By Andy Lack

Greetings, and welcome to a weekly feature on RickRunGood.com. My name is Andy Lack, I host the Inside Golf Podcast, a twice weekly golf betting and DraftKings show, as well as the betting preview with Rick on the RickRunGood YouTube page and 300 Yards to Unknown Podcast Feed. I am incredibly excited to provide an in-depth course breakdown for each weekly PGA Tour stop. I’ve been able to find my lane by looking at golf courses from a deeper lens, via architecture, agronomy, and so much more. Every single Monday, I will break down absolutely everything you need to know about the weekly PGA Tour venue before you make your bets and DraftKings lineups. So without further ago, let’s dive in!

The Basics 

• Course: PGA West Stadium Course
• Location: Palm Springs, California
• Designer: Pete Dye (1986)
• Length: Par 72; 7,158 yards
• Hazards: Water comes into play on seven holes
• Fairways: TifGreen 328 Bermuda measuring 29 yards wide on average
• Rough: TifGreen Bermuda-grass 2 inches
• Greens: 5,000 square feet TifDwarf Bermuda-grass with Poa Trivialis, running 11 on the stimp

 

• Course: Jack Nicklaus Tournament Golf Course
• Location: Palm Springs, California
• Designer: Jack Nicklaus (1987)
• Length: Par 72; 7,147 yards
• Hazards: Water comes into play on five holes
• Fairways: TifGreen 328 Bermuda
• Rough: TifGreen 328 Bermuda measuring 2 inches
• Greens: 7,000 square feet TifEagle Bermuda-grass with Poa Trivialis, running 10.5 on the stimp

 

• Course: La Quinta Country Club
• Location: La Quinta, California
• Designer: Lawrence Hughes, with a Pascuzzo re-design in 1999
• Length: Par 72; 7,060 yards
• Hazards: Water comes into play on seven holes
• Fairways: TifGreen 328 Bermuda
• Rough: TifGreen 328 Bermuda measuring 2 inches
• Greens: 4,000 square feet Bermuda-grass with Rye-grass and Poa Trivialis

 

The American Express, previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, the Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challenge, is a professional golf tournament held annually in the Palm Springs area as part of the PGA Tour’s west coast swing. The event was previously five rounds of competition (90 holes) and was known for it’s celebrity Pro-Am aspect. For many years, the event was named for and hosted by Bob Hope, and featured a number of celebrity participants.

In 2012, the event changed to a traditional 72 hole format a three course rotation and a 54 hole cut, very similar to the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The American Express continues to feature a Pro-Am aspect, but the star power of its celebrities have waned significantly in current years. The event has been hosted at a number of different courses in the Palm Springs area over the years, seemingly changing hands nearly ever few years. In 1987, the tournament began a concerted effort to at least attempt to feature more difficult courses, which included the Arnold Palmer Private Course, Indian Ridge Country Club, Eldorado Country Club, La Quinta Country Club, Tamarisk Country Club, and the Classic Club. Outside of La Quinta Country Club, none of these courses lasted. In 2009, the course rotation consisted of the Arnold Palmer Private Course, the Nicklaus Private Course, which were both part of the PGA West resort, SilverRock Resort, and Bermuda Dunes Country Club. In 2010, La Quinta Country Club found itself back in the rotation, replacing Bermuda Dunes. Finally, in 2016, the tournament settled on Pete Dye’s PGA West Stadium Course as the main course, PGA West’s Nicklaus Tournament Course, which was originally designed for the 1991 Ryder Cup, and La Quinta Country Club for the first three rounds, before returning to the Stadium Course for the final round. This is the current rotation, which is important to keep in mind when examining course history. Here’s how the tournament has played out since settling on its current three course rotation.

