Hideki Matsuyama edges Alex Noren in playoff to win Hero World Challenge

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Japan's Hideki Matsuyama outlasted Alex Noren of Sweden in a one-hole playoff to win the Hero World Challenge on Sunday at Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas.

Both players closed with sparkling 8-under-par 64s to finish regulation tied at 22-under 266 before Matsuyama prevailed with a birdie on the extra hole.

Austria's Sepp Straka, who entered Sunday with a one