Matsuyama finished birdie-birdie, knocking in a 17-foot putt at the last at the TPC Scottsdale, before Fowler forced the playoff by calmly sinking a 10-footer.
(Reuters)
They finished at 14-under 270, two strokes clear of American Harris English.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Frank Pingue)