Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Matsuyama laghachiri na Waste Management Phoenix Open, ọ banyere ọzọ na playoff na Sọnde iji chebe aha ya, oge a megide Webb Simpson. N'oghere nke anọ, Matsuyama mere nnụnụ iji merie asọmpi ahụ maka oge nke abụọ n'ime ọtụtụ afọ. Mgbe o mechara nke abụọ na
2017 US Open na Erin Hills, ebe ndị egwuregwu atọ kachasị elu n'ụwa n'oge ahụ (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy na Jason Day) enweghị ike ịkpụ, Matsuyama ruru 2nd na Official World Golf Ranking, nke kachasị elu ya, na nke kachasị elu maka nwoke Japanese golfer.