Matsuyama Becomes First Japanese in Masters Green Jacket

Matsuyama Becomes First Japanese in Masters Green Jacket
Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, celebrates after putting on the champion's green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., on April 11, 2021. Gregory Bull/AP Photo
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—The pressure was even more than Hideki Matsuyama could have imagined when he stood on the first tee Sunday at Augusta National. So was the emotion when he walked off the 18th green as the first Masters champion from golf-mad Japan.

His arms securely inside the sleeves of the green jacket, he thrust them in the air.