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2022 The Players Championship
US PGA Tour
TPC Sawgrass
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
11-13 March 2022
Hideki Matsuyama will be determined to win the 2022
Players Championship when he takes part in the prestigious tournament.
The Japanese superstar is currently ranked 11th on the Official World Golf Rankings and has secured 17 worldwide wins.
Matsuyama also boasts eight career top-10 finishes in major championships and he will look to become the first Japanese golfer to win the Players Championship.
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The Ehime-born golfer's eight wins on the PGA Tour make him the most successful Japanese member of the PGA Tour in history.
Matsuyama won the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii; having made up a five-shot deficit on the back nine to get into a playoff with Russell Henley.
The 2021 Masters Tournament winner made an eagle on the first extra hole to claim the victory at the Sony Open as he started 2022 on a winning note.
It was his eighth win on the PGA Tour, tying K. J. Choi for most tour victories by an Asian-born player and he now has a chance to clinch his ninth title at the Players Championship.
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“Russell was playing so beautifully on the front nine, but at the turn, I was thinking, ‘He can’t keep this up, can he?’ Matsuyama said after winning the Sony Open.
“I was five back, but I just put my head down and I was playing pretty well; I was 3 under at the time, so I figured, well, if I could make a few more birdies maybe I can get back into it.
“I was able to birdie 10 and then a two-shot swing at 11 and then the game was on again. Even at the turn when I was five back I could hear the cheers from my countrymen. That really spurred me on.”
Jack Nicklaus is the most successful golfer in the history of The Players Championship having won the tournament a record three times.
Last five The Players Championship winners
2016 - Jason Day - Australia
2017 - Kim Si-woo - South Korea
2018 - Webb Simpson - USA
2019 - Rory McIlroy - Northern Ireland
2021 - Justin Thomas - USA
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