Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2025 Baycurrent Classic

Baycurrent Classic Fantasy Sleeper Report

World ranked 191, with sportsbook odds of 90/1, Steven Fisk wasn’t feasibly likely to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday.

But he followed a route that the likes of Kevin Yu and Luke List have taken at the Country Club of Jackson, combining precise long-range ball striking with a career best putting performance.

As per DataGolf, Fisk’s putting performance at the Sanderson Farms was his best of 2025 by a proverbial country mile, and proves once again that the Country Club of Jackson has some of the most forgiving greens on the PGA TOUR – food for thought when we place our bets here in 12 months’ time.

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As for this week, the PGA TOUR is packing its bags for Japan, with the Baycurrent Classic – which you may know better as the ZOZO Championship – next on the itinerary. 

This event has long had a special place in the hearts of players with Japanese heritage. Hideki Matsuyama was second in the ZOZO in 2019 before going one better two years later, while Rickie Fowler – who also has some Japanese blood coursing through his veins – was second in 2022.

Collin Morikawa, also of Japanese descent, won this tournament in 2023, while Fowler and Kurt Kitayama were in the top-five last year, so clearly there is a motivational factor for these guys on ‘home’ soil. 

Matsuyama, Morikawa, Kitayama, and another star with Japanese roots, Xander Schauffele, will all be teeing it up this week, with seven other members of the OWGR top-30 – including recent DP World Tour winners Alex Noren and Michael Kim – making the trip.

What they will be met with is a completely new course to them and us. The Yokohama Country Club, who have created a composite course from their East and West layouts for this week’s event, have previously hosted tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, but is new to the PGA TOUR.

According to the TOUR website, it will play to around 7,300 yards for its Par of 71, with just two Par 5s, a couple of drivable Par 4s, and some pretty long Par 4s even by modern standards.

We don’t know how the track will play, but it certainly looks tight in places, with some tight tree lines, while some of the greens are raised up higher than the surrounding land, so it could prove to be a stiff enough tee-to-green test.

But, to reiterate, there’s guesswork going into that prediction.

Matters are made somewhat more complicated by the possibility of a tropical cyclone moving towards Yokohama in time for Thursday’s start, which would prove unsettling for the players. It might be worth checking real-time updates closer to the off before placing your bets this week, as a draw bias could prove catastrophic for our tickets.

Fresh from Steven Fisk doing the business as a 90/1 outsider, could we see something similar in Japan this week? We can only hope so, so here’s five sleeper picks that we’ll be chancing at the 2025 Baycurrent Classic.

Matt McCarty – 55/1 – The profile and ascendance of Matt McCarty continues to impress.

His 2024 could not have gone much better, winning three times on the Korn Ferry Tour and a maiden title on the PGA TOUR, into the bargain.

In 2025, McCarty has finished T14 at The Masters, T20 at the PLAYERS, and five other PGA TOUR event top-20s, so he is establishing himself as a quality operator.

His tidy tee-to-green game should prove invaluable at Yokohama, so let’s see how his sojourn to Japan goes.

Billy Horschel – 60/1 – If he had more competitive golf under his belt, Billy Horschel would be a fantastic price.

Even so, he’s still worth a second look given that his game is, we assume, ideal for the challenge at Yokohama – especially if the conditions take a turn for the worse.

Horschel made his return after six months out at the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, and while he missed the cut, he actually gained strokes on a high-quality field through 36 holes off the tee and around the green.

In a strange sort of way, he’d have been pleased with that – expect another leap forward in his recovery this week.

Mac Meissner – 66/1 – The good times continued to roll for Mac Meissner at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

For the fourth event in a row, he gained strokes on the field with his ball-striking and around the green too, while producing another positive putting display.

It means that his last four outings read T14 at the 3M Open, solo second at the Wyndham Championship, T47 at the Procore Championship, and then T14 at the Sanderson Farms.

If his form travels to Japan, Meissner’s natural skillset should serve him very nicely.

Keita Nakajima – 70/1 – A winner at the Yokohama Country Club on the Japan Golf Tour, Keita Nakajima has since gone on to win on the DP World Tour.

His world ranking reached 68 in 2024, which for a player that has barely played in a major, that is impressive and evidence of his upward trajectory.

The Japanese ace was solo fourth at the British Masters in August, where he beat the likes of Matt Fitzpatrick and Rasmus Hojgaard, so it’s quite possible that on home soil and at a venue he’s won before, Nakajima could deliver a big performance.

Brian Campbell – 400/1 – Odds of 400/1 are, of course, representative of something with little chance of happening.

But Brian Campbell has won twice on the PGA TOUR this season, and if the wind does begin to howl as expected, there will surely be a real premium to flighting down your ball down in Yokohama and hitting fairways… a skillset that Campbell brings in abundance.

The other aspects of his game are hit-and-miss, but they only need to be on point every once in a while for Campbell to contend… at 400/1, what a story that would be to tell.

Want more of this week’s fantasy predictions? Check out our full fantasy preview for the Baycurrent Classic here.

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