PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 15, 2026

Hideki Matsuyama

Aronimink Golf Club

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THE MODERATOR: Hideki Matsuyama is with us at this 108th PGA Championship. Hideki, 3-under for you today, what did you do well in your second round?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: I played well today. I made some putts. I felt comfortable.

THE MODERATOR: Great, we'll take some questions.

Q. What's the hardest part about this golf course, and how did you handle it?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: Yeah, the greens are big and lots of undulations. But if you're not hitting it in the right side of the fairway with your tee shot, it makes the second shot really difficult. So it's an all-around difficult golf course.

Q. Did you do that today?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: Yeah, when I didn't hit it in the fairway, I caught some good lies in the rough and got away with it.

Q. When you watch golf on TV, what type of golf do you like to watch, or what do you like about it?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: Yeah, when I'm at home watching golf on TV, I like to see lots of birdies. But with that said, I also like to see good shots and poor shots penalized. So I like to see good shots rewarded with birdies, bad shots end up double bogeys.

Q. How much do you feel the wind was an advantage for you today compared with the rest of the field?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: Yeah, it was really tough. It was really windy yesterday, and this morning was windy. Plus it was freezing cold, and it made it very difficult.

Q. What was the best of your birdies today? Make it really dramatic too.

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: Probably at 7. My birdie putt hung on the lip and -- for a while, and then the wind blew it in. So that was probably my best one.

Q. What club did you hit for your second?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: 8-iron.

Q. You need all parts of your game to be working at a major, but if you had one part that had to be really sharp, really good this week, what would that be?

HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: At majors it's missing it well.

In majors, I mean you're going to have misses, but you have to miss it in the right place.