Jinichiro Kozuma sled into the 3-ticket invitation spot for ZOZO Championship by making 3 straight birdies on the finishing holes and resulted as 2T at Bridgestone Open.

He made an eagle on 9th. He thought if he could get to 15 under, he could still win, and played aggressively. That effort paid off with 3 birdies on finishing holes, as he surpassed several players to become 2T at the end.

In 2019, the inaugural year of ZOZO Championship, he was given sponsor invitation.
"I was devastated to see how much I lack from the world top players. I was playing well but my position on the leader board didn't go up at all."

Jinichiro won his 1st Tour victory in November last year and, this time he has earned the ticket to ZOZO Championship on his own. Now he is ready to make the challenge with some confidence.
"My ability will be tested among the top elites. I want to fight hard with all I've got and want to win it."

2021 ZOZO Championship
October 21st to 24th at ACCORDIA GOLF Narashino Country Club

Eligibility
*Top 3 of the Bridgestone Open
Tomoyasu Sugiyama, Jinichiro Kozuma, Naoyuki Kataoka

*7 players on the current JGTO Money Rankings
(Including International Majors) from Token Homemate Cup to Bridgestone Open
Ryosuke Kinoshita, Scott Vincent, Chan Kim, Rikuya Hoshino, Tomoharu Otsuki, Takumi Kanaya, and Shugo Imahira