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Get InsideGOLFHideki Matsuyama is back to defend his title at the Zozo Championship.
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The 2022 Zozo Championship begins Thursday (Wednesday in the States) with the first round at Narashino Country Club in Japan. You can find full Round 1 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post.
World No. 6 Xander Schauffele had another outstanding season on the PGA Tour last year. The American star secured seven top-10 finishes in 21 starts, including two individual wins at the Travelers Championship and Genesis Scottish Open.
2022 Zozo Championship odds: Xander Schauffele tops betting favorites in JapanBy: Kevin Cunningham
Now Schauffele will try to get off on the right foot as he makes his first start of the new season at the Zozo Championship. He’ll face off against the likes of defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, Tom Kim, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa.
Schauffele will get his opening round started at 8:34 p.m. ET Wednesday night for viewers in the U.S., and he’ll play the first round alongside Matsuyama and Tyrrell Hatton.
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Browse the complete first-round tee times for the 2022 Zozo Championship below.
Tee No. 1
7:50 p.m. – Troy Merritt, Sam Ryder, Aguri Iwasaki
8:01 p.m. – Kevin Streelman, Matt Wallace, Rikuya Hoshino
8:12 p.m. – Chez Reavie, Chad Ramey, Rickie Fowler
8:23 p.m. – J.J. Spaun, Luke List, Si Woo Kim
8:34 p.m. – Corey Conners, Satoshi Kodaira, Peter Malnati
8:45 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Beau Hossler, Takumi Kanaya
8:56 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Alex Smalley, Kazuki Higa
9:07 p.m. – Brendan Steele, Adam Schenk, Ryo Hisatsune
9:18 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Mito Pereira, Shugo Imahira
9:29 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Collin Morikawa, Sebastián Muñoz
9:40 p.m. – Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis
9:51 p.m. – Tommy Fleetwood, Mark Hubbard, Matthew NeSmith
10:02 p.m. – C.T. Pan, Keegan Bradley, Naoyuki Kataoka
Tee No. 10
7:50 p.m. – Adam Long, Danny Lee, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
8:01 p.m. – Russell Knox, Brandon Wu, Riki Kawamoto
8:12 p.m. – John Huh, Taylor Moore, Yuto Katsuragawa
8:23 p.m. – Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland, Cameron Young
8:34 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Tyrrell Hatton
8:45 p.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Sahith Theegala, Kaito Onishi
8:56 p.m. – Davis Riley, Kurt Kitayama, Keita Nakajima
9:07 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Emiliano Grillo, Hiroshi Iwata
9:18 p.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Aaron Rai, Hayden Buckley
9:29 p.m. – Tom Hoge, Cameron Champ, Martin Laird
9:40 p.m. – K.H. Lee, Lucas Herbert, Joel Dahmen
9:51 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Stephan Jaeger, Mikumu Horikawa
10:02 p.m. – David Lipsky, Lee Hodges, Tomoharu Otsuki
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