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
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
.
Field
The CJ Cup featured a field of 78 players:[5][6][7]
- 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
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
