Hideki Matsuyama He will open the FedEx St. Jude Championship tournament in Memphis this Thursday without his caddy or his trusted coach, after the three stole in London during a stopover en route to the PGA Tour tournament.
Matsuyama, who won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 10 days earlier, traveled to Memphis with a caddy. Shota It’s real and the swing trainer Mikihito Kuromiyawhose passports and visas were stolen. The thief or thieves also took Matsuyama’s wallet, but not his passport or bronze medal, according to Golf Digest Japan.
Hayato and Kuromiya were forced to return to Japan to request new documentation and try to speed up the bureaucratic process to get the documents, but Matsuyama did not expect the duo before the start of the second stage of the playoffs, BMW Championship next year weekend in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Replacing Taiga Tabuchi, Matsuyama will caddy 21-year-old Ryo Hisatsune, who did not qualify for the event. “I’m glad you agreed,” said Matsuyama. “He worked at Hisatsune this year, so I think he knows how things work and he speaks English, so I can trust him.”