Winners since the Tournament changed to its current course rotation 

• 2022: Hudson Swafford (-23) over Tom Hoge (-21)
• 2021: Si Woo Kim (-23) over Patrick Cantlay (-22)
• 2020: Andrew Landry (-26) over Abraham Ancer (-24)
• 2019: Adam Long (-26) over Adam Hadwin, Phil Mickelson (-25)
• 2018: Jon Rahm (-22) over Andrew Landry (-22) (Playoff)
• 2017: Hudson Swafford (-20) over Adam Hadwin (-19)
• 2016: Jason Dufner (-25) over David Lingmerth (-24)

 

Three course rotations are never fun to break down from a statistical standpoint, especially when two out of the three courses do not feature shot-link data. Fortunately, the American Express is one of only two events where we are tasked with this burden. Players will rotate their first three rounds at the Stadium Course, the Nicklaus Tournament Course, and La Quinta Country Club. Those who make the cut will play their final round at the Stadium Course, the only track that features shot-tracker, and thus the course that we will focus the primary amount of our attention on for the purposes of this article. Luckily for us, these three courses are extremely similar in terms of their hole by hole breakdown and their most important required skill-sets. In fact, I just returned from Palm Springs, and I have played a ton of golf there. Golf in Palm Springs all kind of blends together, and while I thought about creating a model for each individual course, even I am not that psychotic. The Stadium Course will receive double the attention this week in terms of rounds played, and as previously alluded to, it is the only course that features concrete shot-link data. When I reference data going forward in this article, you can presume its coming from the Stadium Course, but my model for this tournament also does account for the Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club. For example, both the Nicklaus Tournament Course, and especially La Quinta Country Club are extremely easy. If I was modeling out solely for the Stadium Course, my numbers would look a bit different. Yet for example, I have a much heavier weight on statistics such as opportunities gained, birdies or better gained, and strokes gained in easy scoring conditions because it’s important to factor that two rounds of this tournament will be played on easier courses than the Stadium Course. So without further ado, let’s dive into discussing these tracks.

The Stadium Course was designed by Pete Dye in 1987 to be the West Coast version of the famed TPC Sawgrass, and the similarities are abound. The Stadium Course also features a 17th hole with an island green, and at 165 yards, is even more menacing than the original Sawgrass version. Still, the list of reasons why the West Coast version is more challenging than the East Coast version pretty much stops there. Last year, the Stadium Course played as the 10th easiest course on the PGA Tour, and each of the last three years, it has ranked inside the top-10 in lowest scoring average. Don’t get it twisted, there is trouble everywhere at the Stadium Course. It doesn’t just remind me of TPC Sawgrass, but also of TPC Twin Cities, another water-logged risk reward venue. Last year, the Stadium Course ranked third out of 38 courses in penalty strokes per round, and the prior year, it ranked fist. The Pete Dye design also ranked first last year in re-loads per round, and three of the last six years, it has ranked first in that category.

In terms of the actual layout of the Stadium Course, the Dye track is a standard par 72 with with four par-threes, ten par-fours, and four par-fives. The par threes certainly provide the most pushback. All play between 165 and 223 yards, and outside of the fourth hole, a fairly benign 170 yard one shorter, the three other par threes all historically play over par. The infamous island green 17th ranks as the fifth most difficult hole on the course, with a birdie rate of 16.5% and a bogey or worse rate of 15.2%, The sixth and the 13th holes are absolute brutes, playing as the two hardest holes on the course, and each yielding a bogey or worse rate of 24%. I’ve got to hand it to Pete Dye. He sure knows how to design a threatening one-shotter.

The par fours are fairly spread out in terms of distance, ranging from 346 to 471 yards. In terms of flaws, the Stadium Course could certainly use another beefy long par four (or two). The seven par fours that range between 389 and 471 yards play as the 10th, 8th, 3rd, 9th, 6th, 5th, and 7th most challenging holes on the course. Most play right around even par historically. The 18th, 9th, and 5th play as the 3rd, 6th, and 4th most difficult holes on the course, and all feature over a 16% bogey percentage or worse.

The par fives on the other hand, are a total cakewalk, ranking as the 13th, 18th, 17th, and 16th most difficult holes on the course. The 5th hole actually provides a bit of a challenge, playing to a scoring average of 4,84 with under a 37% birdie percentage and under a 2% eagle rate. Outside of five however, the other three par-fives all play between a 4.53 and 4.75 historic scoring average, The 8th hole is just as close to a long par four as it is a short par five, playing to a scoring average of 4.53 and yielding over a 50% birdie or better percentage. An easy fix to this course would be to convert the 8th hole into a long par four, as I believe a major weakness of the course is the fact that it lacks any par four that measures over 475 yards on the scorecard.

I’ll keep the breakdown of the Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club brief, as both are very similar. Both last year and historically, the Nicklaus Tournament Course played to a slightly easier scoring average than the Stadium Course, and La Quinta Country Club consistently ranks as the easiest of the three.

