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The PGA Tour is headed to Chiba, Japan this week, to play the third-ever ZOZO Championship at the Narashino Country Club. It’s an exciting return to Japan after 2020’s ZOZO Championship was relocated to California due to the COVID pandemic. The event is sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
A year ago, Patrick Cantlay won the tournament by a one-stroke margin over Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas. This year, Xander Schauffele (+550) is the odds favorite to win on DraftKings Sportsbook, and he’s followed by Collin Morikawa (+700), and Hideki Matsuyama (+1200).
The tournament gets underway on Thursday with tee times starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. Due to the time difference between the US and Japan, you may need to adjust your sleep schedule to watch the tournament live. Coverage of the tournament will air Wednesday evening at 11:30 p.m. ET until 2:30 a.m. Thursday on the Golf Channel.
Below is a full list of tee times for Round 1 of the ZOZO Championship on Thursday. The featured groups on Thursday include Carlos Ortiz, Joaquin Niemann, and Will Zalatoris, along with Hideki Matsuyama, C.T. Pan, and Xander Schauffele.
2021 ZOZO Championship, Round 1 tee times
| Time (ET) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (ET) | Tee | Golfer 1 | Golfer 2 | Golfer 3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Tee #1 | Cameron Tringale | Brandon Hagy | Yuki Inamori |
| 7:30 p.m. | Tee #10 | Brendan Steele | Doc Redman | Ryutaro Nagano |
| 7:41 p.m. | Tee #1 | Andrew Putnam | Sepp Straka | Tomoyasu Sugiyama |
| 7:41 p.m. | Tee #10 | Troy Merritt | Doug Ghim | Shaun Norris |
| 7:52 p.m. | Tee #1 | Jhonattan Vegas | Luke List | Jinichiro Kozuma |
| 7:52 p.m. | Tee #10 | Keegan Bradley | Tommy Fleetwood | Naoyuki Kataoka |
| 8:03 p.m. | Tee #1 | Si Woo Kim | Sung Kang | Adam Long |
| 8:03 p.m. | Tee #10 | Erik van Rooyen | Collin Morikawa | Garrick Higgo |
| 8:14 p.m. | Tee #1 | Matt Jones | Robert Streb | Lanto Griffin |
| 8:14 p.m. | Tee #10 | Ryan Palmer | Rickie Fowler | Harry Higgs |
| 8:25 p.m. | Tee #1 | Satoshi Kodaira | Chris Kirk | Tomoharu Otsuki |
| 8:25 p.m. | Tee #10 | Kyle Stanley | Peter Malnati | Shugo Imahira |
| 8:36 p.m. | Tee #1 | Bill Haas | Tom Hoge | Ryuichi Oiwa |
| 8:36 p.m. | Tee #10 | Emiliano Grillo | Kramer Hickok | Chan Kim |
| 8:47 p.m. | Tee #1 | Ryuji Imada | Roger Sloan | Ryosuke Kinoshita |
| 8:47 p.m. | Tee #10 | James Hahn | Tyler McCumber | Takumi Kanaya |
| 8:58 p.m. | Tee #1 | Alex Noren | Maverick McNealy | Keita Nakajima |
| 8:58 p.m. | Tee #10 | Wyndham Clark | Matthew NeSmith | Ryo Hisatsune |
| 9:09 p.m. | Tee #1 | Carlos Ortiz | Joaquin Niemann | Will Zalatoris |
| 9:09 p.m. | Tee #10 | K.H. Lee | Brendon Todd | Charley Hoffman |
| 9:20 p.m. | Tee #1 | Hideki Matsuyama | C.T. Pan | Xander Schauffele |
| 9:20 p.m. | Tee #10 | Branden Grace | Sebastian Munoz | Wesley Bryan |
| 9:31 p.m. | Tee #1 | Pat Perez | Henrik Norlander | Naoto Nakanishi |
| 9:31 p.m. | Tee #10 | Mackenzie Hughes | Matt Wallace | Rikuya Hoshino |
| 9:42 p.m. | Tee #1 | Sam Ryder | Adam Schenk | Kazuki Higa |
| 9:42 p.m. | Tee #10 | Chesson Hadley | Hiroshi Iwata | Scott Vincent |