It only seems like yesterday that we were cheering Lefty as he stormed to victory at the US PGA Championship and here we are on the eve of the next Major.

The RSM Classic is the next stop of the PGA Tour after the Master Tournament won by Dustin Johnson at Augusta National Golf Course.

The first master tournament had been played in 1934, where Horton Smith won. It is a historical golf event in which every professional golfer’s desire to win.

The great battle among the best golfers has come to an end. Everyone played an extraordinary game.

The Zozo Championship is a professional golf tournament in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, which is situated in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. The tournament was temporarily moved to Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, close to where Woods grew up. Thousand Oaks is a name that is descriptive in more ways than one, because while Sherwood CC isn’t tree-lined like an Augusta it still has plenty of trees in full bloom lining the fairways, and they will of course dictate that shot shaping and course management will be key.

The Defending champion of Zozo Championship

This week the PGA Tour heads to California for the 2020 Zozo Championship, where Tiger Woods will make his first beginning since the U.S. Open. Woods is going for his 83rd career victory on the PGA Tour, a number that would put him above Sam Snead for most career PGA Tour wins. Woods claimed his 82nd career win on the PGA Tour at this event in Japan last year, holding off Hideki Matsuyama by three strokes.

Tiger will attempt to defend his title against a star-studded field packed with big-name players, including World No. 2 Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, PGA champ Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy, who rank Nos. 2-5 in the Official World Golf Ranking, respectively. Dustin Johnson pulls out from the event a week after a positive Covid test.

The tournament is starting from October 22-25, without spectators. With a reduced purse in California, down to $8 million from last year’s $9.5 million, the Zozo Championship will again be sought by a world class field of 78.

Course Preview

Golf fans with long memories may just remember Sherwood Country Club from its time hosting the World Challenge between 2000-2013. At 7,020 yards for its Par 72, Sherwood is mega short and features the unique routing of five Par 3s and a quintet of Par 5s organizers may yet decide to map the course slightly differently and drop one of those Par 5s to a Par 4.

Weather Forecast

There is a unique twist to the weather in Thousand Oaks this week. This is a typically Fall week in California, with sunny spells matched by pleasant if not hot temperatures of around 64-72°. Morning temperature is low but also the wind is gentle and calm too, at the afternoon the temperature increases that will please the players but so too does the wind, with 10-13 mph expected in the afternoon.

Zozo Championship at Sherwood 2020 odds

• Jon Rahm 10-1
• Xander Schauffele 11-1
• Rory McIlroy 12-1
• Justin Thomas 12-1
• Tyrrell Hatton 20-1
• Webb Simpson 20-1
• Collin Morikawa 22-1
• Patrick Reed 22-1
• Bubba Watson 25-1
• Matthew Wolff 28-1
• Daniel Berger 28-1
• Hideki Matsuyama 28-1
• Tony Finau 28-1
• Patrick Cantlay 28-1
• Viktor Hovland 30-1
• Harris English 30-1
• Patrick Cantlay 30-1
• Joaquin Niemann 33-1
• Tiger Woods 33-1

Despite the fact that he had the same 33-1 odds at last year’s Zozo Championship, Tiger had just won the Masters before that year.

The conditions are somewhat different this year Tiger hasn’t finished better than 37th in six beginnings since February 2020 and he has not seriously contended with his performance since the events restart but he is working hard to wins the title and creates a new historical moment in the golf world.

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Muhammad Munir of Rawalpindi Golf Club overpowered defending champion Matloob Ahmed to be the winner with a brilliant performance in the final round of 39th Punjab Open Golf Championship that concluded at PAF Skyview Golf Course here on Sunday.

Though at the start of the final round, Matloob was considered the likely winner, outstanding display of golf skills accompanied by mental toughness enabled Munir to completely swing the flow of game in his favour. Throughout the final 18 holes, Munir appeared as the dominant one and in full command.

Though Matloob tried hard, there was no way he could stop Munir, who left behind such players as Shabbir,Talib, Waheed Baloch, Mohammad Shahzad and Ahmed Baig.

In the final round, Munir had a score of 67 and a three-day aggregate of 206, ten under par.

Shahzad of Garrison Golf Club, relatively new to the national golf circuit, played remarkably well to achieve the runner-up slot with scores of 71, 71, and a sparkling 66 in the final round, which meant a championship aggregate of 208, eight under par.

