Genesis Invitational

February 12, 2025 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

Genesis Invitational

Torrey Pines Golf Course

South Course

La Jolla, California

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My thoughts on the top players for betting purposes:

Scottie Scheffler: The front and back nines last Sunday created more questions than answers. Playing for the third week in a row, I would expect a more linear path on the weekend.

Rory McIlroy: Sticking the hottest player on the planet on a course that rewards his skillset is a no-brainer. He’s dominated Quail Hollow Club since 2010, and Torrey South is in that category.

Collin Morikawa: Hyper accurate off the tee, familiar grass will also help.

Justin Thomas: He’s tired of firing late on Sunday to play catch up. Let’s see if he breaks the streak of every other week after T6 in Arizona.

Hideki Matsuyama: Plenty of pop tee to green, but his short game might be the difference this week.

Ludvig Aberg: Thankfully, I’ve used all of my tokens on this ride. Is he sick? Healthy? Ready? Let me know.

Patrick Cantlay: I’ll be interested to see if he heats up in Florida. Plays well where he plays well and Torrey ain’t it.

Sungjae Im: Top 10s in three of his last four. Go.

Tommy Fleetwood: Big, long, and wet is how Torrey will play this week. The Englishman will need his litany of short-game magic to deliver to contend.

Taylor Pendrith: Hit it, find it, hit it again. Back-to-back top 10 paydays with seven of eight-weekend rounds par or better. Super putter.

Tony Finau: Two missed cuts and two top 10s in his last four here. Never worse than T24.

Shane Lowry: Battering the sprinkler line is never a bad plan. Only McIlroy was better at Pebble Beach.

NOW PLAYING: Torrey Pines South Golf Course

Host Course	South Course
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,765.
Par:	72 (32-36).
Greens:	Poa annua; 5,000 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	13 feet and up.
Rough:	Overseeded Rye and Poa annua around FOUR inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	82/1/1 (a pond in front of No. 18)
Architect(s):	William F. Bell and William P. Bell. (1957).
Defending Champion (event):	Hideki Matsuyama.
Defending Champion (course):	Harris English.
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Jason Day (2018, 2015).
Course Record:	61; Tiger Woods (1999).
72 Hole Tournament Record (Torey Pines South)	22-under; Tiger Woods (1999).
Fact of the Week:	The Genesis Invitational was moved from The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades to Torrey Pines because of the January wildfires. All information this week is based on COURSE, not event.
Fact of the Week II:	Harris English is the only American winner in the 2025 season, and he won on this track in late January at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Notes:

Field of 72.
THE 36-HOLE CUT returns this week. The Signature Events with player hosts (Genesis, Arnold Palmer, Memorial) will cut to the top 50 and ties, plus anyone within 10 shots of the lead.
The OWGR is represented by 46 of the top 50.
$20 million – $4 million – 700 FedExCup points – Sentry, PLAYERS, and Masters ticket punched.

For those of you who do not read Horses for Courses at pgatour.com, you should.

The Genesis Invitational is annually played at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. I’m not referring to any past performances on a course that is NOT BEING USED this week.

Right, Hideki Matsuyama is the event defending champion and closed with 62 last year. The course they play is more important than the name of the event.

Recent Winners

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express	Sepp Straka
Farmers Insurance Open	Harris English
AT&T Pebble Beach	Rory McIlroy
WM Phoenix Open	Thomas Detry (first time)

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray (Rest in Peace)
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire
Sanderson Farms Championship	Kevin Yu (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Matt McCarty (first time)
Shriners Children’s Open	JT Poston
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Nico Echavarria
World Wide Technology Champ	Austin Eckroat (2)
Butterfield Bermuda Champ	Rafa Campos (first time)
The RSM Classic	Maverick McNealy (first time)

Recent Winners – Farmers Insurance Open

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2025	Harris English (-9)	Defeated Sam Stevens by a shot to win for the fifth time on TOUR.
2024	Matthieu Pavon (-13)	Won in his first appearance. Won for the first time on TOUR.
2023	Max Homa (-13)	Held off Keegan Bradley by two.
2022	Luke List (-15)	Defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff.
2021	Patrick Reed (-14)	Lapped the field by five shots.
2020	Marc Leishman (-15)	Won by a shot.
2019	Justin Rose (-21)	Missed tying the tournament scoring record by one. Adam Scott was second at 19-under.
2018	Jason Day (-10)	Won for the second time and won for the second time in a playoff.
2017	Jon Ram (-13)	Won for the first time on TOUR and is the last person to win in their 20s.
2016	Brandt Snedeker (-6)	Didn’t strike a ball on Monday after bad weather wiped most of Sunday’s round.
2015	Jason Day (-9)	Won a four-man playoff to kick off his best year on TOUR.

Players to consider for Top 10, Top 20, or Top 40 action:

Much better in the desert. 5 players in the top 25, highlighted by Taylor Moore and T9.

Course Horses Jason Day, Tony Finau, and Sam Stevens (!?!?) should run well this week.

Will Zalatoris, Rasmus Hojgaard, and Keegan Bradley will not have to rely on hot putters to keep up.

Gary Woodland, Cam Davis, and Min Woo Lee all have enough firepower to shorten this beast.

One and Done – Spotter’s Game

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee on Thursday).

