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Golf champ Tiger Woods to play in Japan for PGA Tour event

Golf Champ Tiger Woods has announced that he will return to Japan for the first time in more than a decade to play in a new US PGA Tour event in October.

“I’m excited to play in the inaugural ZOZO Championship in October and return to Japan, one of my favorite countries. It’s going to be a fun fall,” tweeted the 43-year-old American.

This month, Woods completing an epic comeback from spinal fusion surgery to win his 15th major at Augusta National and his first since the 2008 US Open.

The ZOZO Championship will be held from October 24-27 at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club near Tokyo as the second of three big prize money Asian events on the early part of the 2019-2020 US PGA Tour calendar.

It will offer a purse of $9.75 million — a record for Japan — and replaces Malaysia’s CIMB Classic.

Golf is one of Japan’s most popular sports and the PGA are hoping to boost their presence ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which will feature the sport at the Kasumigaseki course, where US President Donald Trump played on a trip to the country.

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