ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP

Was Brooks not in the field for this ?

https://zozo.jp/kayousai/

Justin Thomas & Tommy Fleetwood are the guys for money... with Tiger, Woodland, Hovland & Rory in behind.... 131k matched
Rory McIlroy says "This is the complete opposite of last week (Nine Bridges). Tight and Tree-Lined."

Catch Me ifyoucan • October 19, 2019 6:10 AM BST...THOMAS is your ‘form horse’ – crushes it in Asia !

The 78 man field is comprised of 60 golfers from last year's FedEx Cup standings, 10 from the Japan Golf Tour, and 8 Zozo (sponsor) invites... Zozotown is Japan's largest online fashion retailer. The ex-CEO Maezawa may become the first commercial passenger going to the Moon with Elon Musk and SpaceX (if they ever get there).

Mostly cloudy with a bit of wind about 10 to 20mph. Japan's typhoon Hagibis is well gone, but the par 70 Championship Course is still bit soft.
There are 3 par five's & five par 3's, with water on 3 holes at Accordia Golf Narashino CC.

Again, not a great viewing time in Europe - GMT+8, so 03:00am Wednesday night hit off.
....still expect a few vampires, muppets, blind cn uts & zombies to be out
Catch Me ifyoucan • October 17, 2019 7:37 AM BST
Expecting a few nightshifters and vampires for sat nite final round

All 18 holes at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club have two greens, a common practice in Japan...one green is for cooler weather months and one green is for warmer weather months. The long par-4 fourth will be the only hole that uses both greens this week.
With roughly 2,500 courses sprinkled throughout the country, Japan sits on roughly the same latitude as Georgia in the US and experiences similar weather patterns. Generally speaking and depending on the region, summers tend to be hot and humid while winters are short and cold.
Summer greens are typically seeded with either bermuda or zyosia grass, as this strain responds particularly well to heat. Winter greens are often comprised of bent grass, which thrives in cooler temperatures. The resulting two-green system allows golfers to play quality conditioned greens year-round despite the extreme differences in temperature season to season.
Because of this, the Greenkeeper has a larger workload as well as higher operating costs. Additionally, an extra green can also mean extra green-side bunkers and other aspects of upkeep beyond the green itself. This system, which for the most part is unique to Japan, was developed in the early part of the 20th century, well before the development of several turf-specific hybrid grasses. Modern science has helped develop several unique strains, such as A-4 bent grass, that respond well year-round.
With the advent of these new strains, several prominent courses throughout Japan are beginning the process of converting to a one-green system, seeded with hybrid strains to withstand the yearly changes climates and temperatures.

00:10    Chez Reavie Chucky Howell III Scott Piercy    13/8    17/10    43/19
00:10    Paul Casey Kevin NaNa Kevin Kisner    27/17    21/10    9/4
00:20    Corey Conners Matthew Wolff Daniel Berger    11/6    15/8    5/2
00:20    Andrew Putnam Troy Merritt Max Homa    23/18    11/5    7/2
00:30    Sung Kang Dylan Frittelli Adam Long    7/4    11/6    12/5
00:30    Paddy Reed Tony Finau Jason Day    28/15    28/15    2/1
00:40    Sergio Garcia Graeme GMac Bubba Watson    8/5    21/10    9/4
00:40    Tommy Fleetwood Tiger Woods Satoshi Kodaira    17/12    8/5    22/5
00:50    Rafa Cabrera Bello Danny Lee Ryo Ishikawa    11/8    2/1    13/5
00:50    Sungjae Im Wyndham Clark Jazz Janewattananond    31/21    9/4    5/2
01:00    Kevin Streelman Shaun Norris Jinichiro Kozuma    11/8    9/5    3/1
01:00    Emiliano Grillo Ryan Moore Mikumu Horikawa    8/5    8/5    7/2
01:10    Byeong-Hun An Matty Fitz Chan Kim    13/8    13/8    7/2
01:10    Viktor Hovland Vaughn Taylor Sanghyun Park    1/1    23/10    7/2
01:20    Pat Perez Si Woo Kim CT Pan    13/8    15/8    5/2
01:20    Billy Horschel Nate Lashley Keegan Bradley    6/4    23/10    12/5
01:30    Hideki Matsuyama Jordan Spiethless Adam Scott    17/10    19/10    47/23
01:30    Joaquin Niemann Shane ClaraJug Lowry Keith Mitchell    6/4    12/5    3/1
01:40    Ian Poulter JT Poston Ryan Palmer    32/21    11/5    9/4
01:40    Justin Thomas Wee Rory McIlroy Xander Schauffele    6/4    9/5    23/9
01:50    Gary Woodland Collin Morikawa Marc Leishman    7/4    19/10    21/10
01:50    Louis Oosthuizen Lucas Glover Kevin Tway    6/4    28/15    13/5

