ZOZO Championship: Tee Times, Prize Money, TV Coverage as Hideki Matsuyama and Kim head field

Updated 12/10/2022 at 08:10 GMT

The PGA Tour is on its travels this week, with the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan playing host to the ZOZO Championship. It has only been on the roster since 2019, but has some big names on the trophy. Tiger Woods was the first player to get his hands on the prize, Patrick Cantlay triumphed in 2020 and Hideki Matsuyama won last year's event.

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Hideki Matsuyama is a superstar pretty much anywhere he goes, but on home soil things ramp up again and he will be the starter, main course and dessert at the ZOZO Championship.

The PGA Tour’s regular jaunt to Japan has attracted a host of stars to the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, with the 2021 Masters champion standing above everyone else.

Matsuyama will have familiar faces alongside him, as nine of the Internationals’ Presidents Cup team will be in the field - notably Sungjae Im and Tom Kim.

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The Internationals were beaten by the United States at Quail Hollow, and the likes of Matsuyama, Kim and Im will look to get the upper hand against Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa who will be flying the flag for the victors.

The ZOZO Championship has been on the schedule since 2019, and star names adorn the championship.

Tiger Woods secured victory in the inaugural event, while Patrick Cantlay followed up one year later when the event was played in the US due to Covid restrictions - and Matsuyama is the defending champion after winning in 2021.

It is a reduced field, with 78 players teeing it up over four rounds and with no cut at the halfway stage.

The Course: Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club

One of the most imposing courses in Japan, the Shinya Fujita-designed track has played host to a series of big events in the country dating back to the Japan Championship in 1968 - after opening for play in 1965.

The Suntory Open was played at the course, and it came as no surprise when it was confirmed it would host the ZOZO Championship.

Like many courses in Japan, each hole has two greens - leaving plenty of room for creativity for tournament officials. The simple thinking behind the double greens is to ensure courses are playable through different seasons.

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The venue has 36 holes and the ZOZO will feature a composite of the two tracks. It stretches out to 7,079 yards, with 40 yards being added to the distance since last year.

Tree-lined with tight fairways and water in play on a number of holes, accuracy is a key attribute.

Prize Money: $11m (£9.91m), with the winner’s share being $1.98m (£1.78m).

Format: 72-hole strokeplay.

Course records:

18 holes: 63 - Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy (2019), Hiroshi Iwata, Naoto Nakanishi (2021)
72 holes: 261 - Tiger Woods (2019)

TV Coverage: The ZOZO Championship is live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Past Winners:

2021 - Hideki Matsuyama
2020 - Patrick Cantlay
2019 - Tiger Woods

Tee Times - Local (Eight hours ahead of UK):

8:50am: Troy Merritt
8:50am: Sam Ryder
8:50am: Aguri Iwasaki
8:50am: Adam Long
8:50am: Danny Lee
8:50am: Christiaan Bezuidenhout
9:01am: Kevin Streelman
9:01am: Matt Wallace
9:01am: Rikuya Hoshino
9:01am: Russell Knox
9:01am: Brandon Wu
9:01am: Riki Kawamoto
9:12am: Chez Reavie
9:12am: Chad Ramey
9:12am: Rickie Fowler
9:12am: John Huh
9:12am: Taylor Moore
9:12am: Yuto Katsuragawa
9:23am: J.J. Spaun
9:23am: Luke List
9:23am: Si Woo Kim
9:23am: Sepp Straka
9:23am: Viktor Hovland
9:23am: Cameron Young
9:34am: Corey Conners
9:34am: Satoshi Kodaira
9:34am: Peter Malnati
9:34am: Xander Schauffele
9:34am: Hideki Matsuyama
9:34am: Tyrrell Hatton
9:45am: Scott Stallings
9:45am: Beau Hossler
9:45am: Takumi Kanaya
9:45am: Dylan Frittelli
9:45am: Sahith Theegala
9:45am: Kaito Onishi
9:56am: Adam Svensson
9:56am: Alex Smalley
9:56am: Kazuki Higa
9:56am: Davis Riley
9:56am: Kurt Kitayama
9:56am: Keita Nakajima
10:07am: Brendan Steele
10:07am: Adam Schenk
10:07am: Ryo Hisatsune
10:07am: Andrew Putnam
10:07am: Emiliano Grillo
10:07am: Hiroshi Iwata
10:18am: Maverick McNealy
10:18am: Mito Pereira
10:18am: Shugo Imahira
10:18am: Patrick Rodgers
10:18am: Aaron Rai
10:18am: Hayden Buckley
10:29am: Mackenzie Hughes
10:29am: Collin Morikawa
10:29am: Sebastian Munoz
10:29am: Tom Hoge
10:29am: Cameron Champ
10:29am: Martin Laird
10:40am: Tom Kim
10:40am: Sungjae Im
10:40am: Cam Davis
10:40am: K.H. Lee
10:40am: Lucas Herbert
10:40am: Joel Dahmen
10:51am: Tommy Fleetwood
10:51am: Mark Hubbard
10:51am: Matthew NeSmith
10:51am: Wyndham Clark
10:51am: Stephan Jaeger
10:51am: Mikumu Horikawa
11:02am: C.T. Pan
11:02am: Keegan Bradley
11:02am: Naoyuki Kataoka
11:02am: David Lipsky
11:02am: Lee Hodges
11:02am: Tomoharu Otsuki

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