With a nagging neck injury to contend with, defending champion Hideki Matsuyama has endured a difficult build-up to the championship.
But he smashed it in terms of a first Japanese themed dining experience for the Masters Champions Dinner.
Matsuyama offered appetisers of assorted sushi, sashimi and nigiri along with Yakitori chicken skewers; a dashi broth of miso glazed black cod; and mains of Miyazaki Wagyu, a beef ribeye with mixed mushrooms and vegetables.
For dessert, Matsuyama had a Japanese strawberry shortcake.
Matsuyama, the first Japanese male winner of a Major, claimed his highlight through the year had been getting introduced each week as the Masters champion: “Then last week in Texas it was a little sad because I knew that was going to be the last time that I was going to be announced as the defending Masters champio …
- April 6, 2022