1 use per year.

LAST WEEK – WM Phoenix Open

MY CHOICE: Rasmus Hojgaard – T12

I’d mention that he played in the final three-ball but that would just open an old wound.

I was ready for a final round 74, but his birdie at the last made me a few dollars.

Thomas Detry, Daniel Berger, and Mike Kim were not on my radar, so I’ll gladly take the second-best finisher in the OAD game this week.

I also didn’t have to burn Justin Thomas like some of the others.

Event	Selection	Place	Earnings
The Sentry	Sungjae Im	3^rd	$1,360,000
Sony Open in Hawaii	Russell Henley	T10	195,025
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	MC
Farmers Insurance	Jason Day	T32	52,080
AT&T Pebble Beach	Ludvig Aberg	WD
WM Phoenix Open	Rasmus Hojgaard	T12	195,500

THIS WEEK – Genesis Invitational

Big purse.

Big win ticket compared to other Signature Events. $4 million instead of $3.6 million.

Biiiigggggggggggggggg course, the longest used on TOUR.

Hideki Matsuyama and Rory McIlroy are the Signature Event winners so far and I wouldn’t be surprised to see another household name holding the trophy again this week.

I need somebody who can smash it, putt Poa annua, scramble, and grind out pars over a long, wet track.

MY CHOICE: Will Zalatoris

Let’s try this again.

I ran him out for the Farmers but he WD before the event started and Jason Day took his spot.

I have no worries about his course form and I was encouraged to see 68-69 to close at Pebble Beach his last time out.

Others to consider:

Keegan Bradley, Taylor Pendrith, Hideki Matsuyama, Sam Stevens

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Pebble Beach Golf Links (Host)

Spyglass Hill Golf Club

Pebble Beach, California

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My thoughts on the top players for betting purposes:

Scottie Scheffler (+500): His first appearance of the season, he opened with 64 at Pebble Beach last year and cashed T6. The tournament rust is the only kryptonite. I doubt he would enter if he wasn’t ready to win.

Rory McIlroy (+1300): Didn’t miss a beat in the fall in Europe and cashed a top-five payday in the desert earlier this month.

Collin Morikawa (+1300): After running second to Matsuyama at The Sentry, the former Cal Bear returns to familiar Poa annua. The winner of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park on Poa annua up the coast in San Francisco deserves attention.

Justin Thomas (+1500): The heat wave that followed his play after the birth of his first child is not surprising. Cashing on the podium in three of his last four starts, the next stop is lifting the trophy.

Patrick Cantlay (+1900): He plays well where he plays well and four consecutive starts T11 or better qualifies at the AT&T.

Ludvig Aberg (+2200): Finishing second on debut in 2024, he did not sign for a bogey in 36 holes at Pebble Beach. Opening with 63 last week at the North Course at Torrey Pines, he fell ill the rest of the week and fell apart. If there are no lingering issues, I’m on board.

Hideki Matsuyama (+2200): The top selections this week have never won this event. Matsuyama is the only winner from the 2025 season. Making just his second appearance, the Japanese start didn’t break 70 last year in 54 holes.

NOW PLAYING:

Host Course	Pebble Beach Golf Links
Yards (per official scorecard):	6,972.
Par:	72 (36-36).
Greens:	Poa annua; 3,500 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	10.5 feet.
Rough:	Overseeded Rye and Poa annua between two and three inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	116/1/1(Pacific Ocean, No. 18)
Architect(s):	Jack Neville & Douglas Grant (1919).
Defending Champion (event):	Wyndham Clark (-17).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	None.
Course Record:	60; Wyndham Clark (Round 3, 2024).
72 Hole Tournament Record (three courses)	22-under; Brandt Snedeker (2015).
Fact of the Week:	There are just five international winners.
Fact of the Week II:	Australian Brett Ogle is the only debutant winner (1993).

Spyglass Hill GC	Notes
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,047
Par:	72 (36-36).
Greens:	Poa annua; 5,000 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	11 feet.
Rough:	Overseeded Rye and Poa annua at two inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	62/4/4
Architect(s):	Robert Trent Jones, Sr., (1966).
Course Record (last):	62; Luke Donald, 2006.
Fact of the Week:	Spyglass Hill has been in the rotation since 1978. I will be volunteering at Hole 12 on Thursday and Friday. Come by and say hello!

Notes:

Field of 80.
18 holes on each course to determine Pro-Am winner.
36 holes on the weekend to determine the Signature Event champion.
The OWGR is represented by 45 of the top 50.
NO CUT EVENT
$20 million – $3.6 million – 700 FedExCup points – Sentry, PLAYERS, and Masters ticket punched.

