Japan

October 23rd, 2025

With loads of young talent, Japan is a rising power on the LPGA

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October 13th, 2025

The clubs Xander Schauffele used to win the 2025 Baycurrent Classic

A number of clubs in Schauffele’s bag played a role in the win, but it was his Callaway Apex TCB irons that turned the tide down the stretch.

October 12th, 2025

Xander Schauffele ends a frustrating season on the course with a sentimental victory in Japan

Xander Schauffele travelled 12,000 kilometres from his home in Florida to Yokohama in Japan, but his emotional comeback victory at the Baycurrent Classic had the feel of a homecoming.

October 12th, 2025

PGA Tour pro suffers the most brutal collapse while trying to shoot sub-60 round

Matt McCarty may need a pat on the back and one of those ice-cold, extra-sudsy beers Japan is famous for after coughing up a potential 59 – or 58 – in the most devastating way during Sunday’s final round at the Baycurrent Classic outside Tokyo.

October 9th, 2025

Adam Scott in contention after round one at PGA Tour’s Baycurrent Classic

Adam Scott made a hot start at the PGA Tour’s Baycurrent Classic in Japan, carding a three-under-par 68 to sit one shot off the pace after the opening round at Yokohama Country Club.

September 18th, 2025

Travel: Shigaraki

October 6th, 2024

The favourite just won the Asia-Pacific Amateur. Then came the hard part

China’s Wenyi Ding was the favourite and won the Asia-Pacific Amateur. Then came the hard part.

October 6th, 2024

Asia-Pacific Amateur 2024: Phoenix Campbell top Aussie as China’s Wenyi Ding wins

A wrap of the seven Australians who competed in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Gotemba, Japan.

October 5th, 2024

Asia-Pacific Amateur 2024: Top Aussie Phoenix Campbell hoping for back-nine miracle

Phoenix Campbell braved rain and a split third round to leave himself even-par during the final round at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba.

October 3rd, 2024

Asia-Pacific Amateur 2024: Quinnton Croker top Aussie as Randy Bintang leads in Japan

A double-bogey at the last soured what was an otherwise solid opening round for leading Australian Quinnton Croker at the Asia Pacific Amateur, as the Queenslander posted a first-round of even-par 70 to sit five shots off the lead.

Japan: Discover Golf Paradise

Once the Bashful Prince, Ryo Ishikawa still has eyes on the throne

Player Blog: Xander Schauffele

The new butterfly putting grip that’s trendy on social media, explained

This Yokohama golf course has moving walkways to combat hilly terrain, Japan continues living in 2050

Keegan Bradley draws on memories of Tiger Woods in seizing Zozo Championship victory

September 21st, 2022

One-shot wonders

Which course has the greatest set of par 3s in the world?

October 21st, 2021

Hideki Matsuyama summing up the state of his game shows how crazy high his standards are

Matsuyama being underwhelmed by a borderline career year is peak Matsuyama.

May 12th, 2021

After soaking up praise for his Masters win, Hideki Matsuyama goes back to work

This week’s AT&T Byron Nelson marks Matsuyama’s first start since his victory at Augusta National, where the 29-year-old became the first player from Japan to win a men’s Major championship.

May 11th, 2021

Rising son

There are lessons from Australia in how Japanese golf should react to its first Masters champion.

April 19th, 2021

Australian coach charged with taking forward Hideki Matsuyama’s Masters legacy

Jones has served as the national coach for the Japan Golf Association since October 2015 and has no doubt that Matsuyama’s win will inspire the next wave of Japanese golfers to chase equally lofty goals.

April 16th, 2021

Ripple Effect: How Hideki Matsuyama’s Masters win could revive golf’s popularity in Japan

Hideki Matsuyama may instantly have risen to the greatest golf hero Japan has ever known with his roller-coaster-ride Masters win. Now, however, comes the hard part.

