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2023 Zozo Championship
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Narashino Country Club Inzai
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
19-22 October 2023
Xander Schauffele will be keen to record his first win of the 2022/23 PGA Tour season by clinching the
Zozo Championship.
What to know about Schauffele
The American star has won seven times on the PGA Tour since turning professional in 2015 after a successful amateur career.
Schauffele's best major finish is tied for second at both the 2018 Open Championship and the 2019 Masters Tournament.
The former San Diego State University student won the Olympic gold medal at the men's individual golf event of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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The 29-year-old will return to competitive golf for the first time since he finished second at the 2023 Tour Championship behind champion Viktor Hovland.
Schauffele is currently ranked sixth on the Official World Golf Rankings and his best OWGR ranking is the fourth spot.
Why Schauffele could win the Zoo Championship
The 2016/17 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year is the highest-ranked player on the OWGR among the golfers who will compete in this weekend's Zozo Championship.
Schauffele showed what he is capable of when he finished second at the Tour Championship and he will be eager to go one step further by winning the latest PGA Tour event.
Quotes
“I didn’t do enough," Schauffele said after finishing second behind Hovland at the Tour Championship.
"I thought 62 would have let me get close to him, but I think the closest I got to was three shots back.
"He played unbelievably well. He made important putts and he’s just played like a champ."
The Zozo Championship winners
2019 - Tiger Woods (USA)
2020 - Patrick Cantlay (USA)
2021 - Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)
2022 - Keegan Bradley (USA)
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