Recent Winners

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express	Sepp Straka
Farmers Insurance Open	Harris English

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray (Rest in Peace)
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire
Sanderson Farms Championship	Kevin Yu (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Matt McCarty (first time)
Shriners Children’s Open	JT Poston
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Nico Echavarria
World Wide Technology Champ	Austin Eckroat (2)
Butterfield Bermuda Champ	Rafa Campos (first time)
The RSM Classic	Maverick McNealy (first time)

Recent Winners – AT&T Pebble Beach

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2024	Wyndham Clark (-17)	Set the new course record and held off Aberg by a shot.
2023	Justin Rose (-18)	First Englishman/European winner in history. Won by three shots over Brendon Todd and Brandon Wu.
2022	Tom Hoge (-19)	Became only the third player since 2000 to win his first TOUR event at Pebble Beach. Won by two shots over Jordan Spieth.
2021	Daniel Berger (-18)	Held off hometown hero Maverick McNealy by two shots. Only used PB and Spyglass (no amateurs).
2020	Nick Taylor (-19)	The Canadian became just the fifth international winner in history. Won by four shots.
2019	Phil Mickelson (-19)	Caught, passed, and blew away Paul Casey by three.
2018	Ted Potter, Jr., (-17)	Beat Dustin Johnson heads-up in the final group on Sunday.
2017	Jordan Spieth (-19)	Breezed home by four shots as he led the field in Bogey Avoidance.

Notables

One of the last seven champions was younger than 30.

Eight of the last 9 winners ranked T11 or better in Putting: Birdie or Better Percentage.

Rose is the only champion of the last 10 NOT to finish in the top 2 in Par-4 scoring.

In 2022, Tom Hoge became just the third champion this century to win for the first time on the PGA TOUR.

In 1993, Australian Brett Ogle was the last player to debut and win the event.

Only five international players have lifted the trophy, including Justin Rose, the only European winner.

Nick Taylor, the 2020 champion, is the last player to win in wire-to-wire fashion. He’s also cashed T30 or better six times.

Players to consider for Top 10, Top 20, or Top 40 action:

Jason Day: THE course horse for non-winners. Nine top-10 paydays and never missed a weekend when the event had a cut.

Maverick McNealy: Grew up on the links and already won on the Seaside last November.

Tom Hoge: Over the last three years, his PB aggregate grabbed my attention just as much as his 2022 victory.

Aaron Rai: Hits too many Fairways and GIR to dismiss.

Mark Hubbard: The San Jose native knows his way around Poa.

One and Done – Spotter’s Game

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

With EIGHT Signature Events spread throughout the season, player management becomes a major issue. These events do NOT include the four majors or THE PLAYERS Championship. These events do NOT include the FedExCup Playoffs. This game ends with the BMW Championship.

LAST WEEK – Farmers Insurance Open

A perfect event for overreaction after a terrible week in the desert!

Plenty of course horses to saddle, but after last year’s first-timer barrage, I’m experiencing paralysis by analysis.

MY CHOICE: Will Zalatoris – PRE TOURNAMENT WD

Defaulting to Day before Pebble Beach was a choice, and not a very good one in hindsight.

Others to consider: Jason Day, Tony Finau, Max Homa, Aaron Rai, Maverick McNealy

Event	Selection	Place	Earnings
The Sentry	Sungjae Im	3^rd	$1,360,000
Sony Open in Hawaii	Russell Henley	T10	195,025
The American Express	Adam Hadwin	MC
Farmers Insurance	Jason Day	T32	52,080

THIS WEEK – AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Big purse! Big history!

The weather should NOT be a factor this week and the locals tell me there has barely been any rain in January.

Firm and fast? Maybe not, but it will not be a slog.

The last time the weather was good, Justin Rose became the only European/English winner in history.

Pebble Beach will play easier than Spyglass, but that’s nothing new.

The payday requires a big-name player.

MY CHOICE: Ludvig Aberg

I’m expecting a bounce-back after his illness/collapse last weekend at Torrey Pines. Oh, I don’t have Jason Day to fire after his IN EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS performance last week.

Speaking of broken Glass, the last two weeks wiped out a decent start.

A no-cut event and a guy who didn’t make a bogey on PB last year is not the worst advice I can provide.

Others to consider:

Remember, there are four majors and THE PLAYERS Championship so there are PLENTY of others to choose from this week.

Also, the TOUR is returning to Torrey Pines in three weeks for the Genesis Invitational.

Justin Thomas, Maverick McNealy, Denny McCarthy, Thomas Detry

The Amercian Express

January 15, 2025 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

The American Express

The Stadium Course at PGA West (Host)

Nicklaus Tournament Course

La Quinta Country Club

La Quinta, CA

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My thoughts on the top players for betting purposes:

Justin Thomas (+1200): After favorite Xander Schauffele dipped on Monday, the man who shared third with him last year moved up. The two-time PGA Championship winner returned to the Coachella Valley last year for the first time since 2015. Playing this three-course rotation for the first time, he led the field in Birdies (31) and tied the course record (61) at the Stadium Course. Not bad.

Sungjae Im (+1200): Never missed the weekend here but only has one top-10 result from six visits. All six paydays are T25 or better. Safe as you like.

Sam Burns (+1600): In his three previous visits to Kapalua, the new father as of May had never cashed inside the top 25. Circling 28 birdies against five bogeys at the Plantation Course, he took home T8 money. Leading the field in Par-5 scoring last year, the five-time winner on TOUR was the 36-hole leader before drifting to T6. All aboard!

Patrick Cantlay (+1800): He hasn’t won since the 2022 BMW Championship but has an excellent record in Las Vegas, plus three top-10 paydays and a share of the course record here. I’ll save him for more difficult tracks.

Tony Finau (+2500): Cashing fourth in 2021 is his only top-10 result in seven trips. Easily overpowering the three courses, he needs a banner week from the putter to contend.