The Nicklaus Tournament Course is defined by its challenging set of one-shotters, which play as the 6th, 1st, 7th, and 3rd most difficult holes on the course, It’s hard to believe that a 172 yard par three ranks as the hardest hole on the course, but that is the case here with the 8th hole. “Lilly Pad,” is nearly an island green in it’s own right, and is one of the more nerve wracking singular shots on the PGA Tour, featuring a whopping 20% bogey or double rate, with over a 7.1% double bogey rate! Despite the absence of water, the 17th hole is another nerve wracking par three at the Nicklaus course that measures 209 yards with a false front and bunkers guarding both the front left and back right of the green. Ultimately, the Nicklaus course is a breeze if you can get past a few nervy iron shots. Similar to the Stadium Course, the Nicklaus design is so easy because it’s lack of long par fours. Not a single par four measures over 462 yards on the scorecard. The 10 par fours at the Nicklaus track range between 364 and 462 yards, and really only the 18th, 9th, and 6th keep the players on their toes. The 18th hole is a wonderful finisher, ranking as the second most difficult hole on the course, and featuring over a 20% bogey or worse rate. Like other strong PGA Tour finishers, water runs down the entire right side of the hole and comes into play on both the tee shot and the approach shot. Finally, the par fives lack any sort of pushback outside of the 15th hole, which is actually quite strong of a par five and features under a 30% birdie rate and a 15% bogey or worse rate. The 7th and 11th holes however, both play closer to long par fours than par fives, yielding respective scoring averages of 4.41 and 4.43. Like most Nicklaus tracks, the tournament course is inviting off the tee, featuring a 67.8% driving accuracy percentage compared to the Tour average of 62%, as well as a a greens in regulation percentage of 70% compared to the Tour average of 65.7%.

Finally, La Quinta Country Club should not be hosting a PGA Tour event. Its only pushback comes in the form of a quartet of par threes that all play between 168 and 206 yards, and rank as the 4th, 9th, 5th, and 3rd hardest holes on the course. Keeping in theme, not a single par four at La Quinta Country Club measures over 470 yards on the scorecard, and the 10 par fours range between 382 and 469 yards. Only three par fours on the entire property measure above 430 yards, and they rank as the 2nd, 6th, and 1st most difficult holes on the course. The set of par fives range between 516 and 547 yards, and all feature over a 2% eagle rate and over a 43% birdie rate. All are reachable by even the shortest of hitters. La Quinta is simply too short to be featured on the PGA Tour in 2023, and it is the only course on the schedule without a par four measuring over 470 yard and a par five measuring over 550 yards. With all the options in Palm Springs, it’s beyond silly that we haven’t either attempted to lengthen the course, or simply find another option. Greens in regulation percentage here nears 70%, a it falls clearly in the bucket of a putting contest.

As you can probably gather by the hole by hole breakdowns, the American Express is one of the easiest events on the schedule, and to quote Jon Rahm, can clearly be defined as a “Piece of s*** putting contest.” Let’s dive a little deeper into the Stadium Course however, and see if we can identify some players that are best suited to find success in the desert.

Stats 

• Off the Tee 
  • Last year, 15.7% of strokes gained at the Stadium Course came via off the tee, which does fall slightly below the Tour average of 15.2%. That number falls even further to 14.2% historically.
  • Last year, the Stadium Course ranked 11th out of 38 courses in strokes gained off the tee difficulty, and each of the last five years, it has actually ranked as one of the harder off the tee courses on the PGA Tour schedule. There are certainly some fairly demanding tee shots at the Stadium Course, but it’s really just about avoiding the big miss. The rough bordering the fairways is never a problem in Palm Springs, there are enough holes however where desert and water must be navigated off the tee.
  • The Stadium Course ranked 12th in average driving distance on par fours and par fives, and each of the last five years, it has ranked inside the top-10, so despite the lack of length, players are still pulling driver often on this course. Players know they need to be aggressive on a course like this, and despite it’s lack of pure distance on the scorecard, the Stadium Course is far from a positional, club-down track.
  • The Stadium Course does feature the 11th widest fairways on Tour, and despite the fact that there is trouble out there, barely missing in the rough is far from an issue. The Pete Dye design ranked 36th out of 38 courses in missed fairway penalty, and each of the last three years, it has ranked inside the top-three in missed fairway penalty. The Stadium Course ranked 37th out of 38 courses in rough penalty, and each of the last five years, it has ranked inside the top-10 in easiest rough penalty.
  • With that being said, if players miss in other locations than the rough (bunkers, desert, water), they will find themselves in some serious trouble. The Stadium Course ranked 19th out of 38 courses in non-rough penalty, but in 2020 and 2019, it ranked inside the top-five in non-rough penalty. This proves that there is some real trouble to speak of off the tee. The desert must be avoided at all costs, and each of the last five years, the Stadium Course has ranked middle of the pack in terms of tee shots that result in a penalty stroke. For this reason, I believe this is an excellent week to look at good drive percentage. There is no real advantage for possessing absolutely elite accuracy or absolutely elite distance, yet it is absolutely essential that players avoid penalty strokes off the tee. I simply want to identify the players that consistently put themselves in position off the tee to hit the green in regulation. The best players over the last year in good drive percentage have been Xander Schauffele, Ryan Armour, Tony Finau, Scottie Scheffler, Doug Ghim, Chez Reavie, Tom Kim, Aaron Rai, Matthew NeSmith, and Emiliano Grillo. 

