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At the same course where Tiger Woods earned his 82nd PGA Tour victory in 2019 to tie Sam Snead’s record, Collin Morikawa will return to defend his win from last year. Overall, eight of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are committed to the ZOZO Championship, including Japan’s favorite son, and 2021 ZOZO Championship winner, Hideki Matsuyama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other notable players in attendance include Xander Schauffele, Sungjae Im, Min Woo Lee, Max Homa, Justin Thomas, and Will Zalatoris. There are currently 67 golfers in the field with the 11 remaining spots in the field to be filled by the top eight available from the Japan Golf Tour’s money list through this week’s Japan Open Golf Championship and three sponsor exemptions restricted to Japan Golf Tour members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A full 500 FedExCup points will be awarded to the winner. While there are plenty of golfers who are already inside the top 50 of the FedExCup standings which were finalized at the conclusion of the Tour Championship, there remains much to play for. Some in the field will be jockeying for valuable FedExCup Fall points, while others will be looking to nail a spot in “The Next 10”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club – Course History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Opened in 1965 in Chiba, Japan, Narashino CC is a very traditional Japanese design. It has 3 full 18-hole courses. It was designed by Kinya Fujita, one of the premier course architects during the height of the Japanese golf boom in the decades following World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This brings us to a quick lesson on Japanese golf courses. With these venues so heavily utilized by the people of Japan, combined with the ever-changing seasonal weather, multiple greens are used to limit foot traffic and also match the current season. With cooler weather setting in, bentgrass greens will be used this week instead of the bermuda greens. During this week’s tournament, if a player’s ball lands on the wrong green, he will get a free drop off of the putting surface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost all urban and suburban golf courses in Japan are tree-lined tracks with tight fairways. Japanese architects like Fujita attempted to hide as much of the urban sprawl as possible by surrounding each hole with swaths of trees to allow citizens to escape their everyday lives in a fresh environment. In general, holes are designed to keep golfers from hitting over the top of them. Therefore, dogleg corners cannot be cut across by the bigger hitters off the tee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narashino has hosted many top-level events over the years, including the Japan Open, the Japan PGA Championship, and the Japan Airlines Open. It was also the venue for the popular Suntory Open between 1974 and 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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