It’s been an eventful year for Hideki Matsuyama thus far and we’re only 1.25 tournaments in. After a red-hot 35 under at The Sentry—featuring a PGA Tour-record, 33 birdies—Matsuyama has kept things interesting at the Sony Open

Hideki Matsuyama is notorious for trying new putters but almost never putting a new one in play. Now it appears that the former Masters champion has cracked the code. Bring a lot of putters with him, choose a new one and walk off with a win.

Hideki Matsuyama narrowly avoided disaster during the first round of the Sony Open. In the end, the fly-driver mishap was just a speed bump on the way to a first-round 67. The post Hideki Matsuyama narrowly avoids flying-driver accident in first round of Sony Open appeared first on Golf.

Hideki Matsuyama finished the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii three-under, which was good enough for a 17-way tie for 26th place. Matsuyama had a pretty eventful round considering he only carded one bogey.