Golf 2025 Player Prediction: Hideki Matsuyama

There was a good balance of surprising victories, dominant performances, heartbreaks, and life-changing moments in the men’s professional golf world in 2024. We had players go on historic runs, players face difficult challenges, players reach new heights, and players reach new lows. The professional game gave the fans a little bit of everything in 2024, so what can we expect from them in 2025? Who will win the 2025 Majors? Will someone dominate the year? Whose game will fall off? Will familiar faces come back into the limelight, or will a fresh face overshadow them? Here is the 2025 Player Prediction for Hideki Matsuyama.

Official World Golf Ranking: Sixth

Wins: Two - Genesis Invitational, FedEx, St. Jude Championship

Major Wins: None

2024 Summary

Matsuyama had another quiet yet successful year in 2024, which included two wins, seven top 10s, 11 top 25 finishes, a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, and only one cut missed in 20 events played. If it weren’t for a lower back injury later in the year, he may have had an even better finish than ninth at the FedEx Tour Championship. The Japanese native was even able to beat the number one player in the world at the President’s Cup one-on-one. He just continued to be a world-class ball striker and remained an all-around consistent golfer throughout the bag. Matsuyama was fourth in strokes gained total, third in strokes gained tee to green, first in strokes gained around the green, and first in strokes gained from the fringe. Hideki is currently the sixth-ranked player on the official world golf rankings.

2025 Prediction

Hideki Matsuyama is a player whose talent has always been undeniable, and with his smooth swing and consistent iron play, he’s one of the most well-rounded golfers on tour. Any year without injury could always be a breakout year for the Japanese native, and 2025 is no different. He has the perfect mix of experience, skill, and mental toughness to continually contend at the highest level, and, really, it’s just a matter of him putting it together for four rounds on any given weekend to be a truly dominant force on tour week in, week out. The prediction for Hideki Matsuyama’s 2025 is one win, contends at least one Major, likely at the Masters or PGA Championship, and finishes the year in the top 15 in the official world golf rankings.