October 24-27
Accordia Golf Narashino CC, Chiba, Japan
$9,750,000
Round 1, Round 2 (Pt1), Round 2 (Pt2), Round 4 (Pt2)
Tiger Woods is on the verge of winning a record-equalling 82nd PGA Tour title in the weather-effected Zozo Championship in Japan.
Woods holds a three-shot lead over local favourite Hideki Matsuyama with seven holes of his final round to be completed on Monday at Narashino Country Club.
The 15-time major winner had earlier compiled a third round of 66 with six birdies and two bogeys and, after a break of 48 minutes, made the ideal start to round four with a birdie on the first.
54 down.
โ PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 27, 2019
18 to go.@TigerWoods leads by three thru 54 holes @ZOZOChamp.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/xOCKzJKgoD
Woods dropped a shot on the fourth but the 43-year-old bounced back to birdie the next two holes and extend his lead to five shots, only for Matsuyama to birdie the 11th and 12th to close the gap before play was suspended due to darkness.
โIt was a long day in the saddle,โ Woods, who is playing his first tournament of the season following a nine-week lay-off for knee surgery and was three over par after three holes on Thursday, told Golf Channel.
โI felt like I played all right, I made a few mistakes here and there but I kept it pretty clean for most of the day and took my birdies when I had opportunities. The greens are soft so we can fire at just about every flag.โ
Woods, who will equal Sam Sneadโs record if he can complete victory on Monday, added: โIโm going to try and win, thereโs no doubt about that.
18 holes away from history ...
โ PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 27, 2019
Highlights from @TigerWoodsโ third round 66 at the @ZOZOChamp.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/TrwbgBYrje
โIโve got a job to do tomorrow and start off on the 12th hole. Itโs not exactly the easiest of holes, so right out of the gate Iโve got one of the hardest par fours on the golf course. It certainly will have my attention.
โAs the holes have gone by Iโve gotten a little bit more comfortable. I didnโt start off very good this week, bogeyed my first three holes, but after that itโs been pretty good.โ
South Koreaโs Sungjae Im and US Open champion Gary Woodland are six shots off the pace with four and eight holes to play respectively, with Rory McIlroy a stroke further back.
McIlroy, who fired an eagle and six birdies in a third round of 63, has just two holes of his final round to play.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
Hole |
Today |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Tiger Woods | USA |
-18 |
11 |
-2 |
64 |
64 |
66 |
- |
194 |
2 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-15 |
12 |
-2 |
65 |
67 |
65 |
- |
197 |
T3 |
Sung-Jae Im | KOR |
-12 |
14 |
-4 |
71 |
64 |
67 |
- |
202 |
T3 |
Gary Woodland | USA |
-12 |
10 |
Par |
64 |
66 |
68 |
- |
198 |
5 |
Rory McIlroy | NIR |
-11 |
16 |
-1 |
72 |
65 |
63 |
- |
200 |
T6 |
Charles Howell III | USA |
-10 |
14 |
-1 |
70 |
65 |
66 |
- |
201 |
T6 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-10 |
12 |
1 |
68 |
67 |
64 |
- |
199 |
T6 |
Matthew Wolff | USA |
-10 |
12 |
-1 |
69 |
65 |
67 |
- |
201 |
T6 |
Xander Schauffele | USA |
-10 |
12 |
1 |
68 |
66 |
65 |
- |
199 |
T10 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-9 |
14 |
-2 |
70 |
65 |
68 |
- |
203 |
T10 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-9 |
12 |
2 |
69 |
64 |
66 |
- |
199 |
T12 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-8 |
18 |
-5 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
65 |
272 |
T12 |
Byeong-Hun An | KOR |
-8 |
16 |
-2 |
70 |
68 |
66 |
- |
204 |
T12 |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
-8 |
11 |
-1 |
69 |
63 |
71 |
- |
203 |
T15 |
Justin Thomas | USA |
-7 |
18 |
-5 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
65 |
273 |
T15 |
Patrick Reed | USA |
-7 |
18 |
-2 |
72 |
68 |
65 |
68 |
273 |
T15 |
Paul Casey | ENG |
-7 |
18 |
-3 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
273 |
T15 |
Ian Poulter | ENG |
-7 |
15 |
-3 |
71 |
71 |
64 |
- |
206 |
T15 |
Ryan Palmer | USA |
-7 |
13 |
-1 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
- |
204 |
T15 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
-7 |
12 |
Par |
67 |
66 |
70 |
- |
203 |
T21 |
Dylan Frittelli | RSA |
-6 |
18 |
-3 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
67 |
274 |
T21 |
Jason Day | AUS |
-6 |
18 |
-2 |
73 |
66 |
67 |
68 |
274 |
T21 |
Tommy Fleetwood | ENG |
-6 |
18 |
-3 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
67 |
274 |
T24 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-5 |
15 |
-6 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
- |
211 |
T24 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-5 |
14 |
1 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
