Baycurrent Classic

The Baycurrent Classic (Japanese: ベイカレントクラシック) is a professional golf tournament in Yokohama, Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded as the Zozo Championship in 2019 and sponsored by Zozo, a Japanese clothing brand. In 2025, the sponsorship changed to Baycurrent, a Japanese consulting firm and the tournament moved to Yokohama Country Club.

Baycurrent Classic

Tournament information
Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Established	2019
Course(s)	Yokohama Country Club
Par	72
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$8,000,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Nico Echavarría (2024)
To par	−23 Patrick Cantlay (2020)
Current champion
Nico Echavarría
Location map
Yokohama Country Club Location in Japan Show map of Japan Yokohama Country Club Location in the Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture

History

The tournament is the first event sanctioned by the PGA Tour in Japan.^[1][2] The inaugural event was held at Narashino Country Club where Tiger Woods won his 82nd PGA Tour victory. This tied the all-time record set by Sam Snead.^[3]

In 2020, the tournament was moved to Sherwood Country Club in Lake Sherwood, California in October, due to ongoing travel restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] Ultimately, the 2020 event became a sole-sanctioned PGA Tour event and had no involvement from the Japan Golf Tour.

The tournament returned to Japan in 2021 as well as being sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. However, it was an unofficial money event on the Japan Golf Tour.^[5] Hideki Matsuyama eagled the final hole to win in his home country by five shots ahead of Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale.^[6]

In December 2024, it was announced that Zozo would no longer sponsor the tournament from 2025 onwards, with the tournament being renamed as the Baycurrent Classic.^[7]

Course

Yokohama Country Club, established in 1958, and opened in 1960, is a 36-hole facility featuring East and West courses originally designed by the club's founder and first chairman the late Takeo Aiyama. The West Course was remodeled by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in 2016. The course will see the field take on a composite of both layouts, including 16 holes from the West Course and two holes from the East Course.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
Baycurrent Championship
2025
Zozo Championship
2024	JPN,[b] PGAT	Nico Echavarría	260	−20	1 stroke	Max Greyserman Justin Thomas	8,500,000	1,530,000	Narashino, Japan
2023	JPN,[b] PGAT	Collin Morikawa	266	−14	6 strokes	Eric Cole Beau Hossler	8,500,000	1,530,000	Narashino, Japan
2022	JPN,[b] PGAT	Keegan Bradley	265	−15	1 stroke	Rickie Fowler Andrew Putnam	11,000,000	1,980,000	Narashino, Japan
2021	JPN,[b] PGAT	Hideki Matsuyama	265	−15	5 strokes	Brendan Steele Cameron Tringale	9,950,000	1,791,000	Narashino, Japan
2020	JPN,[b] PGAT	Patrick Cantlay	265	−23	1 stroke	Jon Rahm Justin Thomas	8,000,000	1,440,000	Sherwood, U.S.
2019	JPN, PGAT	Tiger Woods	261	−19	3 strokes	Hideki Matsuyama	9,750,000	1,755,000	Narashino, Japan

Notes

1. JPN − Japan Golf Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
2. Between 2020 and 2024 the event was sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.