APRIL 3 — After watching Hideki Matsuyama slip on the green jacket some two years ago, Im Sung-jae can be forgiven if he finds himself day-dreaming of emulating one of golf’s...
APRIL 3 — After watching Hideki Matsuyama slip on the green jacket some two years ago, Im Sung-jae can be forgiven if he finds himself day-dreaming of emulating one of golf’s greatest traditions this week.
In 2020 when the Masters was played in November due to Covid-19, Im notched Asia’s best finish in the history of the tournament when he came in joint runner-up in his debut appearance. Five months later, Matsuyama stole his thunder by becoming the first Japanese winner at Augusta National when the Masters returned to its annual spring date.
Like so many others, Im dreamt of making a putt to win the Masters. He was bitten by the golf bug after his parents put plastic golf clubs in his hands when he was four years old and proved to be a prodigy, excelling on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018 with two wins before establishing himself on the PGA TOUR.
While he has an impressive track record at Augusta National, Im’s performances in the current season has been solid with four top-10s, including a tied sixth at THE PLAYERS Championship last month. He won two of three group matches in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin two weeks ago before taking last week off for some final tune-ups.“The greens at Augusta is fast and the atmosphere is quite different from other tournaments.
Other Asians who will spearhead the region’s Masters challenge include Hideki Matsuyama, Korea’s first-timer Tom Kim, Si Woo Kim and K.H. Lee, and another Japanese debutant, Kazuki Higa.
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