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Written By: Ron Sirak @ronsirak Ron Sirak is recipient of the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award and the LPGA Media Excellence Award. Hes covered more than 150 major championships for The Associated Press and Golf World magazine and co-authored three Vision54 books with renown teachers Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson.  Sometimes sudden success obscures the difficulty of the road traveled. When ...

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken wont commit to a new refugee cap after Joe Biden vows to increase the number of asylum-seekers admitted into the U.S. to 125,000 by the next fiscal year Secretary of State Anthony Blinken refused to commit Sunday to a new refugee cap number after President Joe Biden said he would increase the number  Look, the presidents been clear about where he wants to go, but we have to be focused on what were able to do when were able to do it, Blinken said  Biden said ...

The White House PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, good afternoon. The Prime Minister has brought the sun out, so he can do about anything. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for being here. It’s been my pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Suga to the White House. This is our first in-person meeting here — the first head of state that I’ve asked in my administration to come to the White House. Yoshi, thank you for making the long trip to Washington. We’ve already met several times virtually on — a...

Hideki Matsuyama looks ahead after major breakthrough   The weight of history was almost too much. In his first interview since winning the Masters and returning home to Japan, Hideki Matsuyama said becoming the first from his country to win the coveted Green Jacket – or any men’s major, for that matter – was almost too overwhelming to think about as he navigated the course Sunday. “I was filled with nerves from the first hole to the last,” said Matsuyama,...

AUGUSTA (Georgia): The pressure was even more than Hideki Matsuyama could have imagined when he stood on the first...

Masters 2021: Hideki Matsuyama claims one-shot victory at Augusta National By Alex BysouthBBC Sport Masters final leaderboard -6 J Rahm (Spa), M Leishman (Aus); -5 J Rose (Eng); Selected others: -2 R MacIntyre (Sco); -1 T Hatton (Eng); +2 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), M Wallace (Eng); +5 B DeChambeau (US) Hideki Matsuyama held off the field to win the Masters by one stroke at Augusta National and become the first Japanese man to claim a major title. Matsuyama had a four-shot lead heading into the fi...

The burden of being Hideki Matsuyama was lifted at the Masters play Matsuyama gets his green jacket after historic Masters win (2:10) Hideki Matsuyama caps his 2021 Masters victory by receiving his green jacket from Dustin Johnson. (2:10) AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Hideki Matsuyama smiled as he walked from the front nine to the back on Sunday, never looking toward the giant scoreboard to his right. He held a three-shot lead in the Masters, going out in 2 under. Nine holes remained between him and a major ...

DEREK LAWRENSON IN AUGUSTA: Hell be lighting the Olympic flame after this, said Sir Nick Faldo on television, and a starring role at the Tokyo Games this summer will surely prove the least of it.

TV commentators ‘could hardly speak’ as 29-year-old becomes first Japanese man to win a major ahead of Olympics dogged by scandal

Masters Winner by Year: Hideki Matsuyama Makes History at Augusta National On 4/12/21 at 4:20 AM EDT Hideki Matsuyama made history at The Masters on Sunday as he became the first Japanese player to win a major championship. Exactly 10 years on since he first caught the eye at the tournament by finishing as the best amateur, the 29-year-old conquered Augusta National, becoming the first Asian player to don the famous Green Jacket. Leading by four strokes after the first three rounds, Matsuyama c...