Hideki Matsuyama (Golfer), Biography, PGA Tour, Age, Family, Wife, Net worth

Biography of Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Matsuyama is the first Japanese professional golfer to win a major men’s golf championship – the 2021 Masters tournament. As of January 2022, he has 17 global wins, eight top-10 finishes in major championships and four Presidents Cup appearances.

In addition, he is a two-time tournament champion of the World Golf Championships, a two-time winner of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, an eight-time winner of the Japan Golf Tour, and a two-time winner of the Asian Amateur Championship. His eight PGA Tour victories make him the most successful Japanese PGA Tour member in history. He also achieved his highest ranking of second in the official men’s golf world rankings in June 2017.

Born in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, he was introduced to golf by his father at the age of four. During eighth grade, he transferred to Meitoku Gijuku Junior & Senior High School in Kochi Prefecture in search of a better golfing environment. He studied at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai.

Hideki Matsuyama Age

How old is Matsuyama? matsuyama Is 30 years old from 2022. That was him born February 25, 1992 in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. He also celebrates his birthday and his on February 25th Zodiac sign is Pisces.

Hideki Matsuyama Height

matsuyama is on average height of 5 feet 11 inches and is from moderate weight.

Hideki Matsuyama family

matsuyama is a proud son of Mikio Matsuyama (father). However, he has not shared any information about his mother and siblings.

Hideki Matsuyama wife

Matsuyama is happy married To Mei Matsuyama. They married in 2017 and are blessed with a daughter, Kanna, who was born in July 2017.

Hideki Matsuyama net worth

matsuyama has an estimate net worth from 35 million dollars. His income is attributed to his successful career as a professional golfer.

Hideki Matsuyama Career

His biggest breakthrough came in 2010 when he won the 2010 Asian Amateur Championship with a score of 68-69-65-67=269. This gave him the opportunity to become the first Japanese amateur to enter the 2011 Masters tournament. At the Masters he was the leading amateur and won the Silver Cup. In addition, he was the only amateur to make the cut.

A week after his victory, Matsuyama tied for third place at the Japan Open Golf Championship, a Japan Golf Tour event. In 2011, he won the gold medal at the 2011 World University Games. Matsuyama also led the Japanese team to a gold medal in the team competition.

In October 2011 he successfully defended his title at the Asian Amateur Championship. Later in November of the same year he won the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour. In August 2012 he reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

On February 7, 2016, he teamed with Rickie Fowler to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open in a playoff. This win put him 12th in the official golf world rankings, the highest of his career. On October 16, 2016, he won the Japan Open by three strokes over Yuta Ikeda and Lee Kyoung-hoon.

After winning the Japan Open, he won the WGC-HCBC CHampions on October 30, 2016 in Shanghai. Matsuyama became the first Asian golfer to win a World Golf Championship since the series’ inception in 1999. The win moved him to sixth place in the official golf world rankings, his highest position and the second ever achieved by a Japanese player after Masashi Ozaki.

On November 13, 2016, he won his second Taiheiyo Masters after winning as a 19-year-old amateur in 2011. Later, on December 4th of the same year, he won the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Despite being the top-ranked male Japanese golfer at the time, he withdrew from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympics due to concerns about the Zika virus epidemic.

On his return to the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Sunday, he re-entered the playoffs to defend his title, this time against Webb Simpson. He birdied the fourth playoff hole and won the tournament for the second time in as many years. After finishing runner-up at the 2017 US Open at Erin Hills, he achieved 2nd place in the official world golf rankings, his highest ever for a male Japanese golfer.

On April 11, 2021, he won the Masters tournament, becoming both the first Japanese player and the first Asian-born player to win the tournament. In August he tied for 3rd place at the Olympics. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.

The following week, he tied for the lead after 72 holes at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Innovation. However, he was beaten in the playoff when Abraham Ancer birdied the second extra hole. In October 2021 he won the Zozo Championship at Narashino Country Club. He also won by five shots over Cameron Tringale and Brendan Steele. On January 16, 2022 he wins the Sony Open in Hawaii; After closing five shots behind the back nine, he made the playoffs with Russell Henley.