2022 ZOZO Championship Odds and Picks

The PGA Tour heads to the Narashino Country Club in Japan for the ZOZO Championship. In years past, this event was part of a group of tournaments known as the Asian swing. Now, only the ZOZO remains due to COVID-19. One of the other “Swing” events, the CJ Cup, has now moved to the United States and is played in South Carolina.

The ZOZO has some big names once again this season including Tom Kim who is coming off a hot streak that includes winning last week at the Shriners. Kim comes in at +1400 along with Collin Morikawa. But the favorite to win the event outright is Xander Schauffele who stands alone at +750.

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This means that defending ZOZO champ Hideki Matsuyama will have a tough group of favorites to beat. Matsuyama comes in at +1200 and won last season’s event by five strokes over Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale.

Here are the favorites through to win the ZOZO Championship outright:

Xander Schauffele +750

Sungjae Im +1200

Hideki Matsuyama +1200

Collin Morikawa +1400

Tom Kim +1400

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2022 ZOZO Championship Preview

The ZOZO Championship is a 78-player tournament with no cuts.

Where: Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Course: Narashino Country Club

Format: Stroke Play

Par: 70

Length: 7079 Yards

When: Oct 13-16, 2022

Purse: $11 Million

TV Coverage: Golf Channel (Time difference due to event overseas.)

The ZOZO Championship takes place at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club which has had some work done to it. The course now plays longer as 40 yards have been added. It is a stunning course that features lush terrain, rolling hills, tree-lined fairways, and plenty of bunkers.

Players will have to deal with tight fairways, small greens, and some elevation changes. Even with the added distance, the course plays shorter than many on the PGA TOUR. Big Boomers may have to lay back a bit and pull more wedges out of their bags.

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2022 ZOZO Championship Predictions

Xander Schauffele +750

Xander Schauffele is coming off a great season that included winning three times in half a year. He won the GENISIS Scottish Open, the Travelers, and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Plus, he nailed down the Gold at the Olympics the season prior and a great showing at the Presidents Cup a few weeks ago. Schauffele is now ranked 6th on the OWGR and is the highest-ranking player in the ZOZO field.

Sungjae Im +1200

Sungjae Im played with more emotion while looking like he was having fun at the Presidents Cup. It was a side of Im that he has not shown too often in the past. It worked for him! He’s gone over a year without a win on the PGA TOUR but he’s been close. He finished 7th in the Shriners last week and was T2 at both the Wyndham Championship and the 3M Open.

Tommy Fleetwood +2500

Tommy Fleetwood has been playing mostly on the DP World Tour but did make a big splash in his most recent PGA TOUR visits. He was T4 at both the Open (British Open) and the GENISIS Scottish Open. Fleetwood seems to like this course. He finished T22 at the ZOZO in 2019 and bested that effort in 2021 when he carded a T7 effort. Fleetwood has the short game that can keep him in the running at this type of course.

Others: Tom Hoge (+3000) has looked strong over the last several months and last season. He was T4 at the Shriners last week and finished 10th by himself at the TOUR Championship. Luke List (+7000) has an amazing short game and when his putter is on point he’s tough to beat. If he can stay consistent over the course of the ZOZO then his style of play should pay off.

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2022 ZOZO Championship Betting Lines

Xander Schauffele +750

Sungjae Im +1200

Hideki Matsuyama +1200

Collin Morikawa +1400

Tom Kim +1400

Viktor Hovland +1600

Cameron Young +1800

Tyrrell Hatton +2200

Corey Conners +2500

Tommy Fleetwood +2500

Si-Woo Kim +2800

Keegan Bradley +3000

Tom Hoge +3000

Maverick McNealy +3500

Sahith Theegala +3500

Sebastian Munoz +4000

Mito Pereira +4000

Scott Stallings +4000

Cameron Davis +4000

Sepp Straka +4000

Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4500

Emiliano Grillo +5000

Lucas Herbert +5000

Davis Riley +5000

Kyoung-Hoon Lee +5000

Matthew Nesmith +5000

Mackenzie Hughes +5500

Mark Hubbard +6600

Andrew Putnam +6600

JJ Spaun +7000

Kurt Kitayama +7000

Rickie Fowler +7000

Luke List +7000

Aaron Rai +7500

Taylor Moore +8000

Wyndham Clark +8000

Kevin Streelman +8000

Matt Wallace +8000

Brendan Steele +8000

Stephan Jaeger +9000

Patrick Rodgers +9000

Troy Merritt +10000

Russell Knox +10000

Adam Schenk +10000

Hayden Buckley +10000

Alex Smalley +10000

Adam Svensson +10000

Adam Long +10000

Martin Laird +10000

Cameron Champ +10000

Joel Dahmen +10000

Dylan Frittelli +12500

Brandon Wu +12500

Beau Hossler +12500

Lee Hodges +12500

David Lipsky +12500

Sam Ryder +12500

Satoshi Kodaira +12500

C T Pan +15000

Ryo Hisatsune +15000

Kazuki Higa +15000

Takumi Kanaya +15000

Peter Malnati +15000

John Huh +17500

Shugo Imahira +17500

Tomoharu Otsuki +17500

Rikuya Hoshino +20000

Chez Reavie +20000

Yuto Katsuragawa +20000

Aguri Iwasaki +20000

Chad Ramey +20000

Riki Kawamoto +25000

Keita Nakajima +25000

Danny Lee +25000

Kaito Onishi +27500

Mikumu Horikawa +30000

Hiroshi Iwata +30000

Naoyuki Kataoka +40000