LIV players should earn ranking points

Hideki Matsuyama said that the players who left to compete in the LIV Golf series should be given ranking points.

Matsuyama didn't offer any solutions or clarifications when he spoke at the Zozo Championship.

He said he thought they should be able to. They will have to follow a procedure.

Saudi Arabia's wealth fund is funding LIV golf. He said he was staying on the tour.

Matsuyama is a member of the tour. They left because they thought it was the right thing to do. I'm not allowed to say anything about them.

LIV players should not be given an automatic exemption for ranking points, according to Viktor Hovland.

The Norwegian player said that it was important to follow the process in order to get world ranking points. I don't think it's right for them to be granted an exemption to just get points. They have to follow the process

The same place as last year's Zozo Championship, the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, will host this year's event.

The course is about an hour outside of Tokyo. The purse is large.

Matsuyama said that the fans help his game. Pressure goes along with it.

He will have his own Japan- related following and may be under more pressure than Matsuyama.

The American's mother has Japanese roots. He said his wife, Maya, was born in Japan's southern island of Okinawa, while her mother is from a small island off the Okinawa coast.

He is going to have a pre-tournament meal with some of his family in Japan.

I think there will be around 30 of us. He said it would be great to see all his family.

He was asked how many he wanted to eat.

He said that he could get out as many as he wanted.

He's going to the Okinawa area for another family event after the tournament.

He said he was excited to go and spend some time with them.