For a guy ranked 23 in the world enjoying the peak of his career and who likes a tight layout, I find Kevin Na's odds rather generous. Had a dabble on him.

A historic week as Japan host it's first official PGA TOUR event (but only 9 Japs in the field..... outside of JT 7's & Rory 8's, there's some big prices the rest (like Viktor 33's).

***"WEATHER ALERT"***
Typhoon Bualoi combines with a low–pressure system moving across Japan to produce heavy rainfall and gusty winds on Friday.
Up to 4 inches of rain is possible. Drier weather will return Saturday before another system brings the chance for showers on Sunday.

01.40 Rory, Xander & Justin - finished 1-2-T3 in the FedExCup standings last season.

Start to the back 9 giving them fits. Might be a proper golf course this.

Tiger-san on fire. That putter is made with Hattori Honzo steel surely.

Tiger v Matsuyama Sunday final pair would be unbelievably epic.

TIGER market after 3 holes in Rd.1.

32 €9
40 €912
42 €1 €6
46 €86
48 €2,706
50 €6,354
55 €1,393
70 €9
75 €4
100 €0
200 €9
600 €0

TIGER after NINE birdies.....

5.00 €276 €18
5.10 €3 €356
5.20 €769 €372
5.4 €656
5.50 €115 €795
5.60 €742 €156
5.7 €12
5.80 €232 €22
5.90 €312 €1,637
6.00 €1,809 €2,901
6.20 €126 €4,774
------last matched------
6.4 €472 €3,962
6.6 €591 €258

Blast from the past for TIGER....lowest career round, the last time he made 3 or more bogeys.....1996 Quad City Classic, Rd 2 - 64 (2019 Zozo Championship, Rd 1 - 64)

thought he wasn't in a very good frame of mind and a bit casual on the putts on the 1st 3 holes he bogeyed

but just showing these uber overrated d1ckheads he,even with physical attributes much attenuated,is THE man

and they will NEVER,not a single one of them be remotely in his class

he and Jack have no peers if we're being honest in terms of being out and out winners of the modern age

Tiger Woods on the MASSIVE first-round CROWDS - "It was loud, it was very loud. The people here in Japan have come out and supported this event and it's been a lot of fun to play in front of them again. I haven't done it in a while and I've missed it."

Gmac WD (double bogey on hole 12 & 17, triple bogey on hole 18, +11 anyways)... too much Sake.

...or as the Belfast Telegraph put it...
The Good: Tiger Woods
The Bad: Rory McIlroy
The Ugly: Graeme McDowell

Just 24 of the 78 players broke par of 70 as the wind blew....and the TIGER ROARS.

***"WEATHER ALERT"*** is still in place from Typhoon Bualoi - heavy rainfall and gusty winds on Friday.
Tokyo has received 412 mm (16.23 inches) of rain so far during October, which is nearly double the city's normal monthly rainfall.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/more-flooding-rain-ahead-for-storm-weary-japan-as-country-continues-to-recover-from-hagibis-neoguri/606105

Tiger tees off (in 3 hours) at 1.40am in the heavy rain and wind: 27km/h Gusts: 60 km/h

Gallery bus status
Chiba Newtown Chuo station : 120 minutes wait times
Inzai Makinohara station : 60 minutes wait times

We apologize for the traffic experienced by the gallery bus between the station and the golf course.

Although the buses are operating as scheduled, we recommend to go by foot as it is expected to take less time than the bus. Thanks for your understanding.
35 minutes from Chiba new town station by foot, and 30 minutes from Inzai Makinohara station.
...Shur the walk will do ye good !

