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00:03There's sort of a lull right in the PGA Tour that we hit, but then we take a look at the
00:06odds board at the Fanblue Sportsbook, Keith.
00:08I'm seeing some recognizable faces on the tour.
00:11So let's get it started.
00:12The Zozo Championship this week from Japan, as you stated, a par 77,000 yard course.
00:18The previous winner was Colin Morikawa.
00:21He's back in the field this week.
00:22What are the anticipations of the golf course first, Keith, and how that lays out for us?
00:27I tell you what, this golf course has been a really unique test over the years.
00:31This is now the sixth edition.
00:32We did have a pandemic year where we did it in the U.S., but the other four editions have
00:36been at the same golf course, Accordia Golf, Narashino Country Club, par 70, and it rolls
00:42with the hills.
00:43It's just a little bit east of Tokyo, downtown there, just a fantastic 36-hole facility,
00:49and it really tests this, guys, from a ball striking perspective.
00:52You've got five par threes on the scorecard, so it's kind of unique in that way, and you're
00:58also going to see when you turn on the coverage, each hole has two greens.
01:02One has Bermuda grass and one has bent grass, and this is kind of a custom over there in
01:06Japan, but it gives it a very unique view, and it just kind of really emphasizes the
01:10target approach that's necessary in order to play well here.
01:14One of the keys that I really love about this place is that as a par 70, you've got 10 par
01:19fours, and they're very unique.
01:21They're almost bipolar in a lot of ways.
01:23There's five of them that are real short, under 425 yards, and there's five of them
01:27that are over 480 yards.
01:29That's an easy key right there, that if you've got a guy that's really good at par four scoring,
01:34that's something I anticipate that will separate the field.