Japan's Sole PGA Tour Event Gets New Sponsor and Venue Starting in 2025

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Looking to attract a wider audience, Japan's one and only PGA Tour golf tournament is getting a new name and a change of venue.

From the fall of 2025, the Baycurrent Classic, formerly known as the ZOZO Championship, will be played at the Yokohama Country Club, which is closer to the Greater Tokyo Area than the previous venue.

Previously, the ZOZO Championship was played at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba Prefecture near Narita Airport, with the exception of one year.

History of the PGA Tour Event

The inaugural tournament was won by Tiger Woods in 2019 when he claimed his 82nd tour victory to tie the all-time record set by Sam Snead. Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama was the tournament champion in 2021 and Colombia's Nico Echavarria won it in October 2024.

The only year the tournament wasn't played in Chiba was in 2020 when it moved to California due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Japan.

In 2025, the 78-player tournament will be co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour Organization as it was in past years. The exact dates have yet to be determined, but it will be sometime in autumn.

"Since 2019, the PGA Tour's first and only official event in Japan has played a pivotal role in further connecting the PGA Tour and our players to the passionate golf fans of this great country," tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement.

Added Monahan, "We are excited about the event's new home, Yokohama Country Club, one of Japan's premier golf clubs located in close proximity to Tokyo's city center."

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