Matsuyama Has 1-Stroke, 3rd-Round Lead at Zozo Championship

Hideki Matsuyama of Japan putts on the first green during the third round of the Zozo Championship golf tournament at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan on Oct. 23, 2021. Tomohiro Ohsumi/AP Photo

CHIBA, Japan—Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Saturday after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting heading into the final round.

Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first round, led by one after the second, and had a 54-hole total of 10-under 200 on the par-70, 7,041-yard Narashino Country Club course.