2024 John Deere Classic Preview
A stable on the PGA Tour since 1972 when it was known as the Quad Cities Open, the John Deere Classic has been the maiden PGA Tour wins for the likes of Payne Stewart, David Toms, Jordan Spieth and Bryson DeChambeau while Steve Stricker has claimed the event three times. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Putting Average Strokes Gained: Putting Birdie or Better Strokes Gained: Approach GIR Proximity: 150-175 Yards Bogey Avoidance Scrambling TPC Deere Run has hosted the John Deere Classic since 2000 and is renowned as one of the easiest courses on Tour where scoring will be low, and…
2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic Preview
After just missing out on claiming the elevated Travelers Championship when losing a playoff to the unstoppable Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim is the favourite to win this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Putting Average Strokes Gained: Putting Birdie or Better Par 4 Scoring Strokes Gained: Approach GIR Proximity Bogey Avoidance Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green The Detroit Golf Club is a Donald Ross design that turns 125 this year. It tends to be a very easy course to score on, ranking in the 13 easiest courses the last five years including three in the…
2024 The Travelers Championship Preview
Following an epic US Open, the PGA Tour stages its final elevated event of the season with Scottie Scheffler once again favoured to claim another win in The Travelers Championship. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Putting Average Strokes Gained: Putting Birdie or Better Par 4 Scoring Strokes Gained: Approach Ball Striking Proximity Bogey Avoidance TPC River Highlands is a typical North-East course, a Par 70 where conditions dictate how this plays. All styles are suited with form on the greens typically dictating the victor, making birdies and minimising mistakes are the key here. Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments Riviera Innisbrook Resort TPC Scottsdale…
2024 US Open Preview
The third major of 2024 is arguably its most anticipated with the iconic Pinehurst No.2 hosting this year’s US Open. The setting for Payne Stewart’s iconic win in 1999, this is the fourth US Open the famed Donald Ross designed course has hosted. Scottie Scheffler is the short-priced favourite in the Ladbrokes market as he continues his ascent while PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy sit next in betting. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Putting Average Bogey Avoidance Birdies Total Driving Strokes Gained: Off The Tee GIR Strokes Gained: Tee To Green Scrambling Pinehurst No.2 is…
2024 The Memorial Preview
Staged at Muirfield Village and hosted by Jack Nicklaus, The Memorial has a list of winners to match any major with the likes of Nicklaus, Watson, Woods, Norman, Els, Rahm and Hovland all winning arguably one of the elite regular season events on the PGA Tour. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Strokes Gained: Approach GIR Proximity Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Strokes Gained: Tee To Green Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green Sand Saves Par 4 Scoring Muirfield was designed by Jack Nicklaus and he regards it as his masterpiece. It is a tight course where a strong approach game is…
2024 Canadian Open Preview
First staged in 1904, the Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour and the oldest non-major. Rory McIlroy, the favourite this week, has won the event twice, including the last time the event was held in Hamilton. Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino and Byron Nelson stand out among the long list of illustrious winners. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Driving Accuracy Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Strokes Gained: Putting Putting Average Bogey Avoidance Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green Proximity Hamilton Golf & Country Club is a classic course designed by the revered Harry…
2024 Charles Schwab Challenge Preview
Fresh off his astonishing arrest and subsequent T-8 at the PGA Championship in Louisville, 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…
2024 PGA Championship Preview
The second major of the season takes place from Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky with the staging of the PGA Championship. Scottie Scheffler has had his baby and will be looking to make it back-to-back majors while Brooks Koepka is looking to defend his crown and win his fourth PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy has won twice since Augusta and won the last time the PGA Championship was staged here while Jordan Spieth is aiming to become the sixth player to win the career Grand Slam. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Driving Distance Total Driving Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Bogey Avoidance Par…
2024 Wells Fargo Championship Preview
The PGA Tour heads north to Charlotte this week for the Wells Fargo Championship, an elevated event this year, previously won by the likes of Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Max Homa. Key Stats/Skill Set Required Bogey Avoidance GIR Proximity Strokes Gained: Approach Strokes Gained: Tee To Green Driving Accuracy Strokes Gained: Off The Tee Scrambling Strokes Gained: Around The Green Quail Hollow is one of the most revered courses on the PGA Tour, a major venue that requires accuracy from the tee, a precise iron game and quality around the greens. Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments Torrey…