The CJ Cup is a professional golf tournament on the

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...

. The tournament was played for the first time in October 2017 at the start of the 2017–18 season, and is sponsored by

CJ Group CJ Group () is a South Korean conglomerate holding company and one of the largest Chaebol headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, enter ...

. The first three editions were played at the Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju Island,

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. 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; the move was due to

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travel restrictions. 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 Summerlin is a master-planned community in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada. It lies at the edge of the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon to the west; it is partly within the official city limits of Las Vegas and partly within uni ...

. For 2022, the event will be held at Congaree Golf Club in Gillisonville, South Carolina, near Hilton Head Island.

Field

The CJ Cup features a field of 78 players: *Top 60 available players from the previous season's final

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standings *Winners of the KPGA Championship and Genesis Championship on the

Korean Tour The Korean Tour is a men's professional golf tour run by the Korea Professional Golfers' Association (KPGA) of South Korea. In 2011, it had total prize money of about US$14 million. Professional golf in Korea dates back to the mid 20th century. ...

*Top 3 available players from the Korean Tour order of merit *Top available player from the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wo ...

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

References

External links

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Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
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