Exploring the Zozo Championship 2024: A Unique PGA Tour Stop

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00:03There's sort of a lull right in the PGA Tour that we hit, but then we take a look at the

00:06odds board at the Fanblue Sportsbook, Keith.

00:08I'm seeing some recognizable faces on the tour.

00:11So let's get it started.

00:12The Zozo Championship this week from Japan, as you stated, a par 77,000 yard course.

00:18The previous winner was Colin Morikawa.

00:21He's back in the field this week.

00:22What are the anticipations of the golf course first, Keith, and how that lays out for us?

00:27I tell you what, this golf course has been a really unique test over the years.

00:31This is now the sixth edition.

00:32We did have a pandemic year where we did it in the U.S., but the other four editions have

00:36been at the same golf course, Accordia Golf, Narashino Country Club, par 70, and it rolls

00:42with the hills.

00:43It's just a little bit east of Tokyo, downtown there, just a fantastic 36-hole facility,

00:49and it really tests this, guys, from a ball striking perspective.

00:52You've got five par threes on the scorecard, so it's kind of unique in that way, and you're

00:58also going to see when you turn on the coverage, each hole has two greens.

01:02One has Bermuda grass and one has bent grass, and this is kind of a custom over there in

01:06Japan, but it gives it a very unique view, and it just kind of really emphasizes the

01:10target approach that's necessary in order to play well here.

01:14One of the keys that I really love about this place is that as a par 70, you've got 10 par

01:19fours, and they're very unique.

01:21They're almost bipolar in a lot of ways.

01:23There's five of them that are real short, under 425 yards, and there's five of them

01:27that are over 480 yards.

01:29That's an easy key right there, that if you've got a guy that's really good at par four scoring,

01:34that's something I anticipate that will separate the field.