 

• Approach 
  • Last year, 39.3% of approach shots at the Stadium Course came via approach, which is healthily above the Tour average of 34.7%. The number falls slightly to 38.4% historically, which is still well above Tour average.
  • Last year, the Stadium Course ranked 21st out of 38 courses in strokes gained approach difficulty, and each of the last five years, it has ranked right around Tour average in strokes gained approach difficulty. The Stadium Course is sneakily a harder course from tee to green than even I had remembered. The other two courses get so watered down with scoring, that we forget that the Pete Dye track is actually a worthy test that certainly provides some pushback and intrigue from tee to green.
  • Last year, the Stadium Courses featured the 20th (out of 38) easiest greens to hit on the PGA Tour last year, and the Dye design generally ranks right around the middle of the pack to slightly easier than Tour average in terms of greens in regulation percentage.
  • One thing that stood out to me was that last year was that the Stadium Course ranked 31st out of 40 courses in approach difficulty inside 150 yards, but fifth out of 40 courses in approach difficulty from greater than 150 yards. That is a much greater discrepency than we are used to seeing on the PGA Tour. It speaks to the fact that wedge shots are fairly straightforward here, but the farther away players get from the hole, the more that green-side trouble comes into play, usually in the form of bunkers (more on that later).
  • The proximity buckets that ranked above Tour average here last year were 50-75 yards, 75-100 yards, 100-125 yards, and 150-175 yards. The Stadium Course can certainly be defined as a wedge fest, and players will have a wedge in their hands even more often at the Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club, The most important distance that we want to focus on is 150-175 yards, as nearly 25% of all approach shots come from this range. The best long-term players in this field from 150-175 yards are Robby Shelton, Tom Kim, Justin Lower, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris, Tony Finau, Lee Hodges, John Huh, Ryan Armour, and Matthew NeSmith. 
  • One could certainly make an argument for factoring in some flip wedge play as well, as players will face 28% of their approach shots from 50-125 yards at the Stadium Course, which is well above Tour average. The best long-term flip-wedge players in this field are Brendon Todd, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Zach Johnson, David Lipsky, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young), Paul Haley II, Cameron Davis, and Andrew Novak.

 

• Around the Green 
  • Last year, 16.1% of approach shots at the Stadium Course have come via around the green, which is healthily above the Tour average of 14.5%. That is a bit of an anomaly however, as the the long-term event average drops all the way down to 12.2%.
  • Last year, the Stadium Course ranked 10th out of 38 courses in strokes gained around the green difficulty, which is almost certainly an anomaly, as the prior two years, it ranked as the easiest course on the PGA Tour in around the green difficulty.
  • With a fairly high greens in regulation percentage, I will not be going out of my way to factor short game much at this event, and I believe it will be fairly irrelevant at the Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club. The Stadium Course is a bit of a different conversation however. Each of the last five years, the Stadium Course has ranked as one of the easiest courses in strokes gained around the green difficulty from the fairway and the rough. With that being said, the Stadium Course features some of the most deep and difficult bunkers on the PGA Tour. Each of the last five years, the Dye design has ranked as either the hardest or second hardest course in around the green difficulty from the the bunkers. For this reason, while I will not be weighing any traditional around the green metrics, I have a strong weight on sand save percentage, as I believe that is a crucial part of taming the Stadium Course. The best long-term bunker players in this field are J.T. Poston, Xander Schauffele, Taylor Montgomery, Joel Dahmen, Taylor Montgomery, Patrick Cantlay, Charley Hoffman, Will Gordon, David Lipksy, and Robby Shelton. 

