Hideki Matsuyama, the first Japanese men's player to win the overseas major tournament last year before the Masters Tournament, which is an overseas major tournament for men's golf, opens on the 7th, said, "I have a chance to win consecutive championships. I have no choice but to do my best, "he said with enthusiasm.
The Masters Tournament, which opens at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, USA on the 7th, is one of the major overseas men's golf tournaments. Conquered.
On the 5th before the opening of this year, Matsuyama said in an interview after the practice, "I have only the chance to win the championship in a row, so I want to do my best to win the championship in a row."
In addition, Matsuyama also attended the official press conference on this day, and about the current condition based on the condition of the neck that is injured, "I have not taken a full shot recently, so honestly I can grasp what kind of condition it is. I haven't, but I don't think it's so dark. "
After the press conference, Matsuyama hosted the "Champions Dinner", which only the winner of this tournament can participate in, as the winner of the previous tournament.
The menu Matsuyama chose was yakitori for assorted sushi and sashimi, Saikyo-yaki of cod and Japanese beef from Miyazaki prefecture, and the dessert was a shortcake using Japanese strawberries.
Matsuyama is scheduled to start the first round at 11:45 pm on the 7th of Japan time.
Meanwhile, at the official press conference on that day, Tiger Woods, who was seriously injured in a car accident last February, indicated his intention to participate in the tournament.
If Woods, who has won the Masters five times in the past, will participate, it will be his first tournament tournament in one year and five months since November.