Tom Kim (+2800): Surely he recovered from watching his mates in TGL get smoked on Tuesday night. A two-time winner in the Las Vegas desert, he’s missed the cut twice in three visits. T6 in 2023 included 62 at NT.

NOW PLAYING:

Host Course	Stadium Course at PGA West
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,210
Par:	72 (36-36).
Greens:	Overseeded Poa annua (TifEagle); 7,000 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	11 feet.
Rough:	Overseed at 1 inch. Dormant Tifgreen Bermuda at 2 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	Over 90 bunkers; seven holes with water in play.
Architect(s):	Pete Dye (1986).
Defending Champion (event):	Jon Rahm (-27; not entered).
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	Bill Haas (not on this rotation).
Course Record (last):	61; Justin Thomas (Round 3, 2024), Patrick Cantlay (Round 4, 2021).
72 Hole Tournament Record (2016-current rotation):	259; Nick Dunlap (-29).
Fact of the Week:	Only six international winners from the previous 65 events.
Fact of the Week II:	Johnny Miller is the only player to defend the title (1975-76).

Notes:

Field of 156.
First multi-course event of 2024 and first pro-am.
The OWGR is represented by 19 of the top 50.
The top 65 and ties will make the cut and play the weekend after 54 holes (play each course once).
$8.8 million – $1.584 million – 500 FedExCup points – Sentry and Masters ticket punched.
Points are available for the Aon Next 5 for Pebble Beach qualification.

Recent Winners

2025 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Hideki Matsuyama
Sony Open in Hawaii	Nick Taylor
The American Express
Farmers Insurance Open

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray (Rest in Peace)
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire
Sanderson Farms Championship	Kevin Yu (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Matt McCarty (first time)
Shriners Children’s Open	JT Poston
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Nico Echavarria
World Wide Technology Champ	Austin Eckroat (2)
Butterfield Bermuda Champ	Rafa Campos (first time)
The RSM Classic	Maverick McNealy (first time)

Recent Winners – The American Express

Italics – not entered this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2024	Nick Dunlap (-29)	First amateur to win on TOUR since 1991; First TOUR start (sponsor’s exemption); Tournament scoring record.
2023	Jon Rahm (-27)	Played in the final group with Davis Thompson and beat him by a shot to win for the second time.
2022	Hudson Swafford (-23)	Defeated Tom Hoge by two shots to win for the second time.
2021	Si Woo Kim (-23)	Only made two bogeys for the week on the SC/NT rotation to win by one.
2020	Andrew Landry (-26)	Tied the tournament scoring record winning by two.
2019	Adam Long (-26)	Became the first rookie to win since Jhonattan Vegas (2011).
2018	Jon Rahm (-22)	Needed a playoff to knock off Andrew Landry.
2017	Hudson Swafford (-20)	Wet, windy weekend produced the highest winning total in the new rota.
2016	Jason Dufner (-25)	Saw off David Lingmerth in a playoff in the first iteration of Stadium Course, Nicklaus Tournament Course, and LQCC

Angles

The Nicklaus Tournament Course plays to Par-72 and 7,147 yards. Playing 7,000 square feet on average, the Overseeded Poa annua greens are the largest of the three courses. Dylan Wu (2023) and Will Zalatoris (2022) have posted 61 here.

La Quinta Country Club is known for premium putting surfaces and usually plays the easiest of the trio. All three courses have minimal rough and green speeds that won’t exceed 11 feet. Playing to Par-72 and 7,060 yards, it ranks as one of the easiest tracks on TOUR annually. Adam Hadwin posted 59 in Round 3 in 2017.

All nine winners have posted 20-under or better to win and have ranked in the top 10 in Par-4 and Par-5 scoring.

The HIGHEST cut in this rotation in the last three editions was 7-under. The LOWEST cut in this rotation was 13-UNDER-PAR last year.

First tournament with Poa annua greens.

Players to consider for Top 10, Top 20, or Top 40 action:

Davis Thompson (+4000): Runner-up in 2022 can send it and putt it. Good combo.

Harry Hall (+4500): After making nine birdies in one round at Kapalua, his career-best, he put 10 circles on the card in Round 1 at the Sony Open. The Las Vegas resident has cashed T14 or better in his last five on TOUR, including T10-T8 to open the new season. Bang.

Cameron Young (+4000): Ok, I’ll bite. He putted GREAT at Kapalua and hit it like shit. ANYTHING with the flat stick this week and he should contend.

Nick Dunlap (+5500): First defense. No back-to-back winner since Johnny Miller in the mid-1970s. No, thank you. Let him enjoy the love this week.

Nico Echavarria (+6000): Here it is: Four T6 or better results in his last six include a win, T2, and a playoff loss last week. I mean…

Eric Cole (+7000): Posted 20-under through 54 holes last year, but an even-par 72 in Round 4 knocked him back to T21. Lesson learned. Solo fifth last week at Waialae with 23 birdies (T1).

Adam Hadwin (+7500): A perfect nine from nine comes with three podium finishes and five total top-10 results.

Rico Hoey (+10000): Super tee-to-green, he hit the podium with T3 in Las Vegas.

Alex Smalley (+10000): Three straight in the T20 range.

