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Posted March 24, 2012, 9:07 pm |
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Amateur Hideki Matsuyama enters with win over Schwartzel

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    Hideki Matsuyama celebrates after successfully defending his Asian Amateur championship in October.
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    Hideki Matsuyama waits in the shade of a golf cart during the first round of the Asian Amateur Championship.
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    Hideki Matsuyama tees off on the second hole during the first round of the Asian Amateur Championship.
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    Hideki Matsuyama checks his club during the first round of the Asian Amateur Championship.
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    Hideki Matsuyama tries to cool off in the Singapore heat during the first round of the Asian Amateur Championship.
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    Hideki Matsuyama of Japan celebrates with his caddie, Katsuya Kobayashi, after winning the Asian Amateur Golf Championship in Singapore on Oct. 2.
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    Hideki Matsuyama celebrates with his caddie, Katsuya Kobayashi, after winning the Asian Amateur Golf Championship on Oct. 2.

Japanese amateur Hideki Mat­suyama has enjoyed a fruitful 18 months.

He won the Asian Ama­teur Championship in the
fall of 2010 to earn his first trip to the Masters Tour­nament.

He made the cut in his first visit to Augusta Na­tion­al Golf Club and earned the silver cup awarded to the low amateur with his tie for 27th.

Six months later, at Singa­pore Island Country Club, he repeated as Asian Amateur champ to get into this year’s Masters.

He backed that up with a victory in the Taiheiyo Mas­ters on the Japan Golf Tour, beating a field that included reigning Mas­ters champion Charl Schwartzel.

Matsuyama eagled the final hole to win by two strokes. He credited his Mas­ters experience for helping him become just the third amateur to win on Japan’s pro tour.

“I didn’t expect to win this tournament. I wanted to be just the low amateur here, but to my surprise, I won,” he said.

At the Asian Amateur, Mat­su­yama blitzed the final 36 holes with rounds of 65 and 67. He beat South Korea’s Lee Soo-min by a shot.

He opened with rounds of 67 and 71, and his 72-hole total of 18-under par established a record in the three-year- old event.

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