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Baycurrent Classic

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Baycurrent Classic
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Tournament information
LocationYokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Established2019
CourseYokohama Country Club
Par71
Length7,315 yards (6,689 m)
Organized byPGA Tour
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$8,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Nico Echavarría (2024)
To par−23 Patrick Cantlay (2020)
Current champion
United States Xander Schauffele
Location map
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The Baycurrent Classic (Japanese: ベイカレントクラシック) is a professional golf tournament in Yokohama, Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded as the Zozo Championship in 2019 and sponsored by Zozo, a Japanese clothing brand. In 2025, the sponsorship changed to Baycurrent, a Japanese consulting firm and the tournament moved to Yokohama Country Club.

History

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The tournament is the first event sanctioned by the PGA Tour in Japan.[1][2] The inaugural event was held at Narashino Country Club where Tiger Woods won his 82nd PGA Tour victory. This tied the all-time record set by Sam Snead.[3]

In 2020, the tournament was moved to Sherwood Country Club in Lake Sherwood, California in October, due to ongoing travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Ultimately, the 2020 event became a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour event and had no involvement from the Japan Golf Tour.

The tournament returned to Japan in 2021 as well as being sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. However, it was an unofficial money event on the Japan Golf Tour.[5] Hideki Matsuyama eagled the final hole to win in his home country by five shots ahead of Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale.[6]

In December 2024, it was announced that Zozo would no longer sponsor the tournament from 2025 onwards, with the tournament being renamed as the Baycurrent Classic.[7]

Course

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Yokohama Country Club, established in 1958, and opened in 1960, is a 36-hole facility featuring East and West courses originally designed by the club's founder and first chairman the late Takeo Aiyama. The West Course was remodeled by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in 2016. The course will see the field take on a composite of both layouts, including 16 holes from the West Course and two holes from the East Course.

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
($)		 Winner's
share ($)		 Venue
Baycurrent Classic
2025 JPN,[b] PGAT United States Xander Schauffele 265 −19 1 stroke United States Max Greyserman 8,000,000 1,440,000 Yokohama, Japan
Zozo Championship
2024 JPN,[b] PGAT Colombia Nico Echavarría 260 −20 1 stroke United States Max Greyserman
United States Justin Thomas 		8,500,000 1,530,000 Narashino, Japan
2023 JPN,[b] PGAT United States Collin Morikawa 266 −14 6 strokes United States Eric Cole
United States Beau Hossler 		8,500,000 1,530,000 Narashino, Japan
2022 JPN,[b] PGAT United States Keegan Bradley 265 −15 1 stroke United States Rickie Fowler
United States Andrew Putnam 		11,000,000 1,980,000 Narashino, Japan
2021 JPN,[b] PGAT Japan Hideki Matsuyama 265 −15 5 strokes United States Brendan Steele
United States Cameron Tringale 		9,950,000 1,791,000 Narashino, Japan
2020 JPN,[b] PGAT United States Patrick Cantlay 265 −23 1 stroke Spain Jon Rahm
United States Justin Thomas 		8,000,000 1,440,000 Sherwood, U.S.
2019 JPN, PGAT United States Tiger Woods 261 −19 3 strokes Japan Hideki Matsuyama 9,750,000 1,755,000 Narashino, Japan

Notes

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  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Between 2020 and 2025 the event was sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.

References

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