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- The ZOZO Championship takes place between October 13-16
- The tournament takes place at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, Japan
- Our four selections who could win on Sunday
The world's best players travel to Japan to contest the latest round of the PGA Tour at the ZOZO Championship. Who will lift the trophy come Sunday?
Hideki Matsuyama returns to Japan to defend his title after lifting the trophy in 2021.
Past major winners in the lineup include Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa. Additionally, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffle will feature at this event.
These are our top four selections for the title this weekend.
Tom Kim
Joohyung "Tom" Kim continued his impressive foray on the PGA Tour with victory at the Shriners Children's Open this past weekend, his second title in four tournaments and third for 2022.
Tom Kim started his year on the Asian Tour, winning the Singapore International, placing T2 at the SMBC Singapore Open, T45 at the Saudi International, 17th at the Royal's Cup 2022 and T23 at the International Series in Thailand before appearing on the DP World Tour, missing the cut at the Qatar Masters.
He quickly shrugged off that poor result by placing second at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup, T4 at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge, T5 at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open, T17 AT&T Byron Nelson, MC, 5th at the International Series in England, 23rd at the US Open and 3rd at the Genesis Scottish Open.
The 20-year-old failed to reproduce his earlier form in his next two starts, finishing T47 at the Open Championship and T26 at the 3M Open before bouncing back with a T7 place at the Rocket Mortage Classic and winning his first PGA Tour tournament in his career at the Wyndham Championship.
Kim performed well at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, placing T13 overall before finishing T54 at the BMW Championship.
The world number 15 ranked golfer is making his debut at the ZOZO Championship.
Tom Kim can do wrong at present, and if he continues to play at this level will have an excellent chance to win in Japan this weekend.
Cameron Young
Cameron Young had a decent beginning to his year after missing the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, as he finished T40 at the American Express, T20 at the Farmers Insurance Open and T26 at the Phoenix Open.
Young then came close to securing his maiden PGA Tour title, placing T2 at the Genesis Invitational, followed by finishing T16 at the Honda Classic and T13 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The American struggled to maintain his level of play on the golf course, missing the cut at the Players Championship, finishing T35 at the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play and missing the cut at the Masters.
However, he bounced back to his best, going close to winning on three occasions by placing T3 at the RBC Heritage, T2 at the Wells Fargo Championship and T3 at the PGA Championship.
The 25-year-old struggled in his following three events, finishing T60 at the Memorial Tournament and missing the cut at the US Open and Scottish Open. However, he rediscovered his touch with a brilliant runner-up performance at the Open Championship and followed that up with a T2 place at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The world number 16 was solid at the FedEx playoff tournaments, finishing T31 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, T23 at the BMW Championship and 19th at the Tour Championship.
He is making his first appearance at this tournament.
Young has risen in the golf rankings with consistent top performances this year, going close to winning multiple times, which will give the belief that he can lift the trophy at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club come Sunday.
Mito Pereira
Mito Pereira began his year by finishing T25 at Farmers Insurance Open, MC, MC, T15 at the Genesis Invitational, T30 at the Honda Classic, MC, T27 at the Valspar Championship, T13 at the Valero Texas Open, and T26 at the RBC Heritage before withdrawing from the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
The Chilean's subsequent four starts were excellent, placing T17 at the AT&T Byron Nelson, T3 at the PGA Championship, T7 at the Charles Schwab Challenge and T13 at the Memorial Tournament.
However, after those performances, the 27-year-old's form slumped, missing the cut four times in a row, including finishing T42 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and T54 at the BMW Championship.
Pereira was absent from the greens for a month after those results but produced an excellent T4 place at the Shriners Children's Open on his return last weekend.
He is playing at the ZOZO Championship for the first time in his career.
Pereira was impressive in his last tournament and can land his maiden PGA Tour title this weekend.
Sepp Straka
Sepp Straka almost secured his second PGA Tour title of 2022 when he lost in a playoff to Mackenzie Hughes to finish sole second at the recent Sanderson Farms Championship.
Before that, Straka finished T42 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, T49 at the American Express, T16 at the Farmers Insurance Open, 66th at the Phoenix Open, and T15 at the Genesis Invitational before winning his PGA Tour title in his career at the Honda Classic at the end of February.
The Austrian continued to play well, placing T9 at the Players Championship, T35 at the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, T30 at the Masters and T3 at the RBC Heritage.
The 29-year-old's form vanished after those performances, missing the cut on eight occasions, including finishes of T73, 78th and T45 from 11 starts, a poor effort.
Straka has rediscovered his touch of late, placing second at FedEx St Jude Championship, T28 at the BMW Championship, T7 at the Tour Championship and second at the recent Sanderson Farms Championship.
He has made one appearance at these championships, finishing T66 last year.
Straka is holding form with two second-place finishes in four events and can upstage the others at the ZOZO Championship.
Verdict
Young has done everything right on the golf course except win a title. Can he get over the finish line in Japan?
Straka has been producing consistent top results and will fancy his chances to secure the ZOZO Championship this weekend.
Pereira bounced back to his best in his last event and can cause an upset at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club.
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