- |
204 |
T24 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-5 |
14 |
-3 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
- |
208 |
T24 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-5 |
14 |
-1 |
67 |
69 |
70 |
- |
206 |
T24 |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
-5 |
13 |
1 |
71 |
64 |
69 |
- |
204 |
T29 |
Emiliano Grillo | ARG |
-4 |
18 |
Par |
69 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
276 |
T29 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-4 |
18 |
-3 |
73 |
66 |
70 |
67 |
276 |
T29 |
Troy Merritt | USA |
-4 |
18 |
-3 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
276 |
T29 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
-4 |
14 |
2 |
69 |
66 |
69 |
- |
204 |
T33 |
Adam Scott | AUS |
-3 |
18 |
1 |
73 |
67 |
66 |
71 |
277 |
T33 |
Rory Sabbatini | SVK |
-3 |
18 |
Par |
71 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
277 |
T33 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-3 |
18 |
-1 |
70 |
71 |
67 |
69 |
277 |
T33 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-3 |
14 |
4 |
68 |
68 |
67 |
- |
203 |
T33 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
-3 |
13 |
Par |
70 |
65 |
72 |
- |
207 |
T38 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
-2 |
18 |
-4 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
66 |
278 |
T38 |
Lucas Glover | USA |
-2 |
18 |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
278 |
T38 |
Ryo Ishikawa | JPN |
-2 |
14 |
2 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
- |
206 |
T38 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
-2 |
14 |
-1 |
76 |
67 |
66 |
- |
209 |
T42 |
Adam Hadwin | CAN |
-1 |
18 |
-2 |
71 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
279 |
T42 |
Chan Kim | USA |
-1 |
18 |
-3 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
67 |
279 |
T42 |
Viktor Hovland | NOR |
-1 |
18 |
2 |
75 |
65 |
67 |
72 |
279 |
T42 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-1 |
15 |
-1 |
74 |
68 |
68 |
- |
210 |
T42 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-1 |
14 |
-5 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
- |
214 |
T47 |
Kevin Na | USA |
Par |
18 |
1 |
71 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
280 |
T47 |
Max Homa | USA |
Par |
18 |
5 |
71 |
68 |
66 |
75 |
280 |
T47 |
Tomoharu Otsuki | JPN |
Par |
18 |
5 |
70 |
68 |
67 |
75 |
280 |
T47 |
Jazz Janewattananond | THA |
Par |
16 |
-2 |
74 |
67 |
71 |
- |
212 |
T47 |
Louis Oosthuizen | RSA |
Par |
16 |
1 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
- |
209 |
T47 |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
Par |
14 |
-2 |
74 |
68 |
70 |
- |
212 |
T53 |
Adam Long | USA |
1 |
18 |
-4 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
66 |
281 |
T53 |
Bubba Watson | USA |
1 |
18 |
5 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
75 |
281 |
T53 |
Rikuya Hoshino | JPN |
1 |
18 |
Par |
68 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
281 |
T53 |
Shaun Norris | RSA |
1 |
18 |
-1 |
73 |
67 |
72 |
69 |
281 |
57 |
Pat Perez | USA |
2 |
16 |
1 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
- |
211 |
T58 |
Andrew Putnam | USA |
3 |
18 |
Par |
68 |
72 |
73 |
70 |
283 |
T58 |
Tony Finau | USA |
3 |
18 |
3 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
73 |
283 |
T58 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
3 |
14 |
-1 |
68 |
75 |
71 |
- |
214 |
T61 |
Sang-Hyun Park | KOR |
4 |
18 |
-1 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
69 |
284 |
T61 |
Seung-Su Han | KOR |
4 |
18 |
5 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
75 |
284 |
T61 |
Yosuke Asaji | JPN |
4 |
18 |
5 |
72 |
67 |
70 |
75 |
284 |
T61 |
Chez Reavie | USA |
4 |
13 |
1 |
77 |
70 |
66 |
- |
213 |
T61 |
Jinichiro Kozuma | JPN |
4 |
13 |
-1 |
75 |
69 |
71 |
- |
215 |
T66 |
Shugo Imahira | JPN |
5 |
14 |
Par |
74 |
69 |
72 |
- |
215 |
T66 |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
5 |
13 |
1 |
74 |
71 |
69 |
- |
214 |
T66 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
5 |
13 |
1 |
78 |
68 |
68 |
- |
214 |
T69 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
6 |
14 |
2 |
74 |
70 |
70 |
- |
214 |
T69 |
Kevin Kisner | USA |
6 |
13 |
3 |
75 |
70 |
68 |
- |
213 |
T69 |
Marc Leishman | AUS |
6 |
13 |
1 |
76 |
70 |
69 |
- |
215 |
72 |
Mikumu Horikawa | JPN |
7 |
13 |
2 |
72 |
75 |
68 |
- |
215 |
T73 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
9 |
16 |
6 |
72 |
69 |
72 |
- |
213 |
T73 |
Kevin Streelman | USA |
9 |
12 |
Par |
78 |
69 |
72 |
- |
219 |
75 |
Joel Dahmen | USA |
11 |
12 |
1 |
72 |
76 |
72 |
- |
220 |
76 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
12 |
13 |
2 |
75 |
71 |
74 |
- |
220 |
RET |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
Par |
- |
129 |
81 |
- |
- |
- |
81 |
RET |
Nate Lashley | USA |
Par |
- |
137 |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
73 |