30 Nov Hideki Matsuyama net worth, golf career, awards, records and lifestyle

A Japanese professional golfer, Hideki Matsuyama has an estimated net worth of $35 million. He is one of the top golfers in the world who has earned three PGA Tour wins during his career. The post is presented by https://www.webmagazinetoday.com/

Net worth

Hideki Matsuyama net worth is $35 million. Hideki Matsuyama salary is $1.5 million per year. He was born on 8th December 1988 in Japan, he was born to his parents who were both golf players and he started playing golf at the age of 4 years old when his father took him to play golf on weekends together with his friends who were also professional golf players, he played his first professional tournament when he was 15 years old and by 2007 he already won three tournaments which made him win pro tour rookie award that year and then he continued winning more championships until 2010 when he won six major championships including PGA championship title which made him be named as leader of world ranking list for many months as well as being named as player of year by many different magazines such as Sports Illustrated magazine which also gave him an award for best golfer in 2010. You may like also: Grace Vanderwaal net worth

Golf career

Matsuyama was born in Matsuyama, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 4, and his first victory came at age 13. Matsuyama went on to study business administration and economics at Oklahoma State University in the United States. He turned professional in 2009 at age 20, but did not qualify for a tour event until 2010 because he had some issues with his citizenship status; he became an American citizen later that year.

After turning pro, he played sporadically over the next few years while trying to make it on tour full-time; however, he did win tournaments like Fiji International (2014) and WGC Cadillac Championship (2015). In 2016 alone he won four PGA Tour events: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (February), Waste Management Phoenix Open (March), U.S Open Championship (June), and BMW Championship (August). That summer Matsuyama also won The Players Championship for his first major championship victory as well as Player of Year honors from both PGA Tour Player Association and Golf Digest Magazine award votes.

Awards and records

• Matsuyama is the first Asian player to win the Phoenix Open. He won this tournament in 2013 and 2017.
• He has won the Arnold Palmer Invitational twice, once in 2011 and again in 2018.
• In 2014, he was named PGA Tour Player of the Year for winning five tournaments including two majors (the Memorial Tournament and Players Championship).

Lifestyle

Matsuyama currently lives in Japan with his wife, who he married in 2012. He is known to love golf and surfing and has a dog, although he does not have any children. He is also a frequent traveler and apparently enjoys visiting different parts of the world.

Records

• Hideki Matsuyama is the youngest player to win at least 15 PGA tour events.
• Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese golfer to win a major championship (2016 U.S. Open).
• Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese golfer to win two majors (2015 and 2017 Players Championship).

Interesting facts

• As of 2019, Matsuyama is the first player from Asia to hold the number 1 position in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is also the first player from Asia to win a major championship (the 2016 US Open).
• In 2017, Matsuyama won three official tournaments on both sides of the Pacific Ocean: The WGC-Mexico Championship and Bridgestone Invitational in January; then at The Players Championship in May—earning him $3,409,945 USD that year alone. This made him only the third golfer (after Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy) to win three official PGA Tour events in one season since 1990.
• Matsuyama won his second major title at this year’s U.S Open after setting a new course record at Pebble Beach which had not been broken since 2000!

Conclusion

In the end, it’s clear that there’s a lot to Hideki Matsuyama. But what do you think? Do you have any favorite golfers? Have you ever followed their careers? Leave your comments below!