Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te hokinga mai o Matsuyama ki te Waste Management Phoenix Open, ka uru ano ia ki te purei i te Ratapu ki te tiaki i tana taitara, i tenei wa ki a Webb Simpson. I te rua tuawhā o te whiringa toa, i eke a Matsuyama ki te manu hei wikitoria i te whakataetae mo te wa tuarua i roto i nga tau maha. Whai muri i te whakaotinga tuarua i te
2017 US Open i Erin Hills, i te mea ko nga kaitakaro e toru o runga o te ao i taua wa (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy me Jason Day) kaore i taea te tapahi, i eke a Matsuyama ki te 2 i te Whakatauranga Golf o te Ao, ko tana teitei ake, me te teitei ake mo te kaitakaro poikiri tane a Iapani.