2024 Presidents Cup Preview

2024 Presidents Cup Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
Team USA look to continue their dominance of the President’s Cup against the Internationals, but Mike Weir is hoping his experienced and talented squad can snatch the cup for the first time since 1998 from Jim Furyk and his US outfit. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Match Play Record GIR Strokes Gained: Approach Scrambling Birdies Royal Montreal is a club that dates back 150 years but has shifted courses a number of times with this property being home since 1959. It is a generous parkland course with small greens, making scrambling and iron play even more important. Royal Montreal hosted the…
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2024 BMW PGA Championship Preview

2024 BMW PGA Championship Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
The PGA Tour is on hiatus this week in preparation for the President’s Cup next week but the DP World Tour stages its signature event, the BMW PGA Championship from the famed Wentworth. This is a tournament won by greats such as Tony Jacklin, Arnold Palmer, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie and Rory McIlroy.  Key Stats/Skill Set Required Driving Accuracy GIR Strokes Gained: Approached Strokes Gained Tee To Green Scrambling Putts Per GIR Bogey Avoidance Wentworth is a difficult parkland course that rewards accuracy from the tee but is primarily a second shot course where finding greens…
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2024 Procore Championship

2024 Procore Championship

• Nick Tedeschi
The new PGA Tour season kicks off in California with the old Fortinet Championship now known as the Procore Championship, an event won by the likes of Max Homa, Mike Weir and Stewart Cink. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Strokes Gained Tee To Green Scrambling Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Strokes Gained: Approach Going For Green Par 4 Scoring Bogey Avoidance Birdie or Better Proximity 75-100 Yards Silverado is a resort course that is low on the difficulty scale. Form from the tee is helpful but this is a second shot course where the irons are critical to success and aggression…
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2024 Tour Championship Preview

2024 Tour Championship Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
The 2024 PGA Tour season comes to a close at East Lake this week with a much-maligned format still in play to decide the season’s winner with the Top 30 in the FedEx Cup chase still alive. Key Stats/Skill Set Required GIR Ball Striking Strokes Gained: Tee To Green Birdie or Better Putting Average Par 4 Scoring Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Strokes Gained: Around The Green Scrambling East Lake is very much a second-shot course that rewards tremendous ball striking. Putting well is key, as is form around the green. Those with form on Donald Ross courses will enjoy…
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2024 BMW Championship Preview

2024 BMW Championship Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
We’ve reached the penultimate week of the PGA Tour season with the 50 top golfers of the year vying for glory in the time-honoured BMW Championship, an event that traces its lineage back 125 years and has produced a stellar list of recent champions. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Driving Distance Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Putting Average Strokes Gained: Putting Birdie Castle Pines is the longest course used in PGA Tour history, stretching nearly 8100 yards. While it is at altitude in Denver, distance off the tee is still going to be hugely important. Scoring is expected to be low…
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2024 Paris Golf Preview

2024 Paris Golf Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
Following on from Scottie Scheffler’s remarkable win in the men’s tournament, compatriot Nelly Korda will be looking to make it an American double with back-to-back golds. However she will not find it easy against a crack field that features the likes of Lilia Vu, Atthaya Thitikul and Jin Young Ko. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Strokes Gained: Tee To Green GIR Strokes Gained: Approach Driving Accuracy Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green Le Golf National is the most revered course on continental Europe, one that has hosted the Ryder Cup and is the annual stage for the Open de France. It…
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2024 Paris Men's Golf Preview

2024 Paris Men's Golf Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
Emerging as one of the most prestigious tournaments to win at its third staging since its return to the Games. The men’s golf tournament features a crack field including No.1 Scottie Scheffler, two-time 2024 major winner and defending champion Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy and many more. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Strokes Gained: Tee To Green GIR Strokes Gained: Approach Bogey Avoidance Driving Accuracy Scrambling Le Golf National is the most revered course on continental Europe, one that has hosted the Ryder Cup and is the annual stage for the Open de France. It is a fierce test with danger everywhere.…
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2024 3M Open Preview

2024 3M Open Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
It is back to the United States and back to normal programming this week after a stunning and memorable Open Championship with the staging of the 3M Open in Minnesota. TPC Twin Cities is the host course of one of the newest tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule with Ryder Cup players Tony Finau and Sam Burns the biggest names teeing it up. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Birdie or Better Eagles Strokes Gained: Putting Putting Average GIR Strokes Gained: Approach Strokes Gained: Tee To Green Bogey Avoidance TPC Twin Cities is one of the easiest courses the pros play on…
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2024 The Open Preview

2024 The Open Preview

• Nick Tedeschi
The final major of 2024 is upon us with Royal Troon hosting the Open Championship for the 10th time and the third time this century. Americans had won six straight at the venue but that streak ended at the famous 2016 Open when Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson duelled it out before Stenson proved victorious. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau are chasing their second major of 2024 while Brian Harman is looking to defend his crown. This is set to be a wonderful week on the Ayrshire Coast of Scotland. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around…
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