Matsuyama to join relief efforts

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Hideki Matsuyama hoped his play at the Masters would bring some joy to earthquake victims in Japan.

Now he's going to bring them some help.

The 19-year-old amateur was to return to Sendai on Monday and join relief efforts in the city that took the brunt of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Matsuyama is a student at Sendai's Tohoku Fukushi University.

"I think that it will be kind of a refreshing experience for me to just get away from golf and just do something different," Matsuyama said through an interpreter.

"There are so many great impressions, great memories from this tournament," he said. "But as I came up the hill on the 18th hole and I heard the applause from the gallery, that just give me chills."

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