='96979' data-end-time='107104'>The closest a Japanese player came to a men’s major win was Isao Aoki in 1980. </span> <span data-start-time='107104' data-end-time='113792'>He finished second to Jack Nicklaus at the U.S. Open that year.</span> <span data-start-time='113792' data-end-time='127167'>The Masters is the only one of the four men’s majors where there has been a winner from all continents where golf is played.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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