Despite Hideki Matsuyama carding two eagles en route to winning the Zozo Championship by five shots as the hometown hero, he wasn't satisfied with his overall performance, but the crowd gave him the push he needed.
After Matsuyama won the Masters in April, he rated his performance a 10 out of 10, but when asked to grade his first win since his groundbreaking achievement in Augusta, the 29-year-old was much more modest.
"I would rate my performance as two or three," Matsuyama said after his round Sunday. "From the results perspective, it went about to eight, but I think it's because all the energy that I was getting from the fans and I was very surprised how much energy I was feeding off of them.