Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - I te hokinga mai o Matsuyama ki te Waste Management Phoenix Open, ka uru anō ia ki tētahi whiringa toa i te Rātapu hei tiaki i tōna taitara, i tēnei wā 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 tana whakaotinga tuarua i te US Open 2017
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 tetahi kaitakaro poaka tane Hapanihi.