• Putting 
  • Last year, 28.9% of strokes gained at the Stadium Course came via the flat-sick, although that stands out as a huge anomaly. The event average number ticks all the way up to 35.2%, which is right around the Tour average of 35.6%. From a statistical standpoint, the Stadium Course is not a putting course, and I believe that tee to green play is extremely important at the Pete Dye track. With that being said, when we add the Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club into the mix, the importance of putting gets a massive bump.
  • Last year, the Stadium Course ranked 37th out of 38 courses in putting difficulty. I have never been a massive admirer of Pete Dye’s ability to create interesting green contours, and last year, the Stadium Course ranked 31st out of 38 courses in putting difficulty inside five feet. It ranked 35th out of 38 courses in difficulty from five to 15 feet, and 36th out of 38 courses in putting difficulty from greater than 15 feet.
  • Putting on any of these courses is extremely, but due to sheer volume, it must be considered at this event. It’s really difficult to define the type of Bermuda that is featured in Palm Springs this time of year, as it’s a grass that is meant to withstand high heat and dry conditions. It’s a smoother surface than a lot of the grainy Bermuda that we see in Florida, but it’s not as sheer as Bent-grass either. I’m going to refrain from diving deeper into a discussion on the differences in the dormancy of the Bermuda, but this is a type of grass that we can expect to see not just at the American Express, but also at courses such as TPC Scottsdale. I feel pretty comfortable simply looking at Bermuda putting in general, as it most closely defines what we have on our hands here this year. Many Palm Springs courses employ a Poa Trivialis mixed in, but do not get it twisted, these greens play nothing like West Coast Poa. Long-term Bermuda putting is likely the way to go this week, and the best long-term Bermuda putters in this field are Brian Gay, Ben Taylor, Marin Trainer, Sam Burns, Adam Long, Brendan Todd, Chesson Hadley, Denny McCarthy, Beau Hossler, and Andrew Putnam, 

 

• Scoring Stats 
  • This part of the PGA Tour schedule features extremely easy courses, and once again, this is a week to be extremely heavy on Opportunities Gained, Birdies or Better Gained, and Strokes Gained Total: Easy Scoring Conditions. Maybe it’s because of Jon Rahm, but when I think about birdie-fests, the American Express is really the first one that comes to mind.
  • I will have an extremely heavy weight on opportunities gained on any wedge heavy course with easy scoring conditions, as I do believe that it is the most predictive scoring stat we have. The players that give themselves the most birdie looks inside 15 feet per round are Will Zalatoris, Xander Schauffele, Tom Hoge, Davis Riley, Cameron Davis, Patrick Cantlay, Scottie Scheffler, Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, and Cameron Young, 
  • Of course, putting is part of the equation as well, and the American Express is an old-school track meet. The players that make the most birdies per round are Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Cameron Davis, Taylor Montgomery, Emiliano Grillo, and Justin Rose. 
  • Just to get even more of a weight down on scoring, I will also be looking to identify the players that raise their baseline in extremely easy conditions. Playing golf in Palm Springs is like playing golf in a dome, it can get windy, but a simple glance at any previous iteration of this tournament proves that scoring conditions should be ideal. The players that gain the most strokes per round in extremely easy scoring conditions are Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Tom Kim, Sungjae Im, Aaron Wise, Taylor Moore, Tom Hoge, and Patrick Rodgers.
  • All three of these courses are par 72s with extremely gettable par fives. It’s not as if there are not other scoring opportunities on each of these courses, but par five performance is highly correlated with success here, especially at the Stadium Course. Top-10 finishers have gained far more strokes to the field on par fives than they have on the par threes and fours, and players are immediately losing ground if they are unable to score on the par fives. The best par five scorers in this field over the last year have been Patrick Cantlay, Stephan Jaeger, Cameron Davis, Kyle Westmoreland, Patrick Rodgers, Taylor Pendrith, Jhonattan Vegas, Sungjae Im, Adam Hadwin, and Tony Finau, 

 

