The Masters 2020: Matsayuma finally puts Japan on the map

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The lead is 6 now. 8 pahs, says Ian Bakah-Flinch, equals a green jacket.
 

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Matsuyama is crushing this thing.

Shall we start talking about the Matsuyama effect? Everyone else has slapped it in reverse while he is just cruising - with a new putter since he broke his on Friday.

The announcers have barely touched on my favorite storyline, how the Whippet-figured, the PGA’s walking anorexia caution, Charles Atlas’ 95lb weakling before picture, Steve Rogers before the Super Soldier Serum, Will Zalatoris has fared vs. Mr. Pump-You-Up, scientific method, “My par at Augusta is 67,” Barry Bonds-looking Bryson DeChambeau.

At the moment Zalatoris is 12 shots ahead of DeChambeau’s T-46 finish.

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Unless the Japanese guy pulls a van de velde this is shaping up to be a rather lame Sunday at Augusta .
 

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Unfortunately Zalatoris hit his approach shot into 14 a little fat and the crowd had to turn away as the sickening sound of his radius and ulna snapping was only exceed by the sight of the bloody flesh separating as the jagged bones were exposed for all to see. I’ll hand it to him though, his decision to keep playing through the pain was gritty indeed.
 

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Unless the Japanese guy pulls a van de velde this is shaping up to be a rather lame Sunday at Augusta .
Nuked a 4 iron over 15 green into the pond. Here’s an opening, but Soufflé needs to get up and down from the sand for a potential 2 shot swing.
 

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Gotta hand it to Matsuyama...he had a perfect opportunity to choke it away, but he got the job done. Young Zalatoris had an amazing tournament, he’s quite a ball striker, but what could have been if his putting was better. He looks like he’s got the potential to be the next Justin Thomas. Great tournament, as expected.
 

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Gotta hand it to Matsuyama...he had a perfect opportunity to choke it away, but he got the job done. Young Zalatoris had an amazing tournament, he’s quite a ball striker, but what could have been if his putting was better. He looks like he’s got the potential to be the next Justin Thomas. Great tournament, as expected.

Very rarely does anyone run away and hide at The Masters.
 
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Gotta hand it to Matsuyama...he had a perfect opportunity to choke it away, but he got the job done. Young Zalatoris had an amazing tournament, he’s quite a ball striker, but what could have been if his putting was better. He looks like he’s got the potential to be the next Justin Thomas. Great tournament, as expected.
Zalitoris” 3-putt on 17 wound up being the difference.
 

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Zalitoris” 3-putt on 17 wound up being the difference.
Yeah it did. I thought he had a few others that could have been made. I was streaming the event and got a good close up look on a missed short putt where it looked as if he took the putter back to the inside. The result was a little shove to the right. Hard to get the face back to square on the line of impact when you don’t take it away square. Might be a mechanical flaw; might be nerves. Regardless, it was critical.
 

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Awesome!
 

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Hadn't realized that we wiped Japan off the map. Good to know that they are back.
 

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Zalitoris” 3-putt on 17 wound up being the difference.

He actually birdied 17 on Sunday. He 3 putted 10 and 13 with horrendous first putts, but the 3-putt(s) are still what cost him a better chance.
 

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He actually birdied 17 on Sunday. He 3 putted 10 and 13 with horrendous first putts, but the 3-putt(s) are still what cost him a better chance.
What hole was that big breaking left to right putt that he ran 10 feet past the hole. Pretty sure it was right at the end. Maybe the first putt was from slightly off the green or something.
 

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