New US Masters champ may become drawcard at Royal Queensland

Tuesday April 13, 2021

Organisers hope to lure Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama to the Australian PGA Championship in Queensland in December as part of plans to revive the golfing calendar after the 2020/21 season was impacted by COVID-19.

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama celebrates with his green jacket after winning The Masters (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Japan’s Matsuyama became the first player from an Asian nation to win the Masters on Sunday after holding on for a one-stroke win at Augusta National.

Securing Matsuyama would be a major coup, four years after 2017 Masters winner Sergio…

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