Matloob had to be content with the third position, his three round scores being 68, 70 and 71 — a total of 209, seven under par.

Following these three were M Shabbir (Islamabad) 73, 70, 68=211; Suleman Akhter (Gymkhana) 75, 64, 74=213; M Alam (PSGCC) 74, 70, 69=213; Talat Ijaz (Gymkhana) 71, 70, 73=214; Usman Ali (Garrison) 72, 74, 68=214; Taimoor Khan (Peshawar) 75, 74, 66=215; Ahmed Baig (PSGCC) 73, 70, 73=216; Ashiq Hussain (Multan) 70, 75, 71=216; Latif Rafiq (Gymkhana) 72, 73, 71=216.

In the amateurs section, Salman Jehangir of Lahore Gymkhana won the first gross with scores of 70, 75 and 77 and an aggregate of 222. Qasim Ali Khan, also of Gymkhana came second with a total score for three days of 224. Umar Khokhar of Bahria Rawalpindi was third in this category with an aggregate score of 230.

Top position in the ladies competition was won by Parkha Ijaz (Defence Raya) with Aaniya Syed (PAF Skyview) the runner-up. Suneyah Osama (PAF Skyview) came third.

Parkha dominated the ladies section with a stunning display of classy golf. She recorded gross 78 on the first day and gross 76 in the second round.

Ladies first position in net was claimed by Laiba Shah (Gymkhana), B Fatima won second net and Saeeda Iman Ali Shah (Gymkhana) attained the third net prize.

Senior professionals: Mohammad Akram (1st), Tahir Nasim (2nd), Raja Iftikhar (3rd)

Junior professionals: Abdul Wadood (1st), Faizan (2nd), Akash Bashir (3rd)

Senior Amateurs: Lt Col Asif Medi (1st net), Tariq Mehmood (2nd net), Ahsan Ghias (3rd net)

Rustam Chatta (1st gross), Rashid Akbar (2nd gross), Lt Col Waqar Ahmed (3rd gross)

At the conclusion of the event the prizes were awarded to the notable performers by Lt Gen (r) Amir Riaz, President Punjab Golf Association in a ceremony attended by Air Commodore Umar Naeem, Air Commodore (rtd) Tariq Usman Abbas, Brig (r) Shahid Wahab Rao, and Brig Ijaz Ahad Khan.

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The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament is scheduled to be held from September 24th till 27th at PAF Skyview Golf & Country Club, Lahore.

The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament will see several talented and skilled professional golfers who will compete against each other with all their might so as to emerge winners in their respective categories of this prestigious golf event.

Main PROs Draws Tee 01

Amateurs Draws Tee No 01

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The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament is scheduled to be held from September 24th till 27th at PAF Skyview Golf & Country Club, Lahore.

The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament will see several talented and skilled professional golfers who will compete against each other with all their might so as to emerge winners in their respective categories of this prestigious golf event.

Main PROs Draws TEE 10:

Main PROs Draws Tee 01:

Amateurs Draws:

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The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament is scheduled to be held from September 24th till 27th at PAF Skyview Golf & Country Club, Lahore.

The 39th edition of Punjab Open Golf Tournament will see several talented and skilled professional golfers who will compete against each other with all their might so as to emerge winners in their respective categories of this prestigious golf event.

The event is scheduled to be held from September 24th till 27th at PAF Skyview Golf & Cluntry Club, Lahore.

Scoring will be powered by Gem Golfers with Live leaderboard available both in Gem Golfers App and on Web.

The championship is supported and endorsed by JS Bank and Malmo Foods. The 4-days long championship will be governed by the rules of golf at approved by the Royal and Ancient golf club of St. Andrews and the local club rules.

.The first day is earmarked for Senior Professional, over 50 years of age, and the junior Professionals, less than 21 years of age will fight it out for a much sought after place amongst the top performers.

From Friday(25th September) the championship will be taken over by the professional golfers of Pakistan who will become a part of the prestigious encounter for lucrative prize money of Two million rupees and their competition will be over three days, Friday to Sunday.

Along with the professionals,also there will be the leading amateurs and while professional golfers participate for prize money and financial stakes ,the amateurs only seek honors.

In addition to the prize money of two million rupees for professionals, 2.1 million for senior professionals and 2.1 million for junior professionals the big attraction is the Brand new Car for a hole in one.

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