Exploring Zozo Championship Strategies and Top Players

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00:00So, how do we use that to our advantage, Keith? I feel like it's always the big names getting

00:07the score here at the Zozos. Colin Morikawa last year, Xander Shoffley at the top of the

00:12odds board at plus 450. Is it a matter of playing the big names in a week like this

00:16for the Zozo Championship?

00:18I can't go there on the short odds with these guys. Now, I think all three of them, the

00:23big guys at the top of the board, they've played in all five Zozos. So, they're really

00:28committed to this event. You know, Xander has, he has Japanese family. Of course, Hideki

00:33lives over there, and Colin is your defending champion. But, they haven't played since the

00:37President's Cup, and with that time off, and they haven't played a stroke play event since

00:41the Tour Championship about two months ago, I think there's an opportunity to get after

00:45these guys. Now, do I think that they'll all be involved early Sunday morning on Japanese

00:49time, you know, on the leaderboard with nine holes to go? Definitely two of the three will

00:54be there. But, I think there's some better value down the board. Some of these middle

00:58tier guys that have been playing a bunch this fall, and have shown that they can really,

01:03really strike their golf ball. I mean, that's the key around this place. Look at the past

01:08champions, Hideki, Keegan, and of course, Colin Morikawa. These guys aren't known as

01:13flat stick aficionados, right? These guys aren't putters. These guys are ball strikers.

01:18These guys are scramblers. These guys can get the job done. You know, they're all major

01:22champions. So, that's the level of ball striking that we're looking for as you go around this

01:26place. Seventy-three bunkers, five holes with water in play. You've got these treeline fairways,

01:31and this rolling terrain. The guys are going to climb, like, over 230 feet in elevation

01:35across 18 holes and five miles. I mean, you really got to keep the ball in play, and if

01:40you do that, like a Captain Keegan or a Hideki, you can totally contend with these guys. And

01:46guess what? There's a couple guys out there right now with some names that we know that

01:50can do that.