The PGA Tour heads to Japan this week for the final big event of the season.The Baycurrent Classic is only seven years old but boasts some big-name winners including defending champion Xander Schauffele and inaugural victor Tiger Woods.Schauffele won in Japan last seasonGettyIt’s been six weeks since the Tour Championship but now some of the PGA Tour’s top stars will return to action by teeing it up in Yokohama.Schauffele headlines following his one-stroke win over Max Greyserman last season.This event has unofficially become the last stop for the best in the world before the PGA Tour winds down for Thanksgiving and Christmas.Baycurrent Classic: Dates and how to followThe 2026 Baycurrent Classic is taking place from Thursday, October 8 to Sunday, October 11.It is being held at Yokohama Country Club in Japan – the course is a par 71 and has a yardage of 7,322 yards. The action will get up and running at 12:45am UK time due to the time difference.Sky Sports Golf will broadcast the action throughout the week with their coverage starting at 4am each day.Fans can also keep across the action with live updates on talkSPORT during all four days.Tiger Woods took home the 2019 Zozo ChampionshipGetty Images - GettyFormer Baycurrent Classic winners2025, Xander Schauffele − 1 stroke win over Max Greyserman in Yokohama, Japan2024, Nico Echavarria − 1 stroke win over Max Greyserman and Justin Thomas in Narashino, Japan2023, Collin Morikawa − 6 stroke win over Eric Cole and Beau Hossler in Narashino, Japan2022, Keegan Bradley − 1 stroke win over Rickie Fowler and Andrew Putnam in Narashino, Japan2021, Hideki Matsuyama − 5 stroke win over Brendan Steele and Cameron Tringale in Narashino, Japan2020, Patrick Cantlay − 1 stroke win over Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas in Sherwood, USA2019, Tiger Woods – 3 stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama in Narashino, JapanBaycurrent Classic: Field and leaderboardThe Baycurrent, formerly known as the Zozo Championship, has a limited field of 72 players.Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama and Keegan Bradley have all won this event and will be back in Yokohama this week.Wyndham Clark, Jacob Bridgeman and Ryan Gerard are the other top ranked players in the field.Justin Thomas, Min Woo Lee, Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth are also teeing it up.The full field, tee times and groupings can be found here.Schauffele, Morikawa and Bridgeman have been grouped together and will tee off at 1:29am on the opening day.Other big groups include Clark, Thomas and Scott at 2:24am and Lee, Spieth and Sungjae Im at 1:18am.The latest leaderboard is here while this event has a total purse of $8m with $1.5m going to the champion.Clark is the top ranked player in the field this weekGettyBaycurrent Classic: What has been said?Schauffele won his first title for 14 months in Japan last season and admitted he definitely had doubts about his game before claiming glory.The two-time major champion said: “I think every player in any sport, at some point in time you feel like you’re on top of the world and then you feel like, not that you’ve lost it, but you feel less confident.“It was a rough year but my team dragged me through it. They pick me up when I’m down.“Hopefully I’m catching my stride. It was a big learning experience with the injury this year.”Schauffele hailed his ‘special’ win in Japan, which is where his mother grew up and his grandparents live.“I’ve been coming here since I was about nine years old to visit my grandparents,” Schauffele said.“I sort of fell in love with this country a long time ago. I can’t wait to bring my son here when he’s old enough to sort of understand and appreciate the culture here in Japan.“Yeah, the ties run deep for the Schauffele family here in Japan.”