Now 80 years young, the Japanese octogenarian is still in the forefront of the game where he now serves as chairman of the Japan Golf Tour Organisation.
The top three players on the Japanese Order of Merit will earn membership onto the DP World Tour for the ensuing year, beginning with the 2022-2023 season.
Hideki Matsuyama may instantly have risen to the greatest golf hero Japan has ever known with his roller-coaster-ride Masters win. Now, however, comes the hard part.
Yusaku Maezawa fancies himself a space pioneer. He’s hoping his new collaboration with the US PGA Tour moves golf into the stratosphere in his native country.