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Hideki Matsuyama's Four-Shot Lead Presents Two Paths to History at the Masters

Hideki Matsuyama has a chance to become the first Japanese man to win a major. The trick for him will be not to think too much about his position.
Hideki Matsuyama's Four-Shot Lead Presents Two Paths to History at the Masters
Hideki Matsuyama's Four-Shot Lead Presents Two Paths to History at the Masters

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Stephanie Apstein
STEPHANIE APSTEIN

Stephanie Apstein is a senior writer covering baseball and Olympic sports for Sports Illustrated, where she started as an intern in 2011 and has since covered a dozen World Series and three Olympics. She has twice won top honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, and her work has been included in the Best American Sports Writing book series. She graduated from Trinity College with a bachelor’s in French and Italian, and has a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.