NOT long ago, men’s golf in Asia was often framed in terms of promise and potential rather than major achievements.
That perception changed dramatically when Y.E. Yang of South Korea and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama captured Major titles – Yang at the 2009 PGA Championship and Matsuyama at the 2021 Masters – where their historic wins signalled Asian golf had finally awakened.
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