ZOZO Championship Matchup Picks

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele leads the field for this week’s ZOZO Championship in Japan. We get a few of the top players in the world in the field this week so it should be entertaining. In addition to Schauffele, defending champion Collin Morikawa is set to tee it up and we’ll see Sahith Theegala, Justin Thomas and Max Homa, among others in the field.  Schauffele is the betting favorite at Caesars at odds of +450. It has been a nice couple of weeks with the matchups. We went 4-1 last week with the matchups at the Shriners and we were 3-1-1 the previous week with the matchups in Utah.  Let’s look to continue the success with this week’s ZOZO Championship matchup picks.

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Tournament Notes: The ZOZO Championship is the one tournament in the FedExCup Fall schedule that has a decent field but it still doesn’t draw a lot of top players, as it is in Japan and in late October. The course is short at 7,079 yards but the par 3’s are tough. Wind is usually the only thing that makes this course play difficult and winds are expected to be calm this week.

ZOZO Championship Matchups

Xander Schauffele -150 vs. Collin Morikawa

Colin Morikawa -135 vs.  Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama -165 vs. Sungjae Im

Sahith Theegala -130 vs. Justin Thomas

Sahith Theegala -115 vs. Kurt Kitayama

Taylor Moore -120 vs. Ben Griffin

Harry Hall -115 vs. Rico Hoey

Adam Svensson -130 vs. Nick Taylor

Kurt Kitayama -145 vs. Min Woo Lee

Sungjae Im -180 vs. Si Woo Kim

Doug Ghim -125 vs. Maverick McNealy

Tom Hoge -120 vs. Eric Cole

Ryan Fox -115 vs. Victor Perez

Beau Hossler -120 vs. Will Zalatoris

Si Woo Kim -115 vs. Beau Hossler

Doug Ghim -140 vs. Will Zalatoris

Eric Cole -115 vs. Taylor Moore

Harry Hall -115 vs. Patrick Rodgers

Seamus Power -115 vs. J.J. Spaun

Jhonattan Vegas -115 vs. Rico Hoey

Justin Thomas -120 vs. Min Woo Lee

Maverick McNealy -150 vs. Max Greyserman

Tom Hoge -140 vs. Max Homa

Golf Matchup Picks

Collin Morikawa +130 vs. Xander Schauffele

Morikawa is the defending champion and he was one of my picks to win in the odds preview.  He has played well all season but simply hasn’t been able to get a win. That could have been said last year at this time when he won this event and I think he can win again this week. Schauffele has really never played that well in this event with his top finish a tie for 9th in 2022. I’ll take Morikawa at plus money in this golf matchup.

Hideki Matsuyama -165 vs. Sungjae Im

Matsuyama has played well this season with a couple of wins and he won this event in 2021. There is no reason to think he won’t play well again this week. Im did not play well at the Presidents Cup so we’ll see if he turns it around this week. He has a tie for 3rd, a tie for 29th and a tie for 12th in this event previously. I’ll take Matsuyama in this golf betting matchup.

Sahith Theegala -115 vs. Kurt Kitayama

Theegala has played well in this event with a tie for 5th and a tie for 19th. He has played well for much of this season including a third place finish in the FedExCup and he tied for 7th in the Procore. Kitayama has played okay in this event with a tie for 29th and a tie for 16th but I don’t think he is in the same class as Theegala but those are the odds in this matchup. I’ll take Theegala.

Tom Hoge -120 vs. Eric Cole

Hoge didn’t play well at the Shriners but I’ll throw that result out. He leads the PGA Tour in rounds under par and I think he will thrive on this course. He tied for 9th in this event two years ago. I’ll lay the small golf betting price and take Hoge in this matchup.

Rico Hoey -115 vs. Jhonattan Vegas

Hoey played well in Las Vegas with a tie for 3rd and he is playing well overall with four top 10 finishes in his last 10 tournaments. I think this course sets up better for Hoey than it does for Vegas. I’ll take Hoey in this PGA Tour matchup.

Check out the latest ZOZO Championship matchup odds at Caesars.