Hideki Matsuyama’s behavior questioned while playing with Robert MacIntyre at the Charles Schwab
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Hideki Matsuyama is tied for the lead after 36 holes of the Charles Schwab Challenge following a second round 65 at Colonial Country Club.
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Matsuyama played alongside Robert MacIntyre during the first two rounds in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Scot comfortably made the cut on four-under par.
The 34-year-old from Japan has been in superb form this week at the Charles Schwab, as he looks for his first win since January 2025.
Hideki Matsuyama is one of the game’s premier ball-strikers, and he definitely hasn’t disappointed in that department this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty ImagesMatsuyama is also one of the game’s best chippers and pitchers of the ball. His only real weak links are his driving and streaky putting.
He is also known as one of the PGA Tour’s most polite players. So with that in mind, it was a shock to see him criticised in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday.
Hideki Matsuyama’s behavior questioned at the Charles Schwab
On the 14th green, Matsuyama faced a 10-foot birdie putt, while MacIntyre had 12 feet left for par.
As the Scot was lining up his putt, the 2021 Masters champion was standing on the other side of the hole, working out his read while using the AimPoint method.
Sky Sports commentator Rob Lee genuinely couldn’t believe what he was watching.
“You know Beemer, if it’s my putt, get out of the way,“ he said.
“Matsuyama is doing his paddling on the green there while Robert is trying to work out what he’s trying to do.
Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images“It’s like, ‘it’s not your go, go away’.
“If nothing else, just get out of my eye-line, I don’t want to see you moving around, you know?“
In my opinion, AimPoint should be banned, period. Matsuyama wasn’t doing anything wrong. If every golfer waited for their playing partners to hit their putts before beginning their green-reading process, rounds would take far too long to complete.
Professional golf is tediously slow as it is!
Rich Beem saw Hideki Matsuyama hit a shot he has never seen on Tour before
The former PGA Tour player was genuinely stunned when Matsuyama missed the green to the right on the par-four 15th hole.
The Japanese star elected to play his chip with just his right hand on the grip, due to a tricky stance.
“He has no stance. Listen, I’ve never seen this,“ Beem said.
“I’ve been around the game a long time and I haven’t seen professionals just take one hand off the club and go ahead and stab it forward.
“He’s got a good enough lie to do it, it’s just all about contact.“
Beem’s co-commentator, Craig Perks, then chimed in, saying: “This is actually how he practices Rich, both with right hand and left hand, and I think with the difficulty of the stance, maybe it made it a little bit more comfortable for him.“
Before Rob Lee joined the party, saying: “That’s outrageous what he’s done there, utterly outrageous. Amazing shot.“
Incredibly, Matsuyama ended up chipping his ball to within three feet, and he went on to save par.