Last week and now this week, Japan has taken top honours at the Augusta Master’s–both men’s and women’s. The world really and indelibly comes to the States and the world of golf in a huge way.
Matsuyama is an exceptional, nice, incredibly-skilled golfer. and has arrived as a major force in tournaments to come.
In retrospect, you could certainly sense that he would win an American major over the past few years. Today he won his first–The Big One.
Appropriately, he foreshadowed today’s victory by winning the low amateur at the Master’s 10 years ago. He has long paid his dues and has fully arrived as a dominant pro.
I predict we will now see a flood of Asian golfers take on the North American golf world and all the other majors. The global village has truly caught up with American golf. A major achievement for Japan, in particular.