The former Wells Fargo Championship has a new title sponsor in Truist and for this year only, a new course with the Philadelphia Cricket Club hosting the event as regular course Quail Hollow is hosting next week’s PGA Championship.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Bogey Avoidance
- Driving Accuracy
- GIR
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Par 5 Scoring
- Scrambling
The Wissahickon Course at the Philadelphia Cricket Club makes its PGA Tour debut this week so we are somewhat in the dark.
An AJ Tillinghast design though, we appear to be in store for a classic course where scoring will be difficult, finding the fairways and then the greens is key and taking advantage of the Par 5s necessary.
Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments
- Winged Foot
- Bethpage Black
- Ridgewood Country Club
BEST BET
RUSSELL HENLEY
The five-time PGA Tour loves East Coast golf and is expected to perform very well this week.
He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational four starts back and comes off a T-8 at the RBC Heritage.
Ranks third in GIR, 10th in Bogey Avoidance and 12th in Driving Accuracy so his game looks perfectly suited for the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
BEST VALUE
SEPP STRAKA
Arguably nobody profiles as well statistically this week as Sepp Straka.
He ranks second in GIR and in Strokes Gained: Approach, making him one of the best iron players on Tour.
He also ranks third in Par 5 Scoring, 10th in Bogey Avoidance and 13th in Driving Accuracy.
Straka has finished Top 14 in eight of his last 10 regular PGA Tour events.
HIDEKI MATSUYAMA
The 2021 Masters Champion has been trending well and can add a third victory since August last year.
He claimed the St Jude and The Sentry and in his last six starts has four Top 25 finishes.
He ranks second in Scrambling and 15th in Par 5 Scoring.
Finished Top 17 at the 2020 US Open, 2019 PGA Championship and 2018 Northern Trust – the last three times a Tillinghast track has been used on the PGA Tour.
BEST ROUGHIES
TAYLOR PENDRITH
The Canadian is enjoying a good year and finds a suitable track here.
He ranks fifth in GIR and ninth in Par 5 Scoring so has the skillset to succeed here.
Posted a Top 25 in the 2020 US Open so that is a nice guide.
He has 13 Top 25 finishes since a T-16 at last year’s US Open.
LUCAS GLOVER
Glover is a former winner of this event, claiming the 2011 Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow.
He has a nice record on Tillinghast tracks including Top 17 finishes at the 2019 PGA Championship and 2020 US Open.
He ranks sixth in Driving Accuracy, a key foundation state for success here.
Expecting a big showing.
TOP ENGLISH
AARON RAI
Rai is going to love this course.
He leads the PGA Tour in Driving Accuracy and not may courses will prize driving accuracy like this one.
TOP KOREAN
SUNGJAE IM
Im ranks Top 15 in Driving Accuracy and Par 5 Scoring and is massive value to be the top Korean.