ZOZO Championship Purse, Prize Money And Field 2023

Keegan Bradley defends his title in a strong field in the no-cut event at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan

Keegan Bradley with the ZOZO Championship trophy
Keegan Bradley defends his ZOZO Championship title
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The PGA Tour heads to Japan for the ZOZO Championship, a no-cut event with a field of 78 players, including 16 of the world’s top 50.

Among them is defending champion Keegan Bradley. This is the American's first tournament since he finished T11 at August’s Tour Championship at East Lake. Shortly after that, the six-time PGA Tour winner learned he had narrowly missed out on a Team USA Ryder Cup place, which he admitted left him “super bummed out.”

He will be keen to show what he could have brought to the team, which eventually lost to the Europeans at Marco Simone. He’ll be confident, too, particularly after last year's performance, when he secured his first PGA Tour title in 1,498 days after a one-shot win over Rickie Fowler.

Bradley has had more success since then, notably with victory in the Travelers Championship among some excellent form in 2023, and, despite a break of almost two months, he will undoubtedly be one to watch this week.

The highest-ranked player in the field is World No.6 Xander Schauffele, who was part of the US Ryder Cup team, and makes his first appearance since that defeat. Meanwhile, two other members of Zach Johnson’s team are also in the field, Collin Morikawa and last year's runner-up.

Aside from those big names, the player who local hopes will rest with is Hideki Matsuyama. He won the 2021 tournament by a commanding five shots over Cameron Tringale and Brendan Steele. With just one victory since then, in the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii, he will be hoping a return to his homeland marks the week he collects his ninth win on the Tour.

Hideki Matsuyama celebrates his win in the 2021 ZOZO Championship in Japan

Hideki Matsuyama hopes for another win in his homeland

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Another player looking for his first PGA Tour win in some time is Sungae Im. The South Korean last claimed victory at the 2021 Shriners Children’s Open. Despite that barren run since, the World No.26 has maintained some good form, including a T2 in his most recent outing, the Genesis Scottish Open, which came three months ago.

Elsewhere, Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala, who claimed his maiden PGA Tour win in the Fortinet Championship, and Charles Schwab Challenge champion Emiliano Grillo also take part in the tournament at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club.

Completing the list of players in the world’s top 50 are a trio of Australians in former World No.1 Adam Scott, Cam Davis and Min Woo Lee, as well as Adam Schenk, Taylor Moore, Tom Hoge and RBC Canadian Open winner Nick Taylor.

Players are competing for a purse of $8.5m, with $1.53m available to the winner.

Below if the full prize money breakdown and field for the ZOZO Championship in Japan.

ZOZO Championship Prize Money

Swipe to scroll horizontally
PositionPrize Money
1st$1,530,000
2nd$918,000
3rd$578,000
4th$408,000
5th$340,000
6th$306,000
7th$284,750
8th$263,500
9th$246,500
10th$229,500
11th$212,500
12th$195,500
13th$178,500
14th$161,500
15th$151,640
16th$142,460
17th$133,960
18th$125,460
19th$116,960
20th$108,460
21st$99,960
22nd$93,160
23rd$86,360
24th$79,560
25th$72,760
26th$65,960
27th$63,410
28th$60,860
29th$58,310
30th$55,760
31st$53,210
32nd$50,660
33rd$48,110
34th$45,985
35th$43,860
36th$41,735
37th$39,610
38th$37,910
39th$36,210
40th$34,510
41st$32,810
42nd$31,110
43rd$29,410
44th$27,710
45th$26,010
46th$24,310
47th$22,610
48th$21,250
49th$20,060
50th$19,380
51st$18,870
52nd$18,360
53rd$18,020
54th$17,680
55th$17,510
56th$17,340
57th$17,170
58th$17,000
59th$16,830
60th$16,660
61st$16,490
62nd$16,320
63rd$16,150
64th$15,980
65th$15,810
66th$15,640
67th$15,470
68th$15,300
69th$15,130
70th$14,960
71st$14,790
72nd$14,620
73rd$14,450
74th$14,280
75th$14,110
76th$13,940
77th$13,770
78th$13,600

ZOZO Championship Field

  • Alexander, Tyson
  • Baddeley, Aaron
  • Bhatia, Akshay
  • Blair, Zac
  • Bradley, Keegan
  • Buckley, Hayden
  • Champ, Cameron
  • Cole, Eric
  • Dahmen, Joel
  • Davis, Cam
  • Detry, Thomas
  • Eckroat, Austin
  • Fowler, Rickie
  • Gordon, Will
  • Griffin, Ben
  • Grillo, Emiliano
  • Hall, Harry
  • Hardy, Nick
  • Higgo, Garrick
  • Hirata, Kensei
  • Hisatsune, Ryo
  • Hodges, Lee
  • Hoge, Tom
  • Hojgaard, Nicolai
  • Horikawa, Mikumu
  • Hossler, Beau
  • Hubbard, Mark
  • Hughes, Mackenzie
  • Im, Sungjae
  • Imahira, Shugo
  • Inamori, Yuki
  • Ishikawa, Ryo
  • Iwasaki, Aguri
  • Kanaya, Takumi
  • Kim, Michael
  • Kim, S.H.
  • Kitayama, Kurt
  • Kodaira, Satoshi
  • Lashley, Nate
  • Lee, K.H.
  • Lee, Min Woo
  • Lingmerth, David
  • Lipsky, David
  • Lower, Justin
  • Matsuyama, Hideki
  • Mitchell, Keith
  • Montgomery, Taylor
  • Moore, Taylor
  • Morikawa, Collin
  • Nagano, Ryutaro
  • Nakajima, Keita
  • NeSmith, Matt
  • Noren, Alex
  • Norrman, Vincent
  • Novak, Andrew
  • Onishi, Kaito
  • Rai, Aaron
  • Riley, Davis
  • Ryder, Sam
  • Schauffele, Xander
  • Schenk, Adam
  • Scott, Adam
  • Semikawa, Taiga
  • Shelton, Robby
  • Song, Young-han
  • Spaun, J.J.
  • Stevens, Sam
  • Suh, Justin
  • Svensson, Adam
  • Tarren, Callum
  • Taylor, Ben
  • Taylor, Nick
  • Theegala, Sahith
  • Wallace, Matt
  • Werbylo, Trevor
  • Wu, Brandon
  • Wu, Dylan
  • Yu, Kevin

Where Is The ZOZO Championship 2023?

The 2023 ZOZO Championship takes place at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan. This will be the third time the course has hosted the tournament since its inception four years ago.

Who Is Playing In The ZOZO Championship?

A strong field will participate in the event, including defending champion Keegan Bradley, World No.6 Xander Schauffele, two-time Major winner Collin Morikawa and six-time PGA Tour winner Rickie Fowler.

Mike Hall
News Writer

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.