• Comp Courses/Course History 
  • All three of the courses in the American Express rotation features some of the absolute lowest correlation between course and history and success. This is pure, driving range, point and shoot golf. There is not a breathe of nuance to any of these courses in my opinion, and I would not penalize any player for lack of experience at any of these tracks. Does it help if players have seen these courses before? Of course, but completely opposite to last week at Waialae, simply select the players that are playing the best golf right now. These courses provide very little advantage to any specific skill-set other than wedge play, the ability to keep the ball on the planet off the tee, and a little bit of bunker play. The rest is all putting. With that being said the best players in this field in average strokes gained per round at the Stadium Course have been Si Woo Kim, Cameron Davis, Andrew Putnam, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Hadwin, Sungjae Im, Sam Burns Brian Harman, Tom Hoge, and Jason Dufner. 
  • The best players in this field at the Nicklaus Tournament Course have been Brendan Steele, Russell Knox, Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Adam Hadwin, Denny McCarthy, Sungjae Im, Brian Stuard, Brian Harman, and Sahith Theegala,
  • The best players in this field a La Quinta Country Club have been Justin Rose, Lucas Glover, Harry Higgs, William McGirt, Adam Hadwin, Jon Rahm, Lee Hodges, Harris English, Michael Thompson, and Bill Haas. 
  • Obviously, the Stadium Course is completely modeled off of TPC Sawgrass, so I would be remiss not to at least mention to connection between both Pete Dye tracks. TPC Sawgrass is much more narrow, strategically nuanced, and challenging course, but there are certainly examples of players that have found their fare share of success at both Pete Dye tracks (Si Woo Kim, Webb Simpson, Adam Hadwin, Jon Rahm, Brian Harman, etc.) The best players in this field at TPC Sawgrass have been Si Woo Kim, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Chris Kirk, Dog Ghim, Joel Dahmen, Ryan Moore, Will Zalatoris, Chris Stroud, and Taylor Pendrith, 
  • The other course that immediately caught my attention as another water-logged, risk/reward, TPC course was TPC Twin Cities. Both courses are extremely flat but feature a great deal of water and bunkers. The main objective at both courses is to keep the ball out of harm’s way off the tee. Aggressive play is rewarded, par five scoring is essential, and the greens feature very little undulation and color. It should not come as a surprise that Brian Harman, Bo Hoag, Adam Hadwin, Tony Finau, and many others, have found their fare share of success at both tracks. The best players in this field at TPC Twin Cities have been Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Adam Hadwin, Emiliano Grillo, Adam Long, Brice Garnett, Callum Tarren, Greyson Sigg, Hank Lebioda, and Cameron Davis. 
  • If you want to take the desert angle, TPC Scottsdale gets thrown out as a comp often, and I do not have any major disagreements with that assessment. I believe that Sawgrass and TPC Twin Cities feature stronger correlations from an architecture standpoint, but in terms of pure aesthetics, I can’t argue with attacking the desert angle.

 

Model 

• Off the Tee (8%)
  • Good Drive Percentage (8%)
• Approach (26%)
  • Strokes Gained Approach (16%)
  • Proximity 50-125 yards (4%)
  • Proximity 150-175 yards (6%)
• Around the Green (6%)
  • Sand Save Percentage (6%)
• Putting (14%)
  • Strokes Gained Putting: Bermuda-grass
• Scoring Stats (31%)
  • Birdies or better Gained (8%)
  • Opportunities Gained (10%)
  • Strokes Gained Total: Easy Scoring Conditions (8%)
  • Par-five Scoring (5%)
• Comp Courses/Course History (15%)
  • PGA West Stadium Course (5%)
  • Nicklaus Tournament Course (3%)
  • La Quinta Country Club (3%)
  • TPC Sawgrass (2%)
  • TPC Twin Cities (2%)

 

Model Top 20 

1. Tony Finau
2. Tom Hoge
3. Sungjae Im
4. Patrick Cantlay
5. Will Zalatoris
6. Xander Schauffele
7. Tom Kim
8. Brian Harman
9. Adam Hadwin
10. Scottie Scheffler
11. Cameron Davis
12. Mark Hubbard
13. Ben Griffin
14. Jon Rahm
15. Emiliano Grillo
16. Cameron Davis
17. Matthew NeSmith
18. Joel Dahmen
19. Sam Burns
20. Thomas Detry

 

Best of luck this week – AL