Matsuyama delivers first Masters green jacket for golf-mad Japan

Matsuyama closed with a 1-over 73 and a one-shot victory that was never seriously in doubt, despite Xander Schauffele’s late charge

BIG IN JAPAN: Hideki Matsuyama savours the moment with Dustin Johnson during the Green Jacket Ceremony at Augusta National.

Hideki Matsuyama has delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all.

Ten years after Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, he claimed the ultimate trophy Sunday with a victory in the Masters to become the first Japanese winner of the green jacket.