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The PGA Tour travels across the Pacific Ocean to Chiba, Japan, for the 2023 Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club. Making the voyage for the third straight season and fourth time overall, the Zozo Championship features a limited, 78-man field that will pack plenty of punch.
World No. 6 Xander Schauffele headlines 16 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings set to tee it up. Schauffele arrives in Japan fresh off the 2023 Ryder Cup where he struggled to a 1-3-0 record. He will look to get right in a nation that has served him well in the past; Schauffele claimed the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Schauffele went without a victory during the 2023 regular season, as did Collin Morikawa. The two-time major champion enjoyed a strong statistical output throughout his campaign, but the search for his first trophy in over two years continues. He will have to deal with the likes of Japanese superstar Hideki Matsuyama and South Korea’s Sungjae Im.
There was no one better at this tournament last year than defending champion Keegan Bradley. Leapfrogging 54-hole leader Rickie Fowler on the final day of competition, Bradley broke a winless drought of his own and went on to use his triumph at the Zozo Championship as a springboard for the rest of his season.
Fowler hopes to make amends for last year’s shortcomings while young guns like Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala and Cameron Davis aim to keep their fall momentum going. Adam Scott rounds out the notables and could play a factor in this tournament as two of the three prior winners at Narashino Country Club were Masters champions just like the…
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