After a week in the Sin City, the PGA Tour heads to the other side of the globe for the Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan. There are 78 players in the field and there will be no cut Friday night.
Several stars of the game have made the lengthy trip to East Asia including defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, who sits at +1200 to repeat. The betting favorite, however, is Xander Schauffele at +750. Schauffele played for the U.S. at the Presidents Cup last month but this will be his first start of the new 2022-23 season.
Other big names in the field include last week’s winner Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Collin Morikawa, Cameron Young and Viktor Hovland.
Golf course
Key statistics
- Total driving
- Strokes Gained: Approach
Data Golf Information
Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. Caves Valley Golf Club, 2. Torrey Pines, 3. Atunyote GC
Trending (of the players in the field, last three finishes): 1. Sungjae Im (T-15, T-2, 7), 2. Tom Kim (T-13, T-54, 1), 3. Cameron Young (T-31, T-23, 19)
Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Xander Schauffele (9.4 percent), 2. Sungjae Im (9 percent), 3. Cameron Young (6.9 percent)
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Betting preview
Last week (Shriners Children's Open)
Decent bounce-back week. After hitting nothing at the Sanderson Farms, we cashed a few top-20 bets in Las Vegas (missed on all three outrights with Tom Kim’s win).
Taylor Montgomery, Top 20: Cash (+170, T-15)
Tom Hoge, Top 20: Cash (+185, T-4)
Joel Dahmen, Top 20: Miss (T-37)
+255 (+2.55 units) on position plays at the Shriners.
Odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Xander Schauffele | (+750) | Keegan Bradley | (+3000) |
| Sungjae Im | (+1000) | Tom Hoge | (+3000) |
| Hideki Matsuyama | (+1200) | Si Woo Kim | (+3000) |
| Collin Morikawa | (+1300) | Mito Pereira | (+3000) |
| Tom Kim | (+1300) | Scott Stallings | (+4000) |
| Cameron Young | (+1500) | Sepp Straka | (+4000) |
| Tyrrell Hatton | (+2000) | Cameron Davis | (+4000) |
| Corey Conners | (+2000) | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | (+4000) |
| Viktor Hovland | (+3000) | Maverick McNealy | (+4000) |
| Tommy Fleetwood | (+3000) | Sebastian Munoz | (+4000) |
Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley has been in contention several times over the last six months. Runner-up at the Wells Fargo, top 10 at the U.S. Open and a top five in his last start at the Sanderson Farms.
At the ’21 and ’19 Zozo (when the championship has been held at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club), Bradley finished T-7 and T-13, respectively.
Bets to consider: Outright (+3000, 30/1), Top 10 (+270)
Tommy Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood’s last PGA Tour start came at the Open Championship where he tied for fourth (finished T-4 at the Scottish Open the week before).
He’s played in three DP World Tour events since St. Andrews and has finished T-57 (BMW PGA), T-22 (Alfred Dunhill Links) and T-39 (acciona Open de Espana).
At the ’21 and ’19 Zozo, Fleetwood finished T-7 and T-22.
Bets to consider: Outright (+3000, 30/1), Top 10 (+270)
Cameron Young
This golf course can be taken advantage of by long-hitters. Enter Cameron Young.
Although he played in the Presidents Cup, this will be Young’s first start of the new season and he’s not played this golf course before. Pure feel pick.
Bets to consider: Outright (+1500, 15/1), Top 10 (+185)
