US PGA Tour's Zozo Championship To Go Ahead In Japan
Zeeshan Mehtab Published September 14, 2021 | 01:10 PM
The US PGA Tour's Zozo Championship will be held in Japan as planned next month, organisers announced Tuesday, after fears it could be moved for the second year running because of the coronavirus pandemi
Tokyo, Sept 14 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Sep, 2021 ) :The US PGA Tour's Zozo Championship will be held in Japan as planned next month, organisers announced Tuesday, after fears it could be moved for the second year running because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The inaugural edition of Japan's first US PGA Tour event in 2019 was memorably won by Tiger Woods, but last year's tournament was moved to California because of the virus.
There had been speculation it could be relocated again this year, after the other two tournaments on the US PGA Tour's "Asian Swing" fell victim to the pandemic.
The CJ Cup, beginning October 14, has been moved from South Korea to Las Vegas, while Shanghai's World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, scheduled for October 28-31, has been cancelled for the second successive year.
But PGA Tour chiefs said Tuesday that the Zozo Championship would go ahead as planned at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, east of Tokyo, from October 21-24.
A decision on whether fans will attend has yet to be taken.
"We are confident our tournament will showcase world-class golf once again," US PGA Tour's international executive vice president Ty Votaw said in a statement.
The Zozo Championship was launched to great fanfare in 2019, with Woods thrilling huge crowds.
The 15-time major winner led from gun to tape to finish three strokes clear of local favourite Hideki Matsuyama, with Rory McIlroy third.
The victory saw Woods tie the all-time mark of 82 US PGA Tour wins held by the legendary Sam Snead.
This year's tournament will offer a $9.95 million purse, with an elite field of 78 competing, though details of players have not yet been confirmed.
Last year's winner, at Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, was Patrick Cantlay, who finished one stroke ahead of Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas.
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