Celebrating 10 years of ‘senpai’ Matsuyama magic

THE reigning Open champion Brian Harman tells a funny tale of how he and fellow PGA Tour winner, Matt Every made a poor error in judgement on a young Asian golfer more than a decade ago.

Paired together in the opening two rounds of the 2012 Sony Open in Hawaii alongside one of several Japanese sponsor exemptions that week, Harman’s first impression was similar to Every’s thoughts – “Don’t think this kid’s got it.”