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Golf tournament
The Baycurrent Classic is a professional golf tournament in Yokohama, Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded as the Zozo Championship in 2019 and sponsored by Zozo, a Japanese clothing brand. In 2025, the sponsorship changed to Baycurrent, a Japanese consulting firm and the tournament moved to Yokohama Country Club.
More on Wikipedia ↗Golf tour in the United States
The PGA Tour is an organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champions, the Korn Ferry Tour, and PGA Tour Americas. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb southeast of Jacksonville.
More on Wikipedia ↗Austin Smotherman is a winner on the PGA Tour for the first time in his 100th career start. Smotherman stretched his lead to three shots on the front nine and appeared to be cruising in the Bank of Utah Championship.