“I’m trying to think if that was the most impressive round I’ve ever seen in person,” the 30-year-old American told the PGA Tour.
Harry How/Getty ImagesTriumph secured Matsuyama a $4 million cut of the $20 million prize purse and raised him 35 places to world No.
20, but the victor was more preoccupied with the significance of his ninth win on Tour – his first since Hawaii’s Sony Open in 2022.
“After my eighth win, I’d been struggling with my back injury,” Matsuyama told reporters Sunday.
“There were a lot of times where I felt I was never going to win again.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Riviera, PGA, Matsuyama, Sony, Tiger
Locations:
birdies, South, Matsuyama