Hideki Matsuyama is beginning the PGA Tour’s profitable postseason with out his caddie and coach after they have been victims of a theft throughout a stopover in London from the Paris Olympics, Golf Digest Japan reported.
The journal mentioned Matsuyama had his pockets stolen, however not his Olympic bronze medal or his passport.
His caddie, Shota Hayato, and coach Mikihito Kuromiya, weren’t so lucky. Golf Digest Japan mentioned their passports and visas have been stolen. They needed to return to Japan and have been working to get new paperwork expedited to return to the US.
Matsuyama, who gained at Riviera within the Genesis Invitational this yr, is No. 8 within the FedEx Cup and is assured of creating it via two playoff occasions to succeed in the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship begins Thursday. The subsequent cease is the BMW Championship outdoors Denver earlier than the Tour Championship.
Matsuyama informed the journal there was an opportunity they will make it to Atlanta, “however we’ve got to enter it considering it’s near zero.” Taiga Tabuchi, who caddied for Ryo Hisatsune earlier this yr, will work for Matsuyama on the TPC Southwind this week.