Hideki Matsuyama earns 7th PGA TOUR win by five at ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP
The PGA TOUR heads back to Japan for the fourth iteration of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP. Japan’s favorite modern golfing son, Hideki Matsuyama, will headline the field as he looks to defend his title from last season.
Matsuyama captured the 2021 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP by five shots.
FIELD NOTES: World No. 5 Xander Schauffele, the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist, is the top-ranked player in the field.
He is joined by world No. 9 Collin Morikawa …
Schuaffele and Morikawa are joined by fellow U.S. Team Presidents Cup member
Cameron Young, who is making his event debut (and first trip to Japan) …
There’s plenty of International Team Presidents Cup flair in
Japan as Sungjae Im,
Tom Kim,
Corey Conners,
K.H. Lee,
Christiaan Bezuidenhout,
Cam Davis,
Si Woo Kim,
Mito Pereira and
Sebastian Munoz are all in the field.
Pereira held the 36-hole lead at the Shriners Children’s Open …
Matsuyama leads the home-country contingent.
The event is co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) once again for 2022 and there will be more than a dozen members of the JGTO teeing it up …
Mackenzie Hughes returns to action after his win at the Sanderson Farms Championship …
Sponsor exemptions include
Matt Wallace, who finished T4 last season, along with
TOUR winners Cameron Champ,
Satoshi Kodaira and Rickie Fowler …
European Ryder Cup teammates
Viktor Hovland (ranked No. 11 in the world) and
Tommy Fleetwood are also in the field