Zozo Championship
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.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Sherwood, California |
| Established | 2019 |
| Course(s) | Sherwood Country Club (2020) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | 72-hole stroke play with no cut |
| Prize fund | US$8 million |
| Month played | October |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 261 Tiger Woods (2019) |
| To par | −23 Patrick Cantlay (2020) |
| Current champion | |
 Patrick Cantlay | |
| Location Map | |
  Sherwood Country Club Location in the United States  Sherwood Country Club Sherwood Country Club (California)  Sherwood Country Club Sherwood Country Club (the Los Angeles metropolitan area) | |
The tournament is the first event sanctioned by the PGA Tour in Japan, in a deal that will last until at least 2025.[1][2] For 2020, the tournament was moved to Sherwood Country Club in Lake Sherwood, California in October.
FieldEdit
The 78-player field consists of:[3]
- Top 60 available PGA Tour players from the previous season's FedEx Cup standings.
- Top 7 players in the current season Japan Golf Tour money list through the Bridgestone Open.
- Top 3 players in the Bridgestone Open.
- 8 sponsor exemptions.
WinnersEdit
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | USA[b] | Patrick Cantlay
|
265 | −23 | 1 stroke |  Jon Rahm Justin Thomas
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Sherwood CC, U.S. | 8,000,000 | 1,440,000 |
| 2019 | USA, JPN | Tiger Woods
|
261 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Hideki Matsuyama
|
Narashino CC, Japan | 9,750,000 | 1,755,000 |
- ^ USA – PGA Tour; JPN – Japan Golf Tour
- ^ Due to relocating to the United States because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Zozo Championship was a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour event in 2020.[4]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tournament info". Zozo Championship. Retrieved 27 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.
