Cika wannan jumla: A cikin dawowar Matsuyama zuwa Waste Management Phoenix Open, ya sake shiga wasan wasa a ranar Lahadi don kare taken sa, a wannan karon da Webb Simpson. A rami na huɗu na wasan, Matsuyama ya yi birdie don lashe gasar a karo na biyu a cikin shekaru masu yawa. Bayan kammala na biyu a
2017 US Open a Erin Hills, yayin da manyan 'yan wasa uku a duniya a lokacin (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy da Jason Day) suka kasa yankewa, Matsuyama ya kai na 2 a cikin Matsayin Golf na Duniya na Duniya, mafi girmansa, kuma mafi girma a kowane lokaci ga wani dan wasan golf na Japan.