Leaderboard

The RSM Classic - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sami Valimaki	-23	F	4
2	Max McGreevy	-22	F	4
3	Ricky Castillo	-21	F	4
T4	Nico Echavarria	-19	F	4
T4	Lee Hodges	-19	F	4
T4	S.W. Kim	-19	F	4
T7	Sam Stevens	-18	F	4
T7	Rico Hoey	-18	F	4
T7	J.T. Poston	-18	F	4
T7	Doug Ghim	-18	F	4
T7	John Pak	-18	F	4
T7	Seamus Power	-18	F	4
T7	Zac Blair	-18	F	4
T7	Johnny Keefer	-18	F	4
T7	Andrew Novak	-18	F	4
T7	Michael Thorbjornsen	-18	F	4
T7	Patrick Rodgers	-18	F	4
T18	Keith Mitchell	-17	F	4
T18	Doc Redman	-17	F	4
T18	Mac Meissner	-17	F	4
T21	Ryan Palmer	-16	F	4
T21	Ben Martin	-16	F	4
T21	William Mouw	-16	F	4
T21	Eric Cole	-16	F	4
T25	Greyson Sigg	-15	F	4
T25	Byeong Hun An	-15	F	4
T25	Trey Mullinax	-15	F	4
T25	Hayden Buckley	-15	F	4
T25	Henrik Norlander	-15	F	4
T25	Webb Simpson	-15	F	4
T25	Andrew Putnam	-15	F	4
T25	Antoine Rozner	-15	F	4
T25	Davis Thompson	-15	F	4
T34	Vince Whaley	-14	F	4
T34	Ben Kohles	-14	F	4
T34	Harrison Endycott	-14	F	4
T34	Patrick Fishburn	-14	F	4
T34	Patton Kizzire	-14	F	4
T34	Mark Hubbard	-14	F	4
T34	Kris Ventura	-14	F	4
T41	Chris Kirk	-13	F	4
T41	Niklas Norgaard	-13	F	4
T41	Chan Kim	-13	F	4
T41	Jonathan Byrd	-13	F	4
T41	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T41	Austin Eckroat	-13	F	4
T47	Sam Ryder	-12	F	4
T47	Harris English	-12	F	4
T47	Ben Silverman	-12	F	4
T47	Matthew Riedel	-12	F	4
T51	Quade Cummins	-11	F	4
T51	Jackson Suber	-11	F	4
T51	Michael Brennan	-11	F	4
T51	Denny McCarthy	-11	F	4
T51	Troy Merritt	-11	F	4
T51	Karl Vilips	-11	F	4
T51	Mackenzie Hughes	-11	F	4
T51	Matt Wallace	-11	F	4
T51	Pi Coody	-11	F	4
T51	Daniel Berger	-11	F	4
T51	Jesper Svensson	-11	F	4
T62	Alex Smalley	-10	F	4
T62	Chad Ramey	-10	F	4
T64	Thomas Rosenmueller	-9	F	4
T64	Brandt Snedeker	-9	F	4
T64	Beau Hossler	-9	F	4
T67	Matt Kuchar	-8	F	4
T67	Matthieu Pavon	-8	F	4
T67	Davis Riley	-8	F	4
70	Adam Hadwin	-7	F	4
71	Chez Reavie	-6	F	4
T72	James Hahn	-2	F	4
T72	Brendan Valdes	-2	F	4
CUT	Martin Laird	-6	F	2
CUT	Car Young	-6	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	-6	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	-6	F	2
CUT	Zach Johnson	-6	F	2
CUT	Brian Harman	-6	F	2
CUT	Sahith Theegala	-6	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	-6	F	2
CUT	David Ford	-6	F	2
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-6	F	2
CUT	Chesson Hadley	-6	F	2
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Velo	-6	F	2
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	-6	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	-6	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-6	F	2
CUT	Luke List	-6	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-6	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	-6	F	2
CUT	Peter Knade	-6	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	-5	F	2
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	-5	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	-5	F	2
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	-5	F	2
CUT	Mason Andersen	-5	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	-5	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-5	F	2
CUT	Ryan Gerard	-5	F	2
CUT	Will Gordon	-5	F	2
CUT	Kyle Cottam	-5	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	F	2
CUT	Trevor Cone	-5	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-4	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-4	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	2
CUT	Tim Widing	-4	F	2
CUT	Taylor Dickson	-4	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-4	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-4	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-4	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-4	F	2
CUT	Matt Atkins	-4	F	2
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	-3	F	2
CUT	Robby Shelton	-3	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	2
CUT	Scott Piercy	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	-3	F	2
CUT	Ryan Blaum	-3	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	2
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	-2	F	2
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-2	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-2	F	2
CUT	Will Chandler	-2	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	-2	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Tommy Gainey	-1	F	2
CUT	Kyle Westmoreland	-1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	-1	F	2
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Cook	E	F	2
CUT	Matt NeSmith	E	F	2
CUT	Jason Dufner	E	F	2
CUT	Vince Covello	E	F	2
CUT	Bud Cauley	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Polland	+1	F	2
CUT	George McNeill	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Watney	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+2	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+3	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	+3	F	2
CUT	Davis Love III	+5	F	2
CUT	Matt Sanders	+11	F	2

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