Hideki Matsuyama Takes Crucial Win at St. Jude Championship

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00:00It wasn't easy for Hideki Matsuyama on Sunday, but he did hold on to win the St. Jude Championship

00:12to start off the FedExCup postseason.

00:14What did you make of Hideki's performance last week in Memphis?

00:19I tell you what, Ben, Hideki, it was really something because you have to consider how

00:24he started his week.

00:25The story surrounding him and his team, the fact that he didn't have his regular caddy

00:29there, the fact that he didn't have his coach there because they had gotten robbed over

00:34in London when they had stopped over from Paris heading to Memphis.

00:38And those guys lost their visas and their passports in order to come to America.

00:42So Hideki with a new caddy goes out and he wins and holds on on Sunday.

00:47An impressive performance.

00:48And you know what?

00:49A good course fit and a good course fit again this week.

00:52We've seen a lot of multiple winners over the years in the playoffs.

00:55I think Hideki is still pretty alive this week, guys.

00:58Keith, the top 50 move on here to the advance to the next round.

01:03But let me take a look at some of the guys that didn't finish there, particularly in

01:06Rory McIlroy.

01:07Back to back 74s on the weekend.

01:09What happened to his game and not advancing?

01:11Well, that's an upset right there.

01:14DRS, how about the bottom of that leaderboard?

01:16You got T68, you got two guys, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, and then 70th place Max

01:22Homa.

01:23These are huge names and these guys are well out of form.

01:26I don't see how they, you know, they even get it back.

01:29I mean, I was there all week.

01:31Rory was hitting the driver everywhere.

01:32It was one of the worst ball striking weeks of his career.

01:36And I just don't see how he flips the switch, which is a shame because out here at Castle

01:39Pines par 72, 8,130 yards on the scorecard.

01:45It's a perfect fit for Rory.

01:46Jack Nicklaus golf course.

01:48He loves those two.

01:49But man, I tell you, it looked rough last week.

01:53Not so much just the game, Donnie.

01:56It was his body language.

01:57He looked like he was just done for the year.

02:00He actually looks like he's been done since Pinehurst and he walked out of that scorer's

02:04tent and didn't want to talk to the media anymore.

02:07I think Rory needs a reset, boys.