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 were robbed in London during a stopover en route to the PGA Tour tournament.
Matsuyama, who won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 10 days ago, was traveling to Memphis with the caddy. Shota Let’s go 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 didn’t expect the duo before the start of the second stage of the playoffs, next year’s BMW Championship. week 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,” Matsuyama said. “He worked at Hisatsune this year, so I think he knows how things work and he speaks English, so I can trust him.”
Source: La Verdad
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