Footage has emerged showing the moment which forced Hideki Matsuyama to halt his swing on the tee during the play-off at the Phoenix Open. Matsuyama finished on 16-under-par in the PGA Tour event in Arizona and was tied with Chris Gotterup, forcing a play-off at TPC Scottsdale.

Matsuyama was on the tee of the play-off hole and was forced to stop his swing just as he was about to strike the ball. The stoppage was caused by a noise in the crowd, which occurred just as Matsuyama was about to start his downswing while on the tee.

After the stoppage, Matsuyama subsequently found the water with his tee shot, which led to Gutterup winning the play-off hole and securing the Phoenix Open title.

Reports later began emerging about the source of the noise, with Golf Digest claiming that it was because of a staff member from the Phoenix Open who unintentionally dropped a chair at the point of Matsuyama’s downswing.

Footage has emerged on social media taken from the crowd as Matsuyama was on the tee for the play-off, with the noise happening just as the 33-year-old was about to begin his downswing before he abruptly stopped to look for the source of the noise.

There was more controversy earlier in the day, when there was a noise just as Matsuyama was standing over a putt on the 18th green that would have seen him crowned champion in Arizona.

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In the end, Matsuyama missed the putt, which went on to force a play-off. Gutterup won the play-off thanks to a birdie putt, which ended Matsuyama’s hopes of winning the Phoenix Open for a third time in his career.

Had Matsuyama won the play-off, he would have been in line to receive £1.26million ($1.73 million) in prize money. However, due to finishing second, the Japanese golfing star will earn £766,000 ($1,046,400) from his efforts at TPC Scottsdale.

“Yeah, it’s disappointing, shock,” Matsuyama told reporters, through an interpreter, via Golf Channel.

“Was grinding all weekend,” he added. “Didn’t have my best stuff, but hung in there. I wanted to avoid the playoff as much as I could, but I just hit a bad tee shot there in regulation at 18, and Chris made a good putt there in the playoff, so hats off to him.”

The win for Gotterup marks his second of the PGA Tour season so far, with just three events played. His other victory came at the opening week of the new season at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Gotterup also gave his verdict on the atmosphere at TPC Scottsdale, including the moment which saw Matsuyama stop his swing on the tee of the play-off hole.

“You know, it’s a good thing that there’s so many people,” Gotterup said, via Golf Channel. “You hear it, but you have so much going through your brain, it’s almost like white noise.

“Obviously, I think on the tee box a chair fell. Of course that happens in the playoff. But it’s just a crazy atmosphere, and you just have to embrace it this week, and I felt like I did a good job of that.

“Let alone trying to win a tournament and then also having people line the fairways, it just makes it that much more difficult. But I felt like I was focused on what I was doing.”