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It's the lone PGA Tour event in Japan and in 2025 it has a new title sponsor, the Baycurrent Classic.

There's a new name and a new golf course for the PGA Tour's annual visit to Japan.

The 2025 Baycurrent Classic, formerly the Zozo Championship, starts Thursday (Wednesday night for those of you in the U.S.) at Yokohama Country Club in Yokohama, Japan.

It's a limited field event with 78 players with no cut, and there are some big names in the field.

A tournament tee marker on the 18th hole at the 2025 Baycurrent Classic at Yokohama Country Club in Yokohama, Japan.

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 first-round live telecast starts at 11 p.m. ET on Wednesday and goes till 3 a.m. ET on Thursday.

What's the weather forecast for the first round at the Baycurrent Classic?

Thursday weather forecast at the
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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.

High above Yokohama 🗾

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— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 8, 2025