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Zozo Championship
Tournament information
Location	Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Established	2019
Course(s)	Narashino Country Club
Par	70
Length	7,041 yards (6,438 m)
Organized by	ZOZO Inc.
Tour(s)	PGA Tour; Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$8,500,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Nico Echavarría (2024)
To par	−23 Patrick Cantlay (2020)
Current champion
	Nico Echavarría
Location map
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The Zozo Championship (Japanese: ゾゾ・チャンピオンシップ) is a professional golf tournament in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, which is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour and has been sponsored by ZOZO, a Japanese clothing brand, since the event's inception in 2019.

History

The tournament is the first event sanctioned by the PGA Tour in Japan, in a deal that will last until at least 2025. It would also be co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour.^[1]^[2] Tiger Woods won the inaugural event for his 82nd PGA Tour victory. This tied the all-time record set by Sam Snead.^[3]

In 2020, the tournament was moved to Sherwood Country Club in Lake Sherwood, California in October, due to ongoing travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] Ultimately, the 2020 event became a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour event and had no involvement from the Japan Golf Tour.

The tournament returned to Japan in 2021 as well as being sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. However, it was an unofficial money event on the Japan Golf Tour.^[5] Hideki Matsuyama eagled the final hole to win in his home country by five shots ahead of Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale.^[6]

In December 2024, it was announced that ZOZO would no longer sponsor the tournament from 2025 onwards, with the tournament being renamed as the Baycurrent Classic. Yokohama Country Club was also confirmed as the venue for 2025.^[7]

Field

The 78-player field consists of:^[8]

Top 60 available PGA Tour players from the previous season's FedEx Cup standings.
Top 7 players in the current season Japan Golf Tour money list through the Bridgestone Open.
Top 3 players in the Bridgestone Open.
8 sponsor exemptions.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
2024	JPN,^[b] PGAT	Nico Echavarría	260	−20	1 stroke	Max Greyserman Justin Thomas	8,500,000	1,530,000	Narashino, Japan
2023	JPN,^[b] PGAT	Collin Morikawa	266	−14	6 strokes	Eric Cole Beau Hossler	8,500,000	1,530,000	Narashino, Japan
2022	JPN,^[b] PGAT	Keegan Bradley	265	−15	1 stroke	Rickie Fowler Andrew Putnam	11,000,000	1,980,000	Narashino, Japan
2021	JPN,^[b] PGAT	Hideki Matsuyama	265	−15	5 strokes	Brendan Steele Cameron Tringale	9,950,000	1,791,000	Narashino, Japan
2020	JPN,^[b] PGAT	Patrick Cantlay	265	−23	1 stroke	Jon Rahm Justin Thomas	8,000,000	1,440,000	Sherwood, U.S.
2019	JPN, PGAT	Tiger Woods	261	−19	3 strokes	Hideki Matsuyama	9,750,000	1,755,000	Narashino, Japan

Notes

^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Between 2020 and 2024 the event was sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.

References

^ "First official PGA Tour event in Japan to debut in 2019". PGA Tour. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ "Zozo Championship to become first Japan event on PGA Tour schedule starting in '19". GolfNewsNet.com. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ "Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA Tour wins". USA Today. Associated Press. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^ Leonard, Tod (31 August 2020). "Tour moves Zozo Championship from Japan to site of six Tiger Woods wins, Sherwood CC". Golf Digest. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "PGA Tour and Zozo Inc. announce 2021 Zozo Championship will be contested in Japan". PGA Tour. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^ Leonard, Tod (24 October 2021). "Hideki Matsuyama's Zozo win is very different from the Masters, but just as impressive". Golf Digest. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ "Baycurrent named title sponsor of PGA Tour's Japan event reimagined as 'Baycurrent Classic'". PGA Tour. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ "Tournament info". Zozo Championship. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

External links

35°48′47″N 140°08′38″E / 35.813°N 140.144°E / 35.813; 140.144

[9] JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.

[unofficialjpn-10] Between 2020 and 2024 the event was sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.

[1] "First official PGA Tour event in Japan to debut in 2019". PGA Tour. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[GNN-2] "Zozo Championship to become first Japan event on PGA Tour schedule starting in '19". GolfNewsNet.com. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[3] "Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA Tour wins". USA Today. Associated Press. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[4] Leonard, Tod (31 August 2020). "Tour moves Zozo Championship from Japan to site of six Tiger Woods wins, Sherwood CC". Golf Digest. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[5] "PGA Tour and Zozo Inc. announce 2021 Zozo Championship will be contested in Japan". PGA Tour. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

[6] Leonard, Tod (24 October 2021). "Hideki Matsuyama's Zozo win is very different from the Masters, but just as impressive". Golf Digest. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[7] "Baycurrent named title sponsor of PGA Tour's Japan event reimagined as 'Baycurrent Classic'". PGA Tour. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

[overview-8] "Tournament info". Zozo Championship. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

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v t e Japan Golf Tour events
Japan majors	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Japan PGA Championship Japan Open Golf Championship Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Other tournaments	Token Homemate Cup Kansai Open Golf Championship ISPS Handa Championship in Japan (E) The Crowns Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament Hana Bank Invitational (K) Japan Players Championship Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Yokohama Minato Championship Sansan KBC Augusta Fujisankei Classic Shinhan Donghae Open (A,K) ANA Open Panasonic Open Golf Championship Vantelin Tokai Classic ACN Championship Mynavi ABC Championship Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Casio World Open
Team events	Hitachi 3Tours Championship
Other	Former events Zozo Championship
(E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour; (K) - co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour.

v t e PGA Tour events
Major championships	Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship
FedEx Cup playoff events	FedEx St. Jude Championship BMW Championship Tour Championship
Other tournaments	The Sentry Sony Open in Hawaii The American Express Farmers Insurance Open AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am WM Phoenix Open Genesis Invitational Mexico Open Cognizant Classic Arnold Palmer Invitational Puerto Rico Open The Players Championship Valspar Championship Texas Children's Houston Open Valero Texas Open Corales Puntacana Championship RBC Heritage Zurich Classic of New Orleans CJ Cup Byron Nelson Wells Fargo Championship Myrtle Beach Classic Charles Schwab Challenge RBC Canadian Open Memorial Tournament Travelers Championship Rocket Mortgage Classic John Deere Classic Genesis Scottish Open (E) ISCO Championship (E) Barracuda Championship (E) 3M Open Wyndham Championship Procore Championship Sanderson Farms Championship Black Desert Championship Shriners Children's Open Zozo Championship (J) Butterfield Bermuda Championship World Wide Technology Championship RSM Classic
Team events	Ryder Cup Presidents Cup
Unofficial money events	Hero World Challenge Grant Thornton Invitational Olympic Games
Other	PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Fall Series Former events
All events are listed in chronological order. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour; (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour.