First of all, I have to thank Steve Pimental for filling in for me last week. I was dealing with a medical issue but got that straighten out and I’m ready to get back into it with you at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.
This will be the third edition of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP and it returns to its home course in 2021. Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan will host the event again after a one year COVID-19 hiatus. Tiger Woods won the inaugural event in Japan but obviously will not be able to participate this year. Sherwood Country Club in California held the tournament in 2020 where Patrick Cantlay won. Cantlay will not be traveling to overseas. The tournament is run similarly to last week’s CJ CUP with 78 players in the field and there will be no cut. 24 players from the 2019 edition return for the 2021 event.
This course will be a challenge for these players but Tiger did win this event at 19 under back in 2019. When you look at PGA Tour standards, this course is short at a max of 7,041 yards and plays as a Par 70 going 34-36 which is not something you see in the United States. It features five Par 3s and three par 5s. We will see plenty of scoring but we will also see these pros face a lot of unique challenges that you’ll only see on Japanese courses. Every hole at Accordia features two greens. The fairways here should not be challenging to hit but they are tree lined for wayward shots. We’ll see lots of dog legs and greens that will challenge these players. There is some water sprinkled throughout the course and lots of defensive greenside bunkers. It will be fun to get a look at this course once again.
Japan is 13 hours ahead of us which means lineups will lock at 7:30pm eastern TONIGHT!
Good luck!
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