The 2024 Zozo Championship concluded with its first round on Thursday, October 24, in Japan. The fall season PGA Tour event has kicked off with Taylor Moore taking the lead after the first round. He shot an impressive round of 7-under 73.
The American golfer teed it up on the tenth hole, making par first up. He then shot a birdie on the 11th, adding another on the 15th. He shot an eagle on the 18th. Moore then shot four birdies and one bogey on the back nine, for a total of 7-under, taking a one-stroke lead after the first round.
Max Greyserman, Nico Echavarria, and Eric Cole, all shot 6-under and finished in a three-way tie for second place. They are followed by C.T. Pan tied for fifth with Kevin Yu.
Defending champion Collin Morikawa shot a round of 1-under and is tied for 35th place. He shot three birdies, a bogey, and a double bogey for 69. Meanwhile, Justin Thomas is in a tie for seventh place with K.H. Lee, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Taisei Shimizu, Beau Hossler, Jhonattan Vegas, Shugo Imahira, and Zac Blair.
2024 Zozo Championship Round 1 leaderboard
Here is the full leaderboard of the 2024 Zozo Championship after Day 1:
- 1 Taylor Moore: -7
- T2 Max Greyserman: -6
- T2 Nico Echavarria: -6
- T2 Eric Cole: -6
- T5 C.T. Pan: -5
- T5 Kevin Yu: -5
- T7 Ryosuke Kinoshita: -4
- T7 K.H. Lee: -4
- T7 Justin Thomas: -4
- T7 Taisei Shimizu: -4
- T7 Takumi Kanaya: -4
- T7 Beau Hossler: -4
- T7 Jhonattan Vegas: -4
- T7 Shugo Imahira: -4
- T7 Zac Blair: -4
- T16 Chad Ramey: -3
- T16 Andrew Putnam: -3
- T16 Rico Hoey: -3
- T16 Mark Hubbard: -3
- T16 Sam Stevens: -3
- T16 S.H. Kim: -3
- T22 Nick Taylor: -2
- T22 Lee Hodges: -2
- T22 Gary Woodland: -2
- T22 Matt Kuchar: -2
- T22 Si Woo Kim: -2
- T22 Ryo Ishikawa: -2
- T22 Naoyuki Kataoka: -2
- T22 Patrick Rodgers: -2
- T22 Rickie Fowler: -2
- T22 J.J. Spaun: -2
- T22 Harry Hall: -2
- T22 Andrew Novak: -2
- T22 Yuta Sugiura: -2
- T35 Ryo Hisatsune: -1
- T35 Mac Meissner: -1
- T35 Victor Perez: -1
- T35 Luke List: -1
- T35 Kensei Hirata: -1
- T35 Carson Young: -1
- T35 Ben Silverman: -1
- T35 Yuto Katsuragawa: -1
- T35 Min Woo Lee: -1
- T35 Collin Morikawa: -1
- T35 Seamus Power: -1
- T35 Adam Schenk: -1
- T35 Kurt Kitayama: -1
- T48 Nate Lashley: E
- T48 Sungjae Im: E
- T48 Charley Hoffman: E
- T48 Chandler Phillips: E
- T48 Chan Kim: E
- T53 Ben Griffin: +1
- T53 Joel Dahmen: +1
- T53 Hideki Matsuyama: +1
- T53 Maverick McNealy: +1
- T53 Hiroshi Iwata: +1
- T53 Doug Ghim: +1
- T53 Ren Yonezawa: +1
- T53 Tom Hoge: +1
- T53 Will Zalatoris: +1
- T53 Ben Kohles: +1
- T53 Patrick Fishburn: +1
- T64 Takahiro Hataji: +2
- T64 Adam Svensson: +2
- T64 Ryan Fox: +2
- T64 Sami Valimaki: +2
- T64 Sahith Theegala: +2
- T64 Chris Gotterup: +2
- T70 Satoshi Kodaira: +3
- T70 Max Homa: +3
- T70 Xander Schauffele: +3
- T73 Takashi Ogiso: +4
- T73 Davis Riley: +4
- T73 Justin Lower: +4
- T76 Brendon Todd: +5
- T76 Kaito Onishi: +5
- 78 David Skinns: +6
The Zozo Championship is a four-day event and will have its final round on Sunday, October 25.