@HidekiMatsuyama1 for @golfdigest is out! —- As fellow “100% made in japan” japanese😆, this ops was something special one. Absolutely Honor to have session w. very 1st Japanese master champ + it was right after exciting win on PGA tour Hawaii & #golfDigest is “THE magazine of Golf” for me & it’s cover!?!? 🤩me, japanese female get to photograph him!? I was super stoked this “combo” was happening!. This whole thing made me think about my own journey & it was very personal one. I immediately dived into intense research, watched his interviews, tv appearances in japan & his book!! which hope english version comes out soon. So inspiring & really interested to me, who’s currently so into “how human cope w pressure &effect its performance” & he wrote a lot about how his mental state went thru in such a critical pressure moments OR how he felt or thoughts during honing his craft. Really awesome. (Check once it’s out in english!) Then Witnessing his swing that made from all those years of practice in front of me, gave me inspiration to keep going on my own game too // enjoy bTS video shot by @benwalton_gd 🔥it’s in my btc highlight. // Photographed at beautiful #angelsnationalgolfclub thank you Ken San! // can’t thanx enough for such a special ops @benwalton_gd 🙏. 🔥🔥🔥crew @jcizmas @dpaul_photo & @elliotsmithhastie.photo🙏DT @victorrodriguez_photo🙌 Retouch @babydoll_studio 😘 gear @screamingbroccoli @lumadorphotorentals 🙏🙏backdrop @schmidlibackdrops And... @srixongolf Noelle :) Bob San, all #hidekimatsuyama ‘s crew! #portrait #athelete #sports #golfer #golf #editorial #cover #srixon #swag #athleteportrait #champion #japaneseathelete #japan #japanesegolfer #japanese #japaneseathelete #bipoc #portraitphotography #portraitphotograph #grateful #portraitphoto #photo #photograph #cover #japanesephotographer #japanesefemalephotographer #japaneseinlosangeles