PGA Tour golfer Hideki Matsuyama is ROBBED at London airport while traveling from the Olympics to Memphis

Hideki Matsuyama was robbed at an airport in London this week while traveling from the Olympics in Paris to a PGA Tour event in Memphis. 

Mastuyama's team of caddie Shota Hayato and coach Mikihito Kuromiya were also robbed during the incident in London. 

Hayato and Kuromiya did not travel on to Tennessee for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which begins Thursday, while Matsuyama did. 

Matsuyama's passport was stolen, along with the passports from each member of his team, forcing them to return to Japan to get them reissued before returning to the golf circuit, per Golf Digest Japan. 

The Japanese golfer won the bronze medal in men's stroke play at the Olympics last weekend. His medal was not stolen. 

Hideki Matsuyama and members of his team were robbed at a London airport this week

Matsuyama was traveling from the Olympics to a PGA Tour event in Memphis when robbed

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Matsuyama is the biggest Japanese star in golf and won his only major at the 2021 Masters. 

Team USA's Scottie Scheffler and Great Britain's Tommy Fleetwood won the gold and silver medals respectively at the Olympics.

Matsuyama winning a bronze medal comes after losing a 7-hole playoff for the third-place award three years ago in Tokyo. 

One week later, he was in a playoff at the St. Jude Championship again, losing to Abraham Ancer. 

It is unclear when Kuromiya and Hayato will re-join Matsuyama on the PGA Tour, with a substitute caddie being assigned to Matsuyama for the Memphis tournament. 

Matsuyama last won a PGA Tour event in February at the Genesis Invitational.