Andrew Putnam (+12000): Seven straight. T36 or better in six.

Frankie Capan III (+15000): No pressure and handled a few shootouts on the KFT last season. Play freely.

Sam Ryder (+27500): Cashed in six of seven visits. Toss him in.

Taylor Montgomery (+40000): If his shoulders feel good, his putter can bail him out.

Good luck!

One and Done – Spotter’s Game

1 player per event (plus a backup pick if your guy gets kidnapped on Wednesday night and doesn’t make it to the first tee Thursday).

1 use per year.

LAST WEEK – Sony Open in Hawaii

MY CHOICE: Russell Henley – T10

That was a wild ride, man! For the sake of my sanity, I will NOT relieve his putting woes from inside 10 feet in this column. Sitting three back entering the final round, I was pleased to have a chance. I’ll take this result and run. Nothing wrong with back-to-back T10 or better to start.

Event	Selection	Place	Earnings
The Sentry	Sungjae Im	3^rd	$1,360,000
Sony Open in Hawaii	Russell Henley	T10	195,025
The American Express
Farmers Insurance

THIS WEEK – The American Express

Back to the mainland this week for the first Pro-Am and multi-course event!

Two major differences this week:

Pro-Am
Three courses in play = 54-hole cut

Over the years, this event has had the full bingo card of winners. Major champions, journeymen, youngsters, veterans, and everything in between.

When a minimum of 20-under is required to contend, heck last year that was good for T21, anything can and does happen. The previous two years, 10-under or better was required to play on Sunday.

The Stadium Course has just enough trouble to turn 64 into 74 but in classic Pete Dye design, great shots result in fantastic scoring chances.

There’s too much volatility this week for me to worry about a top 10 or winner from a premium player.

MY CHOICE: Course Horse Adam Hadwin

Others to consider

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Davis Thompson, J.T. Poston, Si Woo Kim, Tom Hoge

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

November 13, 2024 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

FedExCup Fall – Event No. 7

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Port Royal Golf Course

Southampton, Bermuda

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Win Tickets

Justin Lower (25/1): Looking for his first win on TOUR, only one of the five previous winners broke their maiden at Port Royal. Lower’s recent heat and course form pushed him to the top of my list. The co-leader after 54 holes in Cabo San Lucas last week, the 35-year-old ranked in the top 10 in Fairways, Greens in Regulation, and Putting. Earning a share of second place racked up his third top-10 payday this season on foreign soil (T3 Vidanta Vallarta; T4 Corales Puntacana). The Ohio native, making his fourth consecutive start in Bermuda, has never missed the cut. In 12 rounds, he posted 11 loops in the 60s and owns a 67.75 scoring average. Cashing T17 on debut in 2021, he added T8 in 2022 and T20 in 2023 for an aggregate of 39-under-par. Camilo Villegas, the 2023 champion, also finished as a co-runner-up at the World Wide Technology Championship before his victory.

Nico Echavarria (35/1): The champion three weeks ago in Japan at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP decided he was too hot to forego the rest of the FedExCup Fall. After the bye week, he returned with the rest of the TOUR to Cabo San Lucas and added another top-10 payday (T6). The 2023 Puerto Rico Open champion won for the first time navigating similar gusty conditions forecast for this week. The strength of his game is finding fairways (31^st) and Greens in Regulation (33^rd). With confidence at a sky-high level, the 30-year-old also has no problem making birdies (28^th).

Top 10 Tickets

Lucas Glover (13/5): Four of the five previous winners were over the age of 32. The six-time winner on TOUR is the highest-ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings entered. The forecast suggests the wind will blow all weekend so I will hitch my wagon to a proven tee-to-green player experienced feast or famine on the Port Royal layout. Half of his eight rounds are 67 or better but the other half are 70 or worse, including three rounds above par. After collecting checks of T24-T3-T3-T13 in his last four starts, I’ll gladly wade in.

Patrick Rodgers (7/2): Returning to Southampton for the first time since cashing T3 and solo fourth in 2022 and 2021, the Stanford man will not miss another chance to pad his bank account in the Atlantic Ocean. Sitting at No. 55 in the FedExCup Fall, he is comfortably in the Aon Next 10 and can turn his attention to winning in his 280th start on TOUR. The familiarity of the venue, plus he’s on form, cashing in 11 of his last 12 starts, including T24 in Cabo San Lucas, suggests he is ready to contend, and win.

Top 20 Tickets

Ryan McCormick (6/1): Veteran investors notice that the rank-and-file blow hot for patches each year. The New Jersey native withdrew from the Black Desert Championship after missing the cut in his five previous events. Flipping the switch the following week in Las Vegas, the 33-year-old rookie found something in the desert dirt of TPC Summerlin and posted T16, his first top 25 since T4 at the Myrtle Beach Classic in early May. After not making the trip to Japan, he continued his solid play at the World Wide Technology Championship. Cashing T24, he posted back-to-back top-25 paydays for the first time this season. Get hot, stay hot!

Alex Smalley (9/5): I find it impossible to ignore that the former Duke Blue Devil has never posted a round worse than 70 in three visits to Bermuda. The 12 rounds on his record show 11 have posted 69 or better, but he’s never cashed a check in the top 10. Over the last three years, the 28-year-old posted an aggregate of 33-under with finishes of T30, T11, and T12. Playing the weekend over in four consecutive events entering the week, his best result, T5 at the Sanderson Farms Championship, was also on Bermudagrass.

