CHIBA, Japan — Tiger Woods will have to wait another day to see if he can take the outright lead at the Zozo Championship. Play was called at about 6:30 a.m local time on Friday morning after extended periods of rain.
After starting his round with three consecutive bogeys, Woods turned it around and shot a 6-under 64 in the first round on Thursday (Wednesday night ET) at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club to share the lead with Gary Woodland.
The course had already taken on four-tenths of an inch of rain early Friday morning, Gary Young, Vice President of Rules and Competitions for the PGA Tour told reporters. The second round will now begin at 6:30 a.m. local time on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET Friday) and they will not re-pair after the conclusion of the second round. The third round will be played Saturday until dark.
Officials expect it will take about two hours to complete the third round on Sunday and that the final round will start at 9 a.m. local time (8 p.m. ET Saturday).
“Although we are losing the golf course for the day today, we still feel very confident that we’ll be able to complete four rounds of golf by Sunday,” Young said.
If 72 holes cannot be completed by Sunday, the plan is to extend the tournament to Monday.
The winner of the Zozo Championship will receive $1.75 million. In all, there is a $9.75 million purse up for grabs in the 78-man, no-cut event that features some marquee groups for the second round:
- Tiger Woods, Satoshi Kodaira and Tommy Fleetwood
- Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth and Adam Scott
- Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele
- Patrick Reed, Jason Day and Tony Finau
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP: Updates | Photos | Scores | Tiger’s bag
All times listed are in ET.
1st tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 5:30 p.m. | Byeong Hun An, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Chan Kim |
| 5:40 p.m. | Nate Lashley, Keegan Bradley, Billy Horschel |
| 5:50 p.m. | Joaquin Niemann, Shane Lowry, Keith Mitchell |
| 6 p.m. | J.T. Poston, Ryan Palmer, Ian Poulter |
| 6:10 p.m. | Kevin Tway, Lucas Glover, Louis Oosthuizen |
| 6:20 p.m. | Jason Kokrak, Joel Dahmen, Rikuya Hoshino |
| 6;30 p.m. | Rory Sabbatini, Harold Varner III, Shugo Imahira |
| 6:40 p.m. | Kevin Na, Kevin Kisner, Paul Casey |
| 6:50 p.m. | Matthew Wolff, Corey Conners, Daniel Berger |
| 7 p.m. | Patrick Reed, Jason Day, Tony Finau |
| 7:10 p.m. | Tiger Woods, Satoshi Kodaira, Tommy Fleetwood |
| 7:20 p.m. | Danny Lee, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Ryo Ishikawa |
| 7:30 p.m. | Ryan Moore, Emiliano Grillo, Mikumu Horikawa |
Round 2 – 10th Tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 5:30 p.m. | Vaughn Taylor, Viktor Hovland, Sanghyun Park |
| 5:40 p.m. | C.T. Pan, Pat Perez, Si Woo Kim |
| 5:50 p.m. | Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott |
| 6 p.m. | Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele |
| 6:10 p.m. | Collin Morikawa, Gary Woodland, Marc Leishman |
| 6:20 p.m. | Adam Schenk, Seungsu Han, Yosuke Asaji |
| 6:30 p.m. | Adam Hadwin, Abraham Ancer, Tomoharu Otsuki |
| 6:40 p.m. | Chez Reavie, Charles Howell III, Scott Piercy |
| 6:50 p.m. | Max Homa, Andrew Putnam, Troy Merritt |
| 7 p.m. | Dylan Frittelli, Sung Kang, Adam Long |
| 7:10 p.m. | Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia |
| 7:20 p.m. | Sungjae Im, Wyndham Clark, Jazz Janewattananond |
| 7:30 p.m. | Kevin Streelman, Shaun Norris, Jinichiro Kozuma |
How to watch
All times are in ET.
Thursday
Golf Channel: Replay of the first round, 7-11 p.m.
Friday
Golf Channel: 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. (subject to change)
Saturday
Golf Channel: 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. (subject to change)
