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{{Short description|Golf tournament}}
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{{Infobox golf tournament
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Zozo Championship
| name = Zozo Championship
| image = Zozo_Championship_logo.png
| image = Zozo_Championship_logo.png
| image size = 240
| image size = 200px
| caption =
| caption =
| location = [[Chiba Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| location = [[Inzai]], [[Chiba Prefecture]], Japan
| establishment = 2019
| establishment = 2019
| course = [[Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club]]
| course = [[Narashino Country Club]]
| par = 70<ref name="course" />
| par = 70
| yardage = {{convert|7041|yd}}<ref name="course">[https://zozochampionship.com/course.html コース紹介]</ref>
| yardage = {{convert|7041|yd|m}}
| lang = <!-- Defaults to US English. Value must be "uk" for British English -->
| lang = <!-- Defaults to US English. Value must be "uk" for British English -->
| org =
| org = ZOZO Inc.
| tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[Japan Golf Tour]]
| tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[Japan Golf Tour]]
| format = 72-hole [[stroke play]] with no cut
| format = [[Stroke play]]
| purse = [[United States dollar|US$]]9.75 million
| purse = {{currency|8,500,000|USD}}
| month_played = October
| month_played = October
| final_year = <!-- use if no longer played -->
| final_year = <!-- use if no longer played -->
| aggregate =
| aggregate = 260 [[Nico Echavarría]] (2024)
| to-par =
| to-par = −23 [[Patrick Cantlay]] (2020)
| score = <!-- only use for match play -->
| score = <!-- only use for match play -->
| current_champion = <!-- use if still played -->
| current_champion = {{flagicon|COL}} [[Nico Echavarría]]
| final_champion = <!-- use if no longer played -->
| final_champion = <!-- use if no longer played -->
| coordinates = {{coord|35.813|140.144}}
| map = Japan#Japan Chiba Prefecture
| map_label = Narashino CC
| map_caption = Location in [[Japan]]##Location in the [[Chiba Prefecture]]
| map_relief = yes
| map_label_position = right
| map_size = 200px
}}
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The '''Zozo Championship''' ([[Japanese Language|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.
{{Location map|Japan|width=240|float=|caption=Location in [[Japan]]|relief=1|label=<small>Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club</small>|background=|lat=35.41|long=139.41}}
The '''Zozo Championship''' ([[Japanese Language|Japanese]]: ''ゾゾ・チャンピオンシップ'') is an upcoming 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]].


==History==
The tournament is the first event ever sanctioned by the PGA Tour in [[Japan]], in a deal that will last until at least 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/11/20/the-zozo-championship-japan-announced.html |title=First official PGA Tour event in Japan to debut in 2019 |date=20 November 2018 |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="GNN">{{Cite web |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2018/11/20/zozo-championship-japan-event-pga-tour-schedule-starting-19-111510/ |title=Zozo Championship to become first Japan event on PGA Tour schedule starting in '19 |date=20 November 2018 |website=GolfNewsNet.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2018/11/20/the-zozo-championship-japan-announced.html |title=First official PGA Tour event in Japan to debut in 2019 |date=20 November 2018 |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="GNN">{{Cite web |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2018/11/20/zozo-championship-japan-event-pga-tour-schedule-starting-19-111510/ |title=Zozo Championship to become first Japan event on PGA Tour schedule starting in '19 |date=20 November 2018 |website=GolfNewsNet.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> [[Tiger Woods]] won the inaugural event for his 82nd PGA Tour victory. This tied the all-time record set by [[Sam Snead]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2019/10/27/tiger-woods-ties-sam-sneads-record-of-82-pga-tour-wins/40449413/ |title=Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA Tour wins |newspaper=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=October 28, 2019 |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Leonard |first=Tod |title=Tour moves Zozo Championship from Japan to site of six Tiger Woods wins, Sherwood CC |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/zozo-championship-moves-to-sherwood-country-club-tiger-woods/amp |magazine=Golf Digest |access-date=September 1, 2020 |date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=PGA Tour and Zozo Inc. announce 2021 Zozo Championship will be contested in Japan |url=https://www.pgatour.com/news/2021/09/14/pga-tour-and-zozo-inc-announce-2021-zozo-championship-will-be-contested-in-japan.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=October 11, 2021 |date=September 14, 2021}}</ref> [[Hideki Matsuyama]] eagled the final hole to win in his home country by five shots ahead of [[Brendan Steele]] and [[Cameron Tringale]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/masters-winner-hideki-matsuyama-wins-zozo-championship-in-japan |title=Hideki Matsuyama's Zozo win is very different from the Masters, but just as impressive |first=Tod |last=Leonard |magazine=Golf Digest |date=October 24, 2021 |access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/company/2024/12/11/baycurrent-inc-becomes-new-title-sponsor-of-pga-tour-japan-tournament-reborn-as-baycurrent-classic |title=Baycurrent named title sponsor of PGA Tour's Japan event reimagined as 'Baycurrent Classic' |publisher=PGA Tour |date=11 December 2024 |access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref>