Port Royal Golf Course

One of only three courses on the PGA TOUR schedule that does not reach 7,000 yards, Port Royal is the shortest of the trio and remains the exact yardage and Par for the sixth consecutive year.

The standard Par-71 includes a pair of Par-3 holes on each of the nine holes, including two stretching 235 yards on the loop back to the clubhouse. The front nine duo, playing 148 and 213 yards, provides a warm-up before the meatier challenges. As a group, they rank annually in the top third of Par-3 groupings on TOUR.

The massive Bermuda greens provide ample room for recovery shots that do not find the tight fairways. Four of the five winners ranked in the top 15 GIR, and all five registered in the top 11 in Putting. Port Royal is the first event on Bermudagrass greens since the Sanderson Farms Championship at the end of September.

When the wind lies down, birdies will fill the scorecards. In 2022, Seamus Power set the tournament record for birdies with 28. Inaugural winner Brendon Todd and 2023 champion Camilo Villegas both circled 27.

Only the 2020 event played over par (71.151).

Yards (per official scorecard):	6,828.
Par:	71 (36-35).
Greens:	TifEagle Bermuda; 8,000 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	11.5 feet and up.
Rough:	419 Bermudagrass at 2 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	87/4/7.
Architect(s):	Robert Trent Jones, Sr., (1971); Roger Rulewich (2008).
Defending Champion:	Camilo Villegas (-24; 260).
Multiple Champions Entered:	None.
Course Record:	61; Alex Noren (2023); Taylor Pendrith (2021).
Tournament Record:	260; Villegas and Brendon Todd (2019).

Recent PGA TOUR Winners

2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Lucas Glover (2)
BMW Championship	Viktor Hovland (2)
TOUR Championship	Viktor Hovland (3)
Fortinet Championship	Sahith Theegala
Sanderson Farms Championship	Luke List
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Collin Morikawa
World Wide Technology	Erik van Rooyen
Butterfield Bermuda	Camilo Villegas
The RSM Classic	Ludvig Aberg

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire
Sanderson Farms Championship	Kevin Yu (first time)
Black Desert Championship	Matt McCarty (first time)
Shriners Children’s Open	JT Poston
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Nico Echavarria
World Wide Technology Champ	Austin Eckroat (2)

Recent Winners – Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Italics – not entered/qualified this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2023	Camilo Villegas (-24)	Picked up his first win in NINE YEARS on TOUR and matched the tournament scoring record.
2022	Seamus Power (-19)	Set the tournament record by circling 28 birdies; won by a shot
2021	Lucas Herbert (-15)	Won for the first time on TOUR in just his 20^th start. Only champion under 32 years of age.
2020	Brian Gay (-15)	Oldest winner at 48 years old.
2019	Brendon Todd (-24)	Won the inaugural event by four shots.

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Internationals have won the last three tournaments after Americans won the first two editions.

Four of the five winners were 33 or older and were previous winners on TOUR. Lucas Herbert was 25 and making just his 20th start when he won for the first time on TOUR.

Every winning total has been 15-under par or lower. Making birdies and avoiding bogeys is the classic formula to contend in a shootout.

No player has won this event more than once.

The weather will play a major role in determining the champion again this year.

On the line this week for the field of 120 is a purse of $6.9 million with the winner taking home $1.242 million plus 500 FedExCup points.

The field will be cut to the top 65 and ties after 36 holes.

After four rounds in Bermuda, the TOUR wraps up the FedExCup Fall next week at The RSM Classic at Sea Island, Georgia.

Sanderson Farms Championship

October 2, 2024 / mikeglasscott / Leave a comment

Look at the size of that chicken!

FedExCup Fall – Event No. 2

Sanderson Farms Championship

Country Club of Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi

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Win: Nick Dunlap (25/1), Matt McCarty (45/1)

Top 10: Mark Hubbard (11/2), Ben Griffin (33/10)

Top 20: Wilson Furr (17/4), Greyson Sigg (33/10)

Top 40: Tyler Duncan (12/5), Chad Ramey (29/20)

Bet365: Top of the Board

Keith Mitchell (22/1): Ranking in the top 10 of most ball-striking categories, the Tennessee native has cashed solo 12^th and T12 in his last two events on TOUR. A previous winner on TOUR, the former Georgia Bulldog has never made the cut in four previous visits.

Seamus Power (22/1): The Irishman hit the top 10 for the first time in 2024 on TOUR in his last outing at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Cashing T10, he extended his streak of play on the weekends to six straight and four registered T28 or better. Making his seventh start at the Country Club of Jackson, the two-time TOUR winner has never been better than T18 but has four paychecks inside the top 30.

Mackenzie Hughes (25/1): The only player entered this week who played in the Presidents Cup, the Canadian enjoys the Bermudagrass of Mississippi. The 2022 champion posted 70-70 (-4) in defense last year, but that wasn’t low enough to play the weekend. Coming off T4 at the Procore Championship, I would expect him to pop right into contention again.

