The PGA Tour heads to Japan for the Zozo Championship this week.
In its first three years, the Zozo has produced big-name tournament champs.
Hideki Matsuyama is back to defend his title. He banked $1.791 million after winning on home soil a year ago. In 2020, Patrick Cantlay earned $1.44 million after the event was moved to Southern California and played at Sherwood Country Club due to COVID restrictions in Japan. In 2019, in the inaugural playing of the first Tour event in Japan, Tiger Woods won his 82nd title while also pocketing $1.755 million. October 27 will mark three years since his last Tour title.
The 2022 version of the event, played again at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, will feature its largest first-place prize yet. It’s also one of the largest checks on the PGA Tour. Of course, there are plenty of qualifiers in the pecking order and the Zozo is a 78-man, limited field event with no cut, but it’s still a bigger payday than most events on the schedule.
FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament
First-place money
Tour Championship
$18 million
BMW Championship
$2.7 million
FedEx St. Jude Championship
$2.7 million
Players
Tournament
First-place money
The Players Championship
$3.6 million
Major championships
Tournament
First-place money
U.S. Open
$3.15 million
Masters Tournament
$2.7 million
PGA Championship
$2.7 million
The Open Championship
$2.5 million
WGCs
Tournament
First-place money
World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
$2.1 million
Invitationals
Tournament
First-place money
Arnold Palmer Invitational
$2.16 million
Genesis Invitational
$2.16 million
The Memorial
$2.16 million
Best of the rest
Tournament
First-place money
Zozo Championship
$1.98 million
CJ Cup in South Carolina
$1.89 million
AT&T Byron Nelson
$1.638 million
Wells Fargo Championship
$1.62 million
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