Golf: Masters champion Matsuyama back in contention at next major


  • Golf
  • Saturday, 22 May 2021

May 21, 2021; Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA; Hideki Matsuyama putts on eighteenth green during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (Reuters) - Relentless Hideki Matsuyama shows no signs of a Masters hangover, only two strokes from the halfway lead at the PGA Championship.

Despite a bogey at the tough 18th hole, Matsuyama matched the day's best score, a four-under-par 68 in punishing winds at Kiawah Island, to finish the second round tied for fourth at three-under 141 on Friday.

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