Zozo Championship | |
Image Size: | 200px |
Location: | Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
Establishment: | 2019 |
Course: | Narashino Country Club |
Par: | 70 |
Yardage: | 7041yd |
Org: | ZOZO Inc. |
Tour: | PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Month Played: | October |
Aggregate: | 260 Nico Echavarría (2024) |
To-Par: | −23 Patrick Cantlay (2020) |
Current Champion: | Nico Echavarría |
Coordinates: | 35.813°N 140.144°W |
Map: | Japan#Japan Chiba Prefecture |
Map Label: | Narashino CC |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 200px |
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.
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]
The 78-player field consists of:[7]
Year | Tour(s) | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) | Venue | |
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2024 | JPN, PGAT | 260 | −20 | 1 stroke | Max Greyserman Justin Thomas | 8,500,000 | 1,530,000 | Narashino, Japan | ||
2023 | JPN, PGAT | Collin Morikawa | 266 | −14 | 6 strokes | Eric Cole Beau Hossler | 8,500,000 | 1,530,000 | Narashino, Japan | |
2022 | JPN, PGAT | Keegan Bradley | 265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Rickie Fowler Andrew Putnam | 11,000,000 | 1,980,000 | Narashino, Japan | |
2021 | JPN, PGAT | Hideki Matsuyama | 265 | −15 | 5 strokes | Brendan Steele Cameron Tringale | 9,950,000 | 1,791,000 | Narashino, Japan | |
2020 | JPN, PGAT | 265 | −23 | 1 stroke | 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 |