Matsuyama avenges Tokyo heartbreak with bronze in Paris

Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama received the bronze on Sunday within the Paris Olympics, avenging a slim miss three years in the past in Tokyo and securing the nation’s first medal in males’s golf.

“I aimed for the gold, however I’m extraordinarily completely happy to have received this one after struggling on the Tokyo Olympics and never having the ability to get a medal,” Matsuyama, 32, mentioned, shedding his typical intense demeanor to specific his real pleasure.

Matsuyama’s perseverance paid off throughout a difficult third spherical, positioning him inside attain of the gold on the ultimate day. He began robust, securing his first birdie on the par-3 second gap after he positioned his first shot round 1 meter from the outlet.