JAPANESE ROOKIE WINS CASIO WORLD OPEN AND JAPAN TOUR MONEY TITLE

By Ryan Lavner

Hideki Matsuyama wrapped up the Japan Tour money title today – not bad for a 21-year-old who turned pro less than eight months ago.
Matsuyama won his fourth title of the season at the Casio World Open, where he edged Yuta Ikeda by a shot at Kochi Kuroshio Country Club. 
His transition to the pro ranks has been seamless.
Matsuyama became just the third player to break the 200-million yen mark in earnings, following Jumbo Ozaki and Toshimitsu Izawa, and he accomplished the feat in just 13 starts.
Matsuyama, who will play on the US PGA Tour in the 2013-14 season, finished inside the top 20 in all three major starts this year, including a pair of top 10s at the U.S. and British Opens. He also represented the International team at the Presidents Cup.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)

Kochi Kuroshio CC, Kochi, Japan

(Jpn players  unless stated, par 72):
276 Hideki Matsuyama 72 66 68 70
277 Yuta null Ikeda 73 67 68 69
279 Koumei Oda 72 66 70 71
281 Kazuhiro Yamashita 71 71 69 70, Sung-joon Park 72 73 67 69
282 Hideto Tanihara 76 70 68 68
283 Masahiro null Kawamura 75 68 70 70, Ashun Wu (Chn) 70 74 69 70, Ryuji Imada 72 72 71 68, Yusaku Miyazato 74 72 69 68, Hyung-sung Kim (SKor) 71 70 74 68
285 Satoshi Kodaira 72 71 71 71, David Oh (USA) 70 77 69 69, Tomohiro Kondo 73 71 71 70, Ryutaro Nagano 70 73 69 73, Toshinori Muto 74 66 72 73
286 Jung-Gon Hwang (SKor) 72 70 72 72, Min-gyu Cho (SKor) 70 73 74 69, Kenichi Kuboya 72 73 70 71
287 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 73 71 71 72, Shingo Katayama 73 72 73 69
288 Tadahiro Takayama 74 74 70 70, K.T. Kim (SKor) 72 75 70 71, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 69 76 69 74, Masamichi Uehira 74 72 72 70
289 Ryo Ishikawa 72 73 74 70, Hiroo Kawai 77 68 72 72, Michio Matsumura 72 74 71 72, Han Lee (USA) 75 73 74 67, I j Jang (SKor) 76 72 72 69, Kyoung-hoon Lee 73 71 71 74
290 Sushi Ishigaki 76 71 72 71, Hidemasa Hoshino 73 73 72 72, Ryuichi Oda 73 72 73 72, Koichiro Kawano 74 74 72 70, Yui Ueda 72 73 74 71, S K Ho (SKor) 72 74 72 72, Hiroshi Iwata 71 77 71 71
291 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 72 76 73 70, Ho-sung Choi (SKor) 77 69 72 73, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 71 76 71 73, Masanori Kobayashi 76 69 76 70, Hiroyuki Fujita 77 70 71 73
292 Kiyoshi Miyazato 75 73 70 74, Yosuke Asaji 75 73 72 72, J B Park (SKor) 72 73 72 75, Mamo Osanai 76 71 70 75, Daisuke Kataoka 70 76 72 74
293 Taichi Nabetani 72 74 75 72, Katsumasa Miyamoto 72 73 72 76, Keiichiro Fukabori 74 74 71 74
294 Ryuko Tokimatsu 74 74 73 73, Shinichi Yokota 76 72 72 74, Shintaro Kai 71 77 72 74
295 Kaname Yokoo 74 74 71 76, Kenta Konishi 75 70 73 77, Masahiro Kuramoto 76 70 74 75, Yoshinobu Tsukada 74 71 77 73, Norio Shinozaki 72 74 72 77, Daisuke Maruyama 74 74 74 73, Yuji Igarashi 76 72 73 74
297 Taichi Teshima 70 77 74 76, Satoru Hirota 72 74 74 77
298 Akio Sadakata 75 73 74 76, Katsunori Kuwabara 75 72 74 77