{"id":3147,"date":"2026-05-21T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.34.14.113\/en\/2026\/05\/21\/golfzon-japan-hosts-nationwide-online-competition-sets-record-for-most-participants-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:47:45","slug":"golfzon-japan-hosts-nationwide-online-competition-sets-record-for-most-participants-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/golfzon-japan-hosts-nationwide-online-competition-sets-record-for-most-participants-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"GOLFZON JAPAN Hosts Nationwide Online Competition\u2026 Sets Record for Most Participants Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GOLFZON JAPAN hosts nationwide online competition\u2026 sets record for most participants ever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finals to be held at a renowned golf course, with the winner earning a spot in a tournament held in China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"2025 GOLFZON JAPAN LIVE FESTIVAL\" class=\"wp-image-3146\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/2025-GOLFZON-JAPAN-LIVE-FESTIVAL-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2025 GOLFZON JAPAN LIVE FESTIVAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOLFZON JAPAN Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Tokyo; hereinafter GOLFZON JAPAN), which operates the simulation golf brand \u2018GOLFZON,\u2019 announced that it has hosted a nationwide \u2018online competition\u2019 leveraging the networking capabilities of its golf simulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was held across a total of two categories, covering not only general amateur participants but also a professional division for those holding pro qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many golfers took part at GOLFZON-equipped venues throughout Japan, competing on their scores online and drawing strong interest as a new golf competition experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, the simulation golf market has been gaining attention as a new sports experience that goes beyond a mere practice space, combining competition, community, and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOLFZON connects its nationwide network of venues, offering an online competition feature that lets players in different locations enjoy matches under identical conditions. The scope of this feature is expanding to include venue events, community building, and visit-driving programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event was held as a qualifying round, and the finals, in which the top advancing players will compete, are scheduled to take place at a renowned golf course at a later date. Players who clear the online qualifiers will battle for the final victory on a real golf course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the winner will be awarded, as a prize, a spot in a tournament held in China. By providing competition opportunities that extend beyond domestic tournaments to overseas events, GOLFZON JAPAN plans to showcase a global competitive experience unique to GOLFZON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going forward, GOLFZON Japan intends to develop simulation golf not as a simple practice environment but as a competition and community platform that connects people, creating new golf experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25a0 Tournament Overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tournament Name<br>GOLFZON LIVE FESTIVAL 2026 Spring Tournament<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Period<br>April 3 \u2013 May 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants<br>1,316 people<br>\u203b Combined pro and amateur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participating Venues<br>265 venues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finals<br>June 26 (Fri)<br>PGM Sosei Golf Club \u3010GRAND PGM\u3011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prize<br>Spot awarded in the GOLFZON CHINA OPEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u203b Eligible recipients: 1st place in amateur qualifiers \/ 1st place men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s in pro qualifiers, 2 people in total<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLFZON JAPAN Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Tokyo; hereinafter GOLFZON JAPAN), which operates the simulation golf brand \u2018GOLFZON,\u2019 announced that it has hosted a nationwide \u2018online competition\u2019 leveraging the networking capabilities of its golf simulators. The event was held across a total of two categories, covering not only general amateur participants but also a professional division for those holding pro qualifications. Many golfers took part at GOLFZON-equipped venues throughout Japan, competing on their scores online and drawing strong interest as a new golf competition experience. In recent years, the simulation golf market has been gaining attention as a new sports experience that goes beyond a mere practice space, combining competition, community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"family":[59],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","family-golfzon-japan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5128,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3147\/revisions\/5128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3147"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=3147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}