As suspected the second round has been postponed due to heavy rain.
The second round will now begin Saturday from 6:30am local time.

PALNS - 27 holes on both Saturday and Sunday

Tiger, still playing well, amazing really after surgery etc... Fair play to him

Very soon them TV cameras will follow Woods into the crap house because we now are forced to watch every shot he played Thursday and almost every shot he played since childhood.   If we didn't know better we could be forgiven for thinking he's a role model for humanity.
This sh1te about his injuries and surgery is exactly that......sh one T.   Tony McCoy and many other sportsmen are back at the top of their respective sports within months of major surgery.   Those American commentators are truly sickening and Trump is probably a fair reflection of IQs.

An all nighter on the cards sky have coverage from 12:30 - 7am - The power of the Tiger

More likely Pearl Harbour.   Them Japs never forget.

....still expect a few vampires, muppets, blind cn uts & zombies to be out....HAPPY HALLOWEEN

https://news.tigerwoods.com/a-second-straight-64-gives-tiger-a-two-shot-lead-in-japan-and-sets-up-potentially-historic-closing-36-holes/ .....

GO TIGER !

Oct 26, 2019 -- 8:43AM, fullback wrote:

Very soon them TV cameras will follow Woods into the crap house because we now are forced to watch every shot he played Thursday and almost every shot he played since childhood.   If we didn't know better we could be forgiven for thinking he's a role model for humanity.This sh1te about his injuries and surgery is exactly that......sh one T.   Tony McCoy and many other sportsmen are back at the top of their respective sports within months of major surgery.   Those American commentators are truly sickening and Trump is probably a fair reflection of IQs.

Those TV guys know a bit more abut their job than you. They show what makes them money. If showing a single shot for years brought them more money than any other live event during all those years, they'll opt for that single shot. That's the whole point of having the TV channel. Its not a charity.

Tiger MOVES THE NEEDLE full-stop

Lock-in in the Arch .....all-nighter

Boys in the Arch Bar reckon the rest are just playing to see who plays with the GOAT on Monday

This is the Tiger of old. Dissecting the course effortlessly. Best I've seen him play since 2013, including East Lake and Augusta.

A few loose shots creeping in now, dare say fatigue kicking in with the long day. A Rory hot streak the danger if any.

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Made the huge mistake of laying Tiger after the first round, thought he would come back to the field...……..wrong! had to back at ever decreasing prices hoping now he wins.

Top finishers so far - LOWRY at -8, along with Reed, Thomas & Casey -7, with Day, Frittelli & Fleetwood @ -6 - They all got their round 4 finished before darkness suspended play.

It’s official - TIGER has forgiven Japan for attack on Pearl Harbour - the 126.3 Million Japanese people love Tiger !

Nike (and others) are also happy btw

Rory off to see Wales vs SA in the other RWC semi-final. Winners play ENG (after they beat NZ).

McIlroy’s late charge too little too late again

What time do they resume play to finish? Thanks in advance.

Another late nights viewing

Lowry posted scores of 67 and 65 to hold the final-round clubhouse lead...

that should see Lowry finish just outside the top-10 in his first 2019/20 PGA Tour counting event when the event was set to conclude early Monday morning (Japan time) and with Tiger Woods just seven holes away from joining legendary Sam Snead in capturing 82 PGA Tour victories.
The Irishman was among just 30 of the 76 players to get their 4th round finished on Sunday.

Shane Lowry is already headed to Shanghai declaring his closing two rounds in Japan to be the best he’s struck the ball since capturing The Open.

TIGER WOODS, making his first appearance in two months won the inaugural ZOZO by three shots over Hideki Matsuyama. A win, his 82nd on the PGA Tour, that ties Sam Snead’s all-time record, and all the more incredible with a bogey, bogey, bogey start on Thursday, and in chaotic weather conditions.

2019 Wells Fargo Champion MAX Homa (his first PGA Tour victory) - "This week was my 82nd career PGA Tour event at the Zozo. It was also Tiger’s 82nd PGA Tour win. Idk what that means but it’s important and you’re all welcome".