Nick Dunlap (25/1): The Alabama native began the season as an amateur and ended the season in the Top 50 at the BMW Championship. The winner at The American Express in January as an amateur also won and event as a professional at the Barracuda Championship in July. Playing in the final group at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, he couldn’t keep up with eventual champion Hideki Matsuyama but cashed T5 to secure top 50 playing privileges for 2025. I’m not sure anything is going to bother him!

Maverick McNealy (28/1): Still on the hunt for his first victory on TOUR, my choice to win in this column at the Procore Championship, missed the cut. Playing for the first time since the 2021 edition, his best finish in Jackson is T17 on his last visit. Outstanding throughout the bag, a sharp week on approach will be necessary to contend.

Ben Griffin (30/1): The 18-hole, 36-hole, and 54-hole leader last year could not close the deal in regulation and fell short in the five-man playoff. Posting a career scoring average of 68.63, he owns five rounds from eight of 68 or better at the Country Club of Jackson.

J.J. Spaun (30/1): Rolling into town with T29 or better in five of his last six events on TOUR, the Californian is hoping the sixth time in Mississippi is the charm. His best finish in five starts is T34. Recent top-10 paydays at the 3M Open and Wyndham Championship are hard to ignore.

Others to consider:

Patrick Fishburn (33/1): The run of form is third, missed cut, T6, third, and T15 for the GIR machine.

Mark Hubbard (50/1): The leader after 54 holes two years ago, the Californian posted 74 in the final round and shared fifth. Last year, he posted 17-under and missed the playoff by a shot (T6). He’s 30-under over the last eight rounds.

Andrew Novak (55/1): Making the cut in 15 of 20 events in 2024, the Sea Island resident cashed in the top 10 four times and nine times in the top 25. Sitting 20^th in SG: Total, he’s quietly under the radar.

Cameron Champ (45/1): The 2018 winner in just his second event with a PGA TOUR card ran T9 here last year. Owns a 68.17 scoring average here over 12 rounds.

Matt McCarty (45/1): Bypassing the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, the three-time winner has cashed in the top 10 seven times in his last nine starts. He won’t be lacking confidence or form.

Chad Ramey (125/1): The Mississippi native, already a winner on TOUR, arrives with five consecutive paychecks deposited on TOUR. Davis Riley (100/1), a two-time winner on TOUR, is also a Mississippi native and in the field.

Greyson Sigg (90/1): T4 at the Procore Championship broke a streak of six missed cuts. Stay hot!

Tyler Duncan (275/1): Cashing T16 and T14 in two of the last three years, the man from Indiana has found something in Mississippi.

Wilson Furr (125/1): The winnerb of the Gator Invitational at the Country Club of Jackson in 2018, the Jackson native calls this his home course.

NOW PLAYING: Sanderson Farms Championship

Host Course	Country Club of Jackson
Yards (per official scorecard):	7,461.
Par:	72 (36-36).
Greens:	Champion Bermudagrass; 6,200 square feet on average.
Stimpmeter:	11.5 feet and up.
Rough:	419 Bermudagrass/Zoysia at 2.5 inches.
Bunkers/Water Hazards/In-Play	54/7/5.
Architect(s):	John Fought (2008).
Defending Champion (event):	Luke List.
Multiple Champion(s) Entered:	None.
Multiple Champions (course):	None.
Fact of the Week:	The last five tournaments have been decided by a playoff or one shot.

Sanderson Farms Championship

Golf in Mississippi has been on the PGA TOUR schedule since 1968, but the Country Club of Jackson and the Sanderson Farms Championship both debuted in October of 2014 as part of the 2014-15 season.

An opposite-field event until the 2019-20 season, the 2019 edition was awarded full FedExCup points and benefits.

Luke List, currently listed at 90/1 at Bet365.com will defend the title and look to become the first player to win in back-to-back years.

No player has won this event at the Country Club of Jackson more than once.

The first six events produced first-time winners on the PGA TOUR.

The last four events have crowned previous champions.

The winning total has been 18-under or better in eight of ten events.

All ten champions have ranked in the top 15 of Putting: Birdie or Better Percentage.

Winners have ranked in the top 15 in Ball-Striking in seven of ten events.

Former champions in the field also include Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Champ, the youngest winner at 23, Ryan Armour, the oldest winner at 43, Cody Gribble, and Peter Malnati.

The field of 132 players includes four open qualifiers and will play 36 holes before being cut to the top 65 and ties.

The winner will pocket $1.368 million of the $7.6 million prize pool plus 500 FedExCup points.

This is the second of eight events in the FedExCup Fall. Read more about the final eight events of the season here.

