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Grades: Matsuyama now Japan's all-time PGA Tour wins leader after taking Phoenix

Hideki Matsuyama has played the Waste Management Phoenix Open four times in his career -- each of the last four years. In that span, he now has two wins and two top-five finishes. Matsuyama took down Webb Simpson in a four-hole playoff with a birdie on the final hole, and he now has half as many trophies as golfers who have beaten him at TPC Scottsdale.

• Brooks Koepka
• Bubba Watson
• Graham DeLaet
• Kevin Stadler

Only players (out of 528) that have beaten Matsuyama in Phoenix since 2013.

After a thrilling 18 holes of regulation that saw both golfers get to 17 under (Simpson shot a 64, Matsuyama a 66), neither golfer could get anything going in the playoff.