AUGUSTA, Ga. – Hideki Matsuyama’s first round in the 60s at the Masters Tournament was his debut in 2011, when he tied for 27^th and captured low-amateur honors. He shot 68 on that Saturday and still remembers walking off the 18^th green and having Steve Stricker, who was making the turn, say to him, “Nice playing Hideki.”

“That's a memory I'll cherish,” Matsuyama said. “And then because of that round … it gave me the confidence that I could play here and that I could play professional golf as a career.”

Ten Masters Saturdays later and Matsuyama again had himself a memorable Moving Day at Augusta National. He fired a blistering 7-under 65 to move to 11 under and take command of this tournament, leading by four shots heading into Sunday.

Matsuyama was just 1 under through 10 holes and had just flared a drive well right on No. 11 when play was suspended for inclement weather. He spent the downtime playing games on his phone; when he returned he was just playing games with the course and the field.

He recovered nicely to birdie No. 11 by sinking a 19-foot putt. He canned a 10-footer at No. 12 and after parring Nos. 13 and 14, he caught fire on softer greens that were ripe for the picking . He hit a beautiful 5-iron 205 yards to 6 feet to eagle the par-5 15^th, followed that by stuffing an 8-iron to 4 feet on the par-3 16^th and capped off his torrid run with a 10-foot birdie make at the par-4 17^th.

"Right before the rain delay, I probably hit the worst shot I've hit this week,” Matsuyama said. “And after the rain delay, I just figured, I can't hit anything worse than that. And so maybe it relieved some pressure, I don't know, but I did hit it well coming in after the delay. … The 5-iron at 15, by far, the best shot I've hit this week.”