Hideki Matsuyama is back home in his native Japan to defend his title at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship. He won in storybook fashion a year ago, shooting a final-round 5-under 65 at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba to claim the title by five strokes.
The 2021 Masters champion will receive a hero’s welcome when he tees off in the first round, but when he met the media on Tuesday the questions focused on rumors that have persisted for months that he has received a lucrative offer to join LIV Golf, the upstart league backed by Saudi Arabi’s Public Investment Fund.
