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Kim's third round of 75 appeared to have left him too far off the third round lead to have had any chance, especially given that lead was held by the very much in form Matsuyama.

Brendan Jones, Paul Sheehan and Scott Strange have recorded top-15 finishes at the PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup on Sunday.The trio finished tied for 15th at two over at the Sobu Country Club Sohbu Course near Tokyo, with Jones and Strange the best of the group on the final day with even-par 71s while Sheehan shot two over.South Korea's ... (more)

The Japan Tour is back in business this week when it plays its PGA Championship at the Sobu Country Club's Sobhu Course in Chiba outside of Tokyo.

The Japan Tour this week heads back to Nagoya where two weeks ago it played the first event of its 2013 schedule for the Crowns, one of the flagship and time honoured events of professional golf in Japan.

In just his second event as a professional, 21 year old Hideki Matsuyama has won the Japan Golf Tour's Tsuruya Open near Osaka, Matsuyama producing birdies at his final four holes in today's 4th round to edge clear of 33 year old American David Oh with Kunihiro Kamii three shots further back.

Korean golfer Tae Hee Lee leads the Tsuruya Open in Japan, the 28 year old Japan Tour rookie ahead by one over yet another rookie in former amateur star Hideki Matsuyama.

One of Japanese golf's most prolific winner of golf tournaments, Jumbo Ozaki, has added another milestone to his already illustrious career by recording an opening round of 62 at the Tusruya Open near Osaka to lead the event into tomorrow's second round.