Two years ago, as COVID-19 began shutting down major sports across the country, the PGA Tour decided to play the first round of the Players Championship anyway. Hideki Matsuyama opened the event with a course record-tying 63.
Then, golf stopped.
Last year, Matsuyama missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass, so 2022 was another opportunity for the major champion to make a run at the Players Championship trophy.
