Jason Day Wins Inaugural Japan Skins Event Streamed Globally

Jason Day earlier today won the inaugural The Challenge: Japan Skins event, pocketing $210,000 at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club. Tiger Woods finished second, followed by Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama. The event "sold out its ticket allotment of 3,000, with the final two holes played under makeshift lighting due to darkness." It was "streamed around the world" by GolfTV. The event had a "couple of unique features." Many golf courses in Japan have "two greens per hole that are alternated by day or time of year," and on the fourth hole, players were "able to choose which one they wanted to play" (ESPN.com, 10/21).

Adding to the "novelty" of the event, players "had to use one club only at the 525-yard par-five 14th." With the Rugby World Cup being staged in Japan, "four retired rugby players played the par-three seventh 'charity challenge hole'" (REUTERS, 10/21).