The PGA Tour heads to Japan this week for the 2025 Baycurrent Classic, which was previously known as the ZOZO Championship. It’s a limited-field event with only 78 players teeing it up, but there are some big stars playing this week. The first round begins on Thursday at Yokohama Country Club.
Below, we look at Baycurrent Classic odds from BetMGM Sportsbook’s odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
The favorite in Japan is Xander Schauffele (+1000), who just played for Team USA in the Ryder Cup 2 weeks ago. Fellow Ryder Cup teammate Collin Morikawa (+1600) is also in the field. Alex Noren (+1600), past champion Hideki Matsuyama (+1800) and Min Woo Lee (+2800) are among the other notables teeing it up in Japan this week. Defending champ Nico Echavarria, who won at 20-under, is at +6000
Yokohama Country Club is 7,315 yards long and plays as a par 71, featuring just 2 par 5s on the entire course – though they’re both short at under 540 yards. There are also 2 par 4s over 500 yards and the par-316th is 237 yards long. This is the first time Yokohama Country Club is hosting a PGA Tour event, featuring tree-line fairways in what’s considered a fairly traditional, old-school layout for a course that opened in 1960.
Baycurrent Classic – Expert picks
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Garrick Higgo (+3300)
Higgo played great this past week in Mississippi, finishing just 2 shots behind champion Steven Fisk on the leaderboard. He was 3 shots clear of everyone else in the field, too, but Fisk’s 8-under on Sunday gave him the title over Higgo. This second-place finish comes after Higgo was T-7 at the Procore Championship to start the FedExCup Fall a few weeks ago.
Rasmus Hojgaard (+2000)
Following Europe’s win in the Ryder Cup, Hojgaard finished T-3 at the Sanderson Farms Championship last week, just 5 shots off the pace set by Fisk. In the Omega European Masters in late August, he came in second after finishing 20-under par thanks to an 8-under on Sunday in the final round.
Hideki Matsuyama (+1800)
It was at a different course but Matsuyama won this event in 2021 and comes into the week in good form after finishing T-13 at the BMW PGA Championship a few weeks ago. He’s back home in Japan and is a good bet to contend on Sunday at an event he holds in high regard.
Baycurrent Classic picks – Contenders
Gary Woodland (+4500)
Woodland started the fall schedule with a strong T-19 finish at the Procore Championship, his third straight top-23 finish this season. Woodland has shown good form this season despite some lulls, and he could continue that this week in Japan.
Matt Wallace (+5000)
At the end of August, Wallace finished tied for second in the Omega European Masters, tied with Hojgaard and just 2 shots behind Thriston Lawrence. He had a good summer and could parlay that into some success this fall.
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Baycurrent Classic picks – Long shots
Ryo Hisatsune (+6600)
Hisatsune is teeing it up at home in Japan where he has a chance to be in contention. He’s made the cut in 2 straight starts, including a T-13 at the Procore Championship.
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