Recent PGA TOUR Winners

2023 Season Winners

Event	Winner
Sentry Tournament of Champions	Jon Rahm
Sony Open in Hawaii	Si Woo Kim
The AMERICAN EXPRESS	Jon Rahm (2)
Farmers Insurance Open	Max Homa (2)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Justin Rose
WM Phoenix Open	Scottie Scheffler
The Genesis Invitational	Jon Rahm (3)
The Honda Classic	Chris Kirk
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Kurt Kitayama (first TOUR win)
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Taylor Moore (first TOUR win)
Corales Puntacana	Matt Wallace (first TOUR win)
WGC – Dell Technologies MP	Sam Burns
Valero Texas Open	Corey Conners
Masters	Jon Rahm (4)
RBC Heritage	Matt Fitzpatrick
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Davis Riley & Nick Hardy (first TOUR win for each)
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Tony Finau (2)
Wells Fargo Championship	Wyndham Clark (first TOUR win)
AT&T Byron Nelson	Jason Day
PGA Championship	Brooks Koepka
Charles Schwab Challenge	Emiliano Grillo
Memorial	Viktor Hovland
RBC Canadian Open	Nick Taylor
U.S. Open	Wyndham Clark (2)
Travelers Championship	Keegan Bradley (2)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Rickie Fowler
John Deere Classic	Sepp Straka
Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy (2)
The Open Championship	Brian Harman
3M Open	Lee Hodges (first TOUR win)
Wyndham Championship	Lucas Glover
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Lucas Glover (2)
BMW Championship	Viktor Hovland (2)
TOUR Championship	Viktor Hovland (3)
Fortinet Championship	Sahith Theegala
Sanderson Farms Championship	Luke List
Shriners Children’s Open	Tom Kim
ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP	Collin Morikawa
World Wide Technology	Erik van Rooyen
Butterfield Bermuda	Camilo Villegas
The RSM Classic	Ludvig Aberg

2024 Season Winners

Event	Winner
The Sentry	Chris Kirk
Sony Open in Hawaii	Grayson Murray
The American Express	Nick Dunlap (a)
Farmers Insurance Open	Matthieu Pavon (rookie)
AT&T Pebble Beach	Wyndham Clark (54 holes)
WM Phoenix Open	Nick Taylor
The Genesis Invitational	Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Open at Vidanta	Jake Knapp (rookie)
Cognizant Classic	Austin Eckroat (first time)
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Scottie Scheffler
THE PLAYERS Championship	Scottie Scheffler (2)
Valspar Championship	Peter Malnati
Texas Children’s Houston Open	Stephan Jaeger (first time)
Valero Texas Open	Akshay Bhatia
88^th Masters Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (3)
RBC Heritage	Scottie Scheffler (4)
Zurich Classic	Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson	Taylor Pendrith (first time)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy (2)
106^th PGA Championship	Xander Schauffele
Charles Schwab Challenge	Davis Riley
RBC Canadian Open	Robert MacIntyre (first time)
The 49^th Memorial Tournament	Scottie Scheffler (5)
124^th United States Open	Bryson DeChambeau
Travelers Championship	Scottie Scheffler (6)
Rocket Mortgage Classic	Cam Davis
John Deere Classic	Davis Thompson (first time)
Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre (2)
152^nd Open Championship	Xander Schauffele (2)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
2024 Paris Olympics	Scottie Scheffler (7)
3M Open	Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Championship	Aaron Rai (first time)
FedEx St. Jude Championship	Hideki Matsuyama (2)
BMW Championship	Keegan Bradley
The TOUR Championship	Scottie Scheffler (8)

FedEx Cup Fall
Procore Championship	Patton Kizzire

The Country Club of Jackson

Founded in 1914, the course presently has 27 holes, but the Dogwood and Azalea nines are used for the Sanderson Farms Championship.

In 2008, architect John Faught, with the help of Mike Gogel, renovated the property for PGA TOUR play.

Hosting for the 11^th year in a row, the Par-72 will play 7,461 yards for the fifth consecutive season.

The Bermudagrass fairways are framed by two-and-a-half inches of Bermuda/Zoysia rough, a half an inch increase over 2023. Strategically placed bunkers, 56 total, plus seven water penalty areas scattered across five holes, will provide deterrence.

Champion Bermudagrass, tricky and grainy, covers the putting surfaces, which range to 6,200 square feet on average, and run at 11.5 feet and up.

The Par-5 holes rank in the top 15 of most difficult faced on TOUR.

Finding fairways this week will be the first challenge.

Holing putts and keeping the card clean is also necessary. The last five winners have not squared more than five bogeys for the week.

The winning score range includes 22-under in 2021, the tournament scoring record set by Sam Burns (not entered), and 16-under in the inaugural event in the fall of 2014.

Will Zalatoris (not entered) posted 61 (11-under-par), also in the 2021 edition, and owns the course record.

The 36-hole cut has been under par in each edition, including a record 5-under last year and in 2021.

Recent Winners – Sanderson Farms Championship

Italics – not entered/qualified this week.

Year	Winner	Notes
2023	Luke List (-18)	Won a five-man playoff for his second TOUR win.
2022	Mackenzie Hughes (-17)	Defeated Sepp Straka in a playoff for his second TOUR victory.
2021	Sam Burns (-22)	Set the tournament scoring record.
2020	Sergio Garcia (-19)	Held off 2015 champion Peter Malnati by a shot.
2019	Sebastian Munoz (-18)	Knocked out Sungjae Im in a playoff for his first win on TOUR.
2018	Cameron Champ (-21)	The youngest winner at 23, the Californian won for the first time on TOUR.
2017	Ryan Armour (-19)	The oldest winner at 43, the veteran picked up his first victory on TOUR.
2016	Cody Gribble (-20)	Became the first winner to reach 20-under; Won for the first time on TOUR.
2015	Peter Malnati (-18)	First-time winner was victorious by a shot.
2014	Nick Taylor (-15)	The first-time winner was victorious by a shot.

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