{"id":5909,"date":"2026-10-13T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T04:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:54:32","slug":"broadcast-agreement-signed-and-japanese-players-confirmed-for-the-2026-golfzon-china-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/broadcast-agreement-signed-and-japanese-players-confirmed-for-the-2026-golfzon-china-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcast Agreement Signed and Japanese Players Confirmed for the 2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5911\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOLFZON and Golf Network have signed a broadcast agreement for the 2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN, an international simulator golf tournament taking place in China this December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark the agreement, a signing ceremony was held at GOLFZON\u2019s directly operated Driving Range Higashi-Shinjuku facility. The formation of the Japanese representative team, GOLFZON JAPAN SELECT, and its participation in the tournament were also officially announced at the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GOLFZON JAPAN SELECT Players<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sakura Yokomine, professional golfer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candle (\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3\u30c9\u30eb), winner of the professional division at the GLF 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP Spring Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nanoka Kuze (\u4e45\u4e16\u590f\u4e43\u9999), professional golfer recommended by ALBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u5f31\u30e1\u30f3\u30bf\u30eb, winner of the amateur division at the GLF 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP Spring Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tera-You, GOLFZON ambassador and YouTuber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This diverse lineup of professional golfers, players who earned their places through national competition, and a golf YouTuber will take on one of the world\u2019s premier simulator golf tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a winner\u2019s prize of approximately JPY 100 million and a total prize purse of approximately JPY 400 million, the 2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN will bring together 170 players from around the world. Golf Network is scheduled to broadcast the tournament live over all four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5910\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Broadcast-Agreement-Signed-and-Japanese-Players-Confirmed-for-the-2026-GOLFZON-CHINA-OPEN-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tournament Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Event: 2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finals: December 17\u201320, 2026 (Thursday\u2013Sunday), four rounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue: CITYGOLF, China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finalists: 170 players<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN\uff5c\u65e5\u672c\u4ee3\u8868\u300cGOLFZON JAPAN SELECT\u300d5\u540d\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\uff01\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFs-NxXtl48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOLFZON and Golf Network have signed a broadcast agreement for the 2026 GOLFZON CHINA OPEN, an international simulator golf tournament taking place in China this December. To mark the agreement, a signing ceremony was held at GOLFZON\u2019s directly operated Driving Range Higashi-Shinjuku facility. The formation of the Japanese representative team, GOLFZON JAPAN SELECT, and its participation in the tournament were also officially announced at the ceremony. GOLFZON JAPAN SELECT Players This diverse lineup of professional golfers, players who earned their places through national competition, and a golf YouTuber will take on one of the world\u2019s premier simulator golf tournaments. With a winner\u2019s prize of approximately JPY 100 million and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"family":[59],"class_list":["post-5909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story","category-group-story","family-golfzon-japan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5909"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5917,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909\/revisions\/5917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5909"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=5909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}