Small Japanese media contingent a blessing for Matsuyama


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 11 Apr 2021

Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 10, 2021 Japan's Hideki Matsuyama acknowledges the crowd after holing his eagle putt on the 15th green during the third round REUTERS/Mike Segar T

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - The coronavirus has kept all but a few Japanese reporters from the Masters, something that leader Hideki Matsuyama is very happy about.

Matsuyama is used to patiently enduring a microscopic level of attention that even Tiger Woods would find wearing, routinely answering a seemingly endless series of mundane questions after every round, whether shooting 65 or 75.

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