Fresh off his PGA Championship win in Charlotte, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler returns to his native Texas and the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth where he is heavily favoured to win his first Charles Schwab Challenge in his home city of Dallas.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Putting Average
- Bogey Avoidance
- Strokes Gained: Tee To Green
- Ball Striking
- GIR
- Strokes Gained: Around The Green
- Scrambling
- Bogey Avoidance
- Driving Accuracy
- Par 4 Scoring
Colonial Country Club has been hosting this tournament since the 1940s and is revered as one of the great classic courses, tree-lined and tough.
Accuracy from the tee is helpful with distance negated by the tightness of the course.
Strong ball striking, quality putting and touch around the greens are key.
Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments
- Augusta National
- TPC Deere Run
BEST BET
DANIEL BERGER ($23)
Former Ryder Cupper Daniel Berger has been playing some super golf and can return to the winner’s circle at a course he won at in 2020.
Berger loves it here with a win and two Top 25s in his last four starts at Colonial.
He ranks fourth in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green, sixth in Par 4 Scoring, ninth in Driving Accuracy and 14th in Ball Striking.
Finished Top 30 in eight straight regular season events with five Top 15s in that run.
BEST VALUE
HARRY HALL ($67)
Englishman Harry Hall is one of the best putters on Tour and looks a huge hope this week.
Hall ranks second in Putting Average, fourth in Strokes Gained: Putting, sixth in Par 4 Scoring and 13th in Strokes Gained: Around The Green.
He is a Top 15 putter on Bermuda in the field while he finished T-12 at the John Deere Classic last year as well as a T-3 here two years ago.
ALEX SMALLEY ($67)
The talented Alex Smalley profiles as well as anyone in the field.
He ranks 3rd in Par 4 Scoring, 8th in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green, 9th in Ball Striking, 12th in Strokes Gained: Around The Green and 14th in Bogey Avoidance. Finished 2nd in the John Deere Classic in 2023. He comes off a T-28 at the PGA Championship and a T-5 in the Myrtle Beach Classic.
BEST ROUGHIES
RICO HOEY ($126)
Hoey is having an elite season with his irons, leading the Tour in Ball Striking while ranking 3rd in GIR and 11th in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green. He is playing very well with T-12 finishes in three of his last six regular season events.
DANNY WILLETT ($451)
The Masters is one of the key guides and Danny Willett owns a green jacket. He looks mammoth overs despite his recent form. He ranks 2nd in Scrambling, 4th in Bogey Avoidance, 4th in Strokes Gained: Around The Green and 13th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
TOP ENGLISH
HARRY HALL
There are a lot of Englishmen teeing it up at Colonial this week but Hall is the play in this market with his putting to take a long way this week.
TOP SOUTH AMERICAN
NICO ECHAVARRIA
This field of four includes former champion Emiliano Grillo but the top play here is Echavarria, who ranks 6th in Strokes Gained: Putting.