The maximum amount is 58,000 yen! Why are ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP tickets decided by spectators so expensive?
Japan Men's Tour is a different PGA Tour revenue scale
Tickets for 2019, which was a hot topic such as Woods' participation, became a battle
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, the first PGA Tour (US Men's Tour) official match held in Japan in October 2019. In 2020, it was held in the United States due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but in 2021 it was decided to set the stage in Japan again. It will be held from October 21st to 24th at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba Prefecture. See Erika Kikuchi, who won the 2019 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP and Earth Mondahmin.It was also announced that the event would be held with an audience as the state of emergency was lifted in all prefectures on September 30th. Hideki Matsuyama, the first Japanese male player to win a major overseas title at the Masters in April, will also be participating, so it is expected that there will be a battle for tickets. What surprises Japanese golf fans is the ticket price. The cheapest 1-Day Ticket is 18,500 yen for the first day, 18,500 yen for the second day, 21,500 yen for the third day, and 25,000 yen for the last day. The most expensive "front low seat" is 45,500 yen on the first day, 45,500 yen on the second day, 52,500 yen on the third day, and 58,000 yen on the last day (all tax included). The ticket for the Japan Open Golf Championship, a major domestic tournament held the week before the tournament, is 12,000 yen (tax included) for 4 tickets from the first day to the last day. It is 3000 yen per day. The average price of a ticket for a Japanese golf tournament is 3,000 to 5,000 yen per day. In 2013, when the women's tour Earth Mondahmin Cup sold tickets for free food and drink at the venue for 10,000 yen per day, it was too expensive. The voice was flooded, but it is a price range that far exceeds it. Why are PGA Tour tickets so expensive? This is because we have continued to strive to provide an attractive battle stage for the world's top players, and have established a solid position as the world's premier tour. Around 1990, during Japan's bubble period, the total prize money of the PGA Tour and the Japan Men's Tour was almost the same. However, when the Japanese bubble burst and Tiger Woods emerged as a superstar on the PGA Tour in 1996, the gap widened at once. The current PGA Tour has expanded to more than 10 times the scale of the Japanese Men's Tour. The ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP will be held with a total prize of 9.95 million dollars (approximately 1.1 billion yen), while the Japan Open will have a total prize of 210 million yen. Moreover, the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP is by no means a high prize money tournament, and last season's highest total prize money was $15 million (about 1.65 billion yen) at The Players Championship. It is no wonder that the market price of spectator tickets is more than 10 times that of Japan.
