CJ Cup
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gillisonville, South Carolina |
| Established | 2017 |
| Course(s) | Congaree Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,685 yards (7,027 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$10,500,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Final year | 2022 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Rory McIlroy (2021) |
| To par | −25 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Rory McIlroy | |
| Location map | |
  Congaree GC Location in the United States  Congaree GC Location in South Carolina | |
The CJ Cup was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament was played for the first time in October 2017 at the start of the 2017–18 season, and was sponsored by CJ Group. The first three editions were played at the Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea.[1] In 2020, the tournament was moved to Shadow Creek Golf Course in North Las Vegas, Nevada as part of a Las Vegas Swing in October due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.[2] In 2021, plans to return to South Korea were abandoned with the tournament remaining in the Las Vegas area, but moving to The Summit Club in Summerlin.[3][4] For 2022, the event was held at Congaree Golf Club in Gillisonville, South Carolina, near Hilton Head Island.
In 2024, the CJ Group became title sponsor of The Byron Nelson under a ten-year sponsorship, transferring the CJ Cup title to it as the "CJ Cup Bryon Nelson".[5]
Field
[edit]The CJ Cup featured a field of 78 players:[6][7][8]
- Top 60 available players from the previous season's final FedEx Cup standings
- Winners of the KPGA Championship and Genesis Championship on the Korean Tour
- Top 3 available players from the Korean Tour order of merit
- Top available player from the Asian Tour order of merit
- Top available Korean player from the Asian Tour order of merit
- Top next 3 available Korean players from the Official World Golf Ranking
- 8 sponsor exemptions:
- 5 restricted to PGA Tour members
- 1 to the winner of a Korean amateur qualifier
- 2 unrestricted
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy (2) |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke |  Kurt Kitayama |
Congaree, Hilton Head |
| 2021 | Rory McIlroy |
263 | −25 | 1 stroke | Collin Morikawa |
The Summit Club, Las Vegas |
| 2020 | Jason Kokrak |
268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Xander Schauffele |
Shadow Creek, Las Vegas |
| 2019 | Justin Thomas (2) |
268 | −20 | 2 strokes |  Danny Lee |
Nine Bridges, Jeju Island |
| 2018 | Brooks Koepka |
267 | −21 | 4 strokes | Gary Woodland |
Nine Bridges, Jeju Island |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas |
279 | −9 | Playoff |  Marc Leishman |
Nine Bridges, Jeju Island |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nine Bridges on Jeju Island to host Korea's first PGA TOUR tournament". PGA Tour. April 12, 2017.
- ^ Romine, Brentley (August 24, 2020). "CJ Cup to be contested this fall in Las Vegas, not South Korea". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (October 18, 2020). "PGA tournament CJ Cup to return to S. Korea in 2021". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 25, 2021). "PGA Tour still planning for Japan event, but sources say China event will be canceled". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ Schupak, Adam (May 3, 2024). "CJ Cup Byron Nelson's title sponsor brings new flavor to a beloved local institution". Golfweek. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges' Exemption Eligibility Revealed". CJ Cup. July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Inside the Field: The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges". PGA Tour. October 11, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "Inside the Field: The CJ Cup at Shadow Creek". PGA Tour. October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
