2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play results in bronze

Hideki Matsuyama didn’t fall wanting making the rostrum in his second Olympic begin.

Three years in the past, he got here up brief throughout a playoff for bronze in Tokyo on the 2021 Video games.

Matsuyama redeemed himself by outright profitable the bronze medal within the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Silver medalist Tommy Fleetwood and Gold medalist Scottie Scheffler completed forward of Matsuyama.

He carded a powerful 6-under 65 to succeed in 17-under total and keep away from taking over the Frenchman Victor Perez in additional holes. Perez completed solo-fourth, signing for an 8-under 63 to sit down at 16-under.

Matsuyama didn’t come to Paris searching for revenge, per Golf Digest Japan, however with a private objective by saying, “I wish to do my finest to realize higher outcomes than I did three years in the past.”

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From the opening spherical to Sunday, the previous Masters champion got here out swinging. He went 63-68-71-65 by means of 72 holes. Saturday was not his finest day, however Matsuyama battled again on Sunday to get on that podium.

He prevented errors and recorded six birdies to maintain his scorecard clear. After he gained, Matsuyama gave Crew Japan’s head coach, Shigeki Maruyama, a excessive 5 to have fun getting on the rostrum, per Golf Digest Japan.

“Maruyama has been the top coach since Rio (2016), and we couldn’t win final time (Tokyo 2021), so I’m joyful we had been in a position to win the bronze medal this time,” Matsuyama stated after his spherical on Sunday.

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Matsuyama began his day at 11-under and was in fourth place. He methodically navigated the course, making 4 birdies on the entrance 9 at holes 2, 4, 5, and 6. The ultimate two circles on his card got here on the par-4 tenth and par-4 twelfth holes.

His six straight pars down the stretch had been essential as so many gamers jumped up the leaderboard on Sunday. Perez gave it a great run at 16-under, nevertheless it was not sufficient to power additional holes. Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm had been proper there as effectively at 15-under.

The 32-year-old turned the primary male and second-ever Japanese participant to win a medal in golf on the Olympic Video games. He joined Mone Inami, who gained silver within the ladies’s competitors in Tokyo.

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