Hideki Matsuyama avoids collapse, wins FedEx St. Jude Championship in gutsy fashion

Hideki Matsuyama’s week began and ended with plenty of stress.

His caddy and coach had their passports robbed in London, leaving Matsuyama without his looper for the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. But it looked like Matsuyama felt unfazed by the incident for the first 54 holes, as he carried a 5-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round.

Matsuyama operated in cruise control for the first 11 holes on Sunday, as his birdie on the par-3 11th got him to 19-under-par and five shots clear of Viktor Hovland. The train began to veer off the track at the par-4 12th, where PGA Tour Chief Referee Gary Young approached

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