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THIS WEEK on the PGA Tour: ZOZO Championship at SHERWOOD
COURSE: Sherwood CC, Thousand Oaks, California
ARCHITECT: Jack Nicklaus
YARDS/PAR: 7,073 yards/Par 72
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,000,000/$1,440,000
DEFENDING Champion: Tiger Woods (2019 Leaderboard)
FEDEx CUP Points/Winner Share: 2,989/500
TV Coverage: Thursday-Sunday (5pm-8pm ET) - GOLF Channel
PGA Tour Radio Coverage: Thu-Fri (2pm-8pm ET); Sat-Sun (3pm-8pm ET)
PGA Live: All days: (12:45pm-8pm ET); Twitter: All days: (12:45pm-1:45pm ET)
Pre-Tournament Notes
The ZOZO Championship was relocated from Tokyo, Japan to Thousand Oaks, California because of the pandemic and the tour’s overall scheduling plan.
Tiger Woods is the defending champion of the event but is also quite familiar with the course at Sherwood Country Club which staged the Hero World Challenge from 2000-2013 where Woods and his foundation acted as host. Woods last played when he Missed the Cut at the 2020 U.S. Open. (Sept. 20th).
News: Dustin Johnson (COVID+) withdrew from the ZOZO Championship. (PGA Tour dot com)
"Unfortunately, Dustin just made the decision to withdraw from Zozo," said David Winkle, Johnson's agent, to the tour. "While he is feeling much better, he is still a bit low on energy and feels it would be best to wait and resume his schedule in Houston.”
The Houston Open is scheduled for Nov. 5-8, 2020.
The Field
Link to Field listing on ZOZO site (Link)
Expert Picks (PGA Tour dot com)
Featured Groups (On PGA Tour Live):
Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed
Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson
Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Hideki Matsuyama
Tiger Woods, Matthew Wolff, Xander Schauffele
What They’re Saying
Five Things to Know about Sherwood CC (PGA Tour dot com)
Rahm Favored at Sherwood (Action Network)
Tiger Woods Back in Action (Golf Week/USA Today)
Mickelson Wins on PGA Champions Tour (PGA Tour dot com)
Charles Barkley, Steph Curry to Play in The Match; Nov. 27 (ESPN dot com)
(“We may need a handicap for Chuck,” said Phil Mickelson).
Sports Business and the Golf Industry
Upper Deck Golf
The Upper Deck sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced an upcoming addition to the company's growing golf portfolio. Artifacts Golf, a premium trading card product that will offer collectors a wide array of autograph and memorabilia cards from the game's most beloved icons and rising stars, will debut in stores and online in the spring of 2021. (PR News)
The Wyndham
Sports Business Journal reported, “Wyndham has dropped its sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Rewards Top 10 program. The program pays $10M in bonuses to the 10 players who ranked in the top 10 of the FedExCup standings during the Tour’s season. The Tour will continue the Top 10 program and expects to announce a new sponsor in the coming months. Wyndham began its sponsorship in the rewards program in '19. The company will continue to keep its title sponsorship of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.”