The Challenge: Japan Skins saw Jason Day walk off with over $200,000 and the victory, while Tiger Woods finished second.
“He hasn’t won one yet, so I’ve got that on him, which is good,” Day said of Woods, according to ESPN’s Bob Harig. “I found that out today when he told me. But this is nice, the back and forth was great, it was nice and clean and it was within the game, and I think the guys had fun out there.”
The Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club hosted the event that also featured Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama, among many others.
GolfTV, in a sponsorship deal with Woods, streamed the event worldwide.
“I did not play well at the beginning,” Woods said. “I hit a lot of bad shots and did not putt well. Once I got into the flow of competing and feeling the round, it just got exciting. We were competitive, the banter was great, the back and forth.”
“It was just great to be part of something like this,” McIlroy said. “It was a fun way to kick off the week.”
One of the new components of Golf’s rise in popularity has been social media, mainly sports content creators. Certainly, brands have been relying more and more on social media influencers to get their product and brand out there, and with the rise of TikTok, the value of TikTok content creators has skyrocketed.