==Field==
==Field==
The 78-player field will consist of:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zozochampionship.com/en/ |title=About Zozo Championship |publisher=Zozo Championship |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref>
The 78-player field consists of:<ref name="overview">{{cite web |url=https://zozochampionship.com/en/overview.html |title=Tournament info |publisher=Zozo Championship |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref>
* Top 60 available [[PGA Tour]] players from the previous season's FedEx Cup standings.
* 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 7 players in the current season [[Japan Golf Tour]] money list through the [[Bridgestone Open]].
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==Winners==
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!rowspan=2|Year!!colspan=2|Season!!rowspan=2|Winner!!rowspan=2|Country!!rowspan=2|Score!!rowspan=2|To par!!rowspan=2|Margin<br>of victory!!rowspan=2|Runner-up!!rowspan=2|Purse ($)!!rowspan=2|Winner's<br>share ($)
!Year!!Tour(s){{efn|JPN − [[Japan Golf Tour]]; PGAT − [[PGA Tour]].}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Purse<br>($)!!Winner's<br>share ($)!!Venue
|-
|-
|2024
!Japan !! PGA
|[[2024 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]],{{efn|name=unofficialjpn}} [[2024 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Nico Echavarría]]
|align=center|260
|align=center|−20
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Max Greyserman]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Thomas]]
|align=center|8,500,000
|align=center|1,530,000
|[[Narashino Country Club|Narashino]], Japan
|-
|-
|2023
| 2019 || align=center|[[2019 Japan Golf Tour|2019]] || align=center|[[2020 PGA Tour|2020]] || || || align=center| || align=center| || || {{flagicon|}} || 9,750,000 || 1,750,000
|[[2023 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]],{{efn|name=unofficialjpn}} [[2022–23 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Collin Morikawa]]
|align=center|266
|align=center|−14
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Cole (golfer)|Eric Cole]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Beau Hossler]]
|align=center|8,500,000
|align=center|1,530,000
|[[Narashino Country Club|Narashino]], Japan
|-
|2022
|[[2022 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]],{{efn|name=unofficialjpn|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.}} [[2022–23 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Keegan Bradley]]
|align=center|265
|align=center|−15
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Putnam]]
|align=center|11,000,000
|align=center|1,980,000
|[[Narashino Country Club|Narashino]], Japan
|-
| 2021
| [[2020–21 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]],{{efn|name=unofficialjpn}} [[2021–22 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]]
| align=center|265
| align=center|−15
| 5 strokes
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brendan Steele]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cameron Tringale]]
| align=center|9,950,000
| align=center|1,791,000
|[[Narashino Country Club|Narashino]], Japan
|-
| align=center|2020
| [[2020–21 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]],{{efn|name=unofficialjpn}} [[2020–21 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Cantlay]]
| align=center|265
| align=center|−23
| 1 stroke
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jon Rahm]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Thomas]]
| align=center|8,000,000
| align=center|1,440,000
| [[Sherwood Country Club|Sherwood]], U.S.
|-
| 2019
| [[2019 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]], [[2019–20 PGA Tour|PGAT]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]
| align=center|261
| align=center|−19
| 3 strokes
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]]
| align=center|9,750,000
| align=center|1,755,000
| [[Narashino Country Club|Narashino]], Japan
|}
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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*{{official}}
*{{official}}
*[https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-zozo-championship.html Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site]
*[https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-zozo-championship.html Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site]
*[https://www.jgto.org/en/tournament/12200527 Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site]


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Latest revision as of 16:03, 11 December 2024

Zozo Championship
Tournament information
LocationInzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Established2019
Course(s)Narashino Country Club
Par70
Length7,041 yards (6,438 m)
Organized byZOZO Inc.
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$8,500,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Nico Echavarría (2024)
To par−23 Patrick Cantlay (2020)
Current champion
Colombia Nico Echavarría
Location map
Narashino CC is located in Japan
Narashino CC
Narashino CC
Location in Japan
Narashino CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Narashino CC
Narashino CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

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

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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

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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

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

Notes

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  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  2. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "First official PGA Tour event in Japan to debut in 2019". PGA Tour. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  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.
  8. ^ "Tournament info". Zozo Championship. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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