AUGUSTA: Xander Schauffele was “coming in hot” with four straight birdies when a triple-bogey six at the 16th stopped his challenge of Hideki Matsuyama at the Masters stone cold.

Matsuyama, who would hang on for a one-shot win to become the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship, had just bogeyed the par-five 15th to see his lead dwindle to two strokes over playing partner Schauffele.

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