5 reasons why Hideki Matsuyama will win a major championship in 2017

His form is scary good

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 05: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the trophy after winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the fourth playoff hole at TPC Scottsdale on February 5, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

This season, Matsuyama has won five times, finished second twice and fifth once.

The victories haven't come at any small scale tournaments, he has gone head to head with the world's best to accomplish these wins. At the Hero World Challenge, he fended off Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson to win. At the WGC HSBC Champions, he overcame challenges from Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler to win.

His most recent win and probably the biggest indicator yet that he is now firmly a part of the world’s elite golfers came when he beat Webb Simpson in a playoff after thwarting challenges in regulation play from Louis Oosthuizen and Rickie Fowler, who lost to Matsuyama in the 2016 edition in a playoff.

It goes to show how Matsuyama’s game has grown leaps and bounds since he turned professional in 2013 and he is now on just the most incredible run. What is most scary though is that one cannot help but feel there is more to come.