The PGA Tour is headed to Southern California this weekend for the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, and it marks the return of Tiger Woods. The defending champ at this tournament, Woods will be teeing off on Thursday for his first appearance since the US Open. The ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP made its debut last year just outside Tokyo, but was moved to Southern California due to Covid-19.
This week’s tournament gets underway Thursday morning at 12:45 p.m. ET. Golf Channel will broadcast the whole weekend from 5-8 p.m. PGA Tour Live will offer a live stream all four days from 12:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Woods will be one of the featured groups for the tournament, joined by Matthew Wolff and Xander Schauffele. They are teeing off from Hole #10 at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday and from Hole #1 at 2:51 p.m. on Friday.
The morning starts at 12:50 p.m. with Mackenzie Hughes, Carlos Ortiz, and Takumi Kanaya teeing off on the first hole and Brian Harman, Chan Kim, and Naoki Sekito teeing off on the tenth hole. The final group tees off at 3:02 p.m. when Adam Hadwin, Talor Gooch, and Mikumu Horikawa tee off on the first hole and Kevin Streelman, Joel Dahmen, and Gunn Charoenkul tee off on the tenth hole.
The featured groups of the day will tee off as follows:
1:34 p.m., Hole #10: Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Hideki Matsuyama
1:45 p.m., Hole #10: Tiger Woods, Matthew Wolff, Xander Schauffele
2:40 p.m., Hole #1: Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed
2:51 p.m., Hole #1: Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson
Here is a full rundown of tee times for Round 1 of the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP on Thursday (all times PT).
2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Thursday tee times
| Time (PT) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (PT) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
| 9:50 AM | Tee #1 | Mackenzie Hughes | Carlos Ortiz | Takumi Kanaya |
| 9:50 AM | Tee #10 | Brian Harman | Chan Kim | Naoki Sekito |
| 10:01 AM | Tee #1 | Jason Kokrak | Sungjae Im | Sebastián Muñoz |
| 10:01 AM | Tee #10 | Daniel Berger | Patrick Cantlay | Matt Kuchar |
| 10:12 AM | Tee #1 | Tyler Duncan | Corey Conners | Tony Finau |
| 10:12 AM | Tee #10 | Cameron Smith | Brendon Todd | Joaquin Niemann |
| 10:23 AM | Tee #1 | Marc Leishman | Lanto Griffin | Rickie Fowler |
| 10:23 AM | Tee #10 | Kevin Kisner | Jordan Spieth | Shugo Imahira |
| 10:34 AM | Tee #1 | Richy Werenski | Paul Casey | Billy Horschel |
| 10:34 AM | Tee #10 | Jon Rahm | Justin Rose | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 10:45 AM | Tee #1 | Andrew Landry | Gary Woodland | Brendan Steele |
| 10:45 AM | Tee #10 | Tiger Woods | Matthew Wolff | Xander Schauffele |
| 10:56 AM | Tee #1 | Danny Lee | Harry Higgs | Brad Kennedy |
| 10:56 AM | Tee #10 | Alex Noren | Scottie Scheffler | Ryo Ishikawa |
| 11:07 AM | Tee #1 | Russell Henley | Harris English | Jazz Janewattananond |
| 11:07 AM | Tee #10 | Abraham Ancer | Tom Hoge | Rikuya Hoshino |
| 11:18 AM | Tee #1 | Michael Thompson | Ryan Palmer | Matthew Fitzpatrick |
| 11:18 AM | Tee #10 | Cameron Champ | Dylan Frittelli | Bubba Watson |
| 11:29 AM | Tee #1 | Tyrrell Hatton | Viktor Hovland | Satoshi Kodaira |
| 11:29 AM | Tee #10 | Nick Taylor | Kevin Na | Adam Long |
| 11:40 AM | Tee #1 | Collin Morikawa | Justin Thomas | Patrick Reed |
| 11:40 AM | Tee #10 | Adam Scott | Jason Day | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 11:51 AM | Tee #1 | Webb Simpson | Rory McIlroy | Phil Mickelson |
| 11:51 AM | Tee #10 | Byeong Hun An | Mark Hubbard | Shaun Norris |
| 12:02 PM | Tee #1 | Adam Hadwin | Talor Gooch | Mikumu Horikawa |
| 12:02 PM | Tee #10 | Kevin Streelman | Joel Dahmen | Gunn Charoenkul |