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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - For the second year in a row, Hideki Matsuyama has returned to TPC Scottsdale to defend his title.
Matsuyama notched the second of five career PGA Tour wins at the 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he outlasted Rickie Fowler in a four-hole playoff. He then successfully defended that title last year, again going four extra holes but this time against Webb Simpson.
The back-to-back wins are the culmination of a four-year run of dominance for Matsuyama on the Stadium Course, where he was also a runner-up in 2015 and tied for fourth in 2014 in his tournament debut.