Not only did the 29-year-old win a Tour event in his home country of Japan for the first time, he did it in style, knocking a 3-wood to 12 feet on the final hole and draining the putt for eagle to secure a five-shot victory.
Oh yeah — and he’ll also cash a pretty sweet check for his efforts: $1.791 million, to be precise.
Matsuyama’s chasers won’t fare too poorly in the funds department, either. Cameron Tringale and Brendan Steele will each take home more than $875,000 for their runner-up finishes.
As a no-cut event, even last place is lucrative at the Zozo: At 17 over par for the tournament, Ryuji Imada will gross $16,318 for coming in 77th place. Not a bad haul for four days of golf!
Check out the entire purse breakdown for each player at the 2021 Zozo Championship below.
As a four-year member of Columbia’s inaugural class of female varsity golfers, Jessica can out-birdie everyone on the masthead. She can out-hustle them in the office, too, where she’s primarily responsible for producing both print and online features, and overseeing major special projects, such as GOLF’s inaugural Style Issue, which debuted in February 2018. Her original interview series, “A Round With,” debuted in November of 2015, and appeared in both in the magazine and in video form on GOLF.com.