The 2025 Baycurrent Classic, formerly known as the Zozo Championship on the PGA Tour, is the lone event on the schedule in Japan. The now seven-year-old tournament continues Friday (Thursday night for those watching in the U.S.) at Yokohama Country Club in Yokohama, Japan.
After 18 holes, there’s a three-way tie for the lead at 4 under and then there’s an eight guys tied for fourth at 3 under. There was some crazy winds in the area, blowing as hard as 30 mph, that affected a large swath of the field as well.
It’s a limited field event with 78 players with no cut, and there are some big names in the field.
Baycurrent Classic live leaderboard updates, scores, tee times
Be sure to check out the leaderboard for updates all week from Japan.
Where to watch, follow the 2025 Baycurrent Classic
There is no ESPN+ coverage this week of the Baycurrent Classic, nor is there coverage on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio. The only way to follow along with the event is on Golf Channel, which has four hours of coverage each day.
The second-round live telecast starts at 11 p.m. ET on Thursday and goes till 3 a.m. ET on Friday. Japan is 14 hours ahead of ET.
What happened in the first round?
The three-way tie is the most tied at the top after the first round in the tournament’s now seven-year history. Max Greyserman, last year’s runner-up, is among those in the lead. There are 24 golfers in red numbers and 33 at even par or better after 18 holes. Danny Walker had the toughest day, shooting 9-over 80.
Who’s in the field at the 2025 Baycurrent Classic?
Defending champion Nico Echavarria, who beat Justin Thomas and Max Greyserman by a shot in 2024, returns to defend. Also teeing it up in Japan will be Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Adam Scott and more. Tony Finau was in the field but withdrew Monday and replaced by Sam Ryder. Matsuyama and Morikawa are the other two past champs in the field.
What did the Baycurrent Classic used to be called?
The PGA Tour’s stop in Japan was the Zozo Championship from 2019 to 2024. Past champions of this event are:
- 2025: Nico Echavarria
- 2023: Collin Morikawa
- 2022: Keegan Bradley
- 2021: Hideki Matsuyama
- 2020: Patrick Cantlay
- 2019: Tiger Woods
The 2019 win by Tiger marks his latest PGA Tour win.
Where is the 2025 Baycurrent Classic being played?
The Zozo Championship was held at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club. Starting in 2025, the event will be played at Yokohama Country Club, which was redesigned by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in 2015. The par-71, 7,315-yard golf course first opened in 1960. It has 36 holes and the Baycurrent will be played using a routing combining 16 holes from the West Course and two holes from the East Course.
What is Baycurrent?
BayCurrent is a Japanese company that specializes in IT and strategy consulting that offers services in AI adoption, digital transformation and mergers and acquisitions.
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