Best golfers from each continent: Tiger Woods, Hideki Matsuyama among all-time greats from around the globe

Sadly, Antartica did not make this list of the best golfers all-time from around the world

After adding to his already-impressive total of five PGA Tour wins with two more victories at the Masters in April and the Zozo Championship this month in his home country of Japan, Hideki Matsuyama has solidified himself as the most-accomplished and best Asian golfer of all time. 

While it's true that he does not hold the record for most PGA Tour wins by an Asian golfer, an accolade that belongs to K.J. Choi with eight including a Players Championship, Matsuyama is one of just two major championship winners from Asia. And of the two (Y.E. Yang is the other), he has far more overall wins. Matsuyama still has Choi's record of eight Tour wins in his sights, and at age 29 with plenty of runway in front of him and not a lot of miles on the odometer, it would be more surprising if he didn't surpass Choi than if he eventually doubled him up with 16 PGA Tour wins.

All of this poses an interesting question: If Matsuyama is the best ever from Asia, who are his brethren from the remaining continents? Who is the best golfer from each of the six continents that produce golfers (sorry, Antartica)?