AKRON, Ohio — As Hideki Matsuyama warmed up Sunday afternoon at the Bridgestone Invitational, his tee shots raised the question: Was that a golf club in his hands or a pellet gun? The way he was spraying balls on the range, Matsuyama figured to struggle to break par.
Instead, he tied the Firestone Country Club course record in the final round of the last World Golf Championships event of the season.
With a bogey-free nine-under-par 61, Matsuyama finished five strokes ahead of the runner-up, Zach Johnson, who shared the lead going into Sunday and closed with a 68.