HIDEKI MATSUYAMA

Formula One racing got a huge boost in interest in North America through the Netflix series “Drive to Survive.”.

Hideki Matsuyama hit one of the best shots of his career to win the Sony Open and he never saw it.

Russell Henley is holding on to a two-shot lead at the Sony Open.

The Sony Open is a reunion of sorts for three No. 1 amateur players in the world.

The field for the Masters in April is now at 83 and counting.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had three birdies in five holes on the back nine and eagled the 18th for good measure for a five-stroke victory at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship after a 2-under 68 which included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting for Sunday's final round.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama overcame cold temperatures and often steady rain showers to shoot a 2-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship.

The PGA Tour is moving the Farmers Insurance Open off a big NFL Sunday.

Max Homa holed out from the rough from 95 yards for eagle on the par-4 12th to start a back-nine comeback and added three birdies for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory Sunday in the season-opening Fortinet Championship.

Russell Henley shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a four-stroke lead halfway through the Wyndham Championship.

Russell Henley shot an 8-under 62, his lowest round in more than two years, to take the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Wyndham Championship.

Abraham Ancer of Mexico won the FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns with a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole of a playoff.

Bryson DeChambeau let his clubs do most of the talking Saturday at TPC Southwind.

Schauffele won the men's golf competition by one stroke over Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini. Schauffele said he would deliver the gold medal to his father who once dreamed of being an Olympic decathlete.

Xander Schauffele has won the Olympic gold medal in golf in a tense finish.

Xander Schauffele is 18 holes away from a gold medal and the podium still feels a long way off.

Xander Schauffele is trying to treat the Olympics as just another golf tournament.

Sepp Straka of Austria has the lead after the first round of the Olympic men's golf competition.

Hideki Matsuyama already has the green jacket from the Masters.

The hardest part of Sergio Garcia's day was before he even got to Royal St. George's.

Expect the unexpected will be the motto for the world’s best golfers this week as they get a crack at links golf for the first time in two years in the British Open at Royal St. George's.

Zach Johnson is the latest player out of the British Open.

Golf is in a better place for the Tokyo Olympics than last time in Rio.

Joaquin Niemann and Tom Lewis topped the jam-packed leaderboard heading into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was withdrawn from the Rocket Mortgage Classic after testing positive for COVID-19.

Louis Oosthuizen and Sergio Garcia are among Olympic qualifiers who aren't going to Tokyo next month.

Jon Rahm is the first Spaniard to win the U.S. Open.

Fans clamoring for a showdown between heavyweights Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will have to wait.

Anyone hopeful of a Bryson DeChambeau-Brooks Koepka pairing at the U.S. Open will have to wait.

Phil Mickelson showed he's still the people's champion by winning his sixth and most unlikely major at the PGA Championship.

The leaderboard was mostly static in the third round of the PGA Championship, even though the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island played easier.

Phil Mickelson doesn’t need to be reminded of his age at the PGA Championship.

Major champions in Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama and Bryson DeChambeau have come alive at the PGA Championship.

Jordan Spieth gets his fifth chance at going for the career Grand Slam.

Sam Burns is rolling again with the second-round lead at the AT&T Byron Nelson in his first start since getting his first PGA Tour victory.

Jordan Spieth and plenty of others are having little trouble with the new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Jordan Spieth had his longest stretch all day of mere pars — a whopping four holes — on the besieged new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson when the local favorite stepped over a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Spieth, Spaun and plenty of others had little trouble with TPC Craig Ranch north of Dallas. Hideki Matsuyama sputtered on the front nine in his first appearance since becoming the first Japanese player to win the Masters, then stalled again after three straight birdies to start the back nine.

Jordan Spieth returns to competition after four weeks off following the Masters.

Rory McIlroy is back at Quail Hollow, the course where he won his first PGA Tour event.

Lydia Ko shot a final-round 65 to finish with a tournament-record 28-under 260 and a seven-shot victory at the Lotte Championship.

Two-time champion Stewart Cink has set the 36-hole tournament scoring record at the RBC Heritage.

Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under 62 and take a one-stroke lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage.

Augusta National was behind the idea of the Asia-Pacific Amateur that was created in 2009.

Police say Brooklyn Center officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun; Hideki Matsuyama becomes first male Japanese player to win the Masters

There was a time when the top golfers at big tournaments would always get a question from Japanese media about Hideki Matsuyama.

Police in Brooklyn Center say an officer fired after a stopped driver drove away. Protests followed — with the Derek Chauvin trial about to enter week three.

Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters.

From Japan’s prime minister on down the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama’s victory in the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama overcame a nervy start and a pressure-induced back-nine stutter to become the first Japanese player to win a men's major.

Matsuyama is the sixth first-time green jacket winner in the last seven Masters Tournaments, with Tiger Woods' rousing victory in 2019 the lone outlier.

Hideki Matsuyama became the first male Japanese golfer to win the Masters on Sunday. He answered questions, via a translator, on topics including his inspiration for children in Japan and the upcoming Olympic games. <b><a href=https://cbsn.ws/3t9faWc target=_blank>Read more here</a></b>.

Maybe the first hint that Will Zalatoris had what it took came when he was 6, and Ken Venturi went over to him on a driving range to show him a grip that he hasn’t changed since.

Xander Schauffele stepped up to the 16th tee with all the momentum at the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese player in a green jacket.

Jon Rahm had a great week before even getting to the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama has made history as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship.

(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)Live golf returns to television on Sunday, and it might not look entirely familiar except for the players. The only rake on the golf course will be carried by a PGA Tour rules official. Farmers Insurance is pledging $1 million toward birdies and eagles that goes to healthcare workers, and PGA Tour Charities has an online donation program during the telecast. Within the golf community, the golf course is a big part of why people are excited about it, McIlroy said on the podcast. The PGA Tour has had 10 tournaments canceled or postponed since the last one completed, the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Woods completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Zozo Championship on Monday, equaling Sam Snead's PGA Tour record of 82 victories. Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee two months ago his fifth on the same problem joint. The Japan event was Woods' first start of his 23rd season on the PGA Tour. The fourth round was suspended because of darkness Sunday with Woods holding a three-stroke lead over Matsuyama in the first official PGA Tour event in Japan. Woods got in 11 holes and played 29 holes Sunday before having to come back for a 7:30 a.m. start.

A Houston family is welcoming home their identical triplet girls, which doctors call a one-in-a-million occurrence. Brian Webb reports.