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Expert Picks. Betting picks. Five tops in his last eight starts here, including three tops, show that he can thrive at TPC Sawgrass. One of only four players to make the cut all four years since the tournament shifted to March in Ranked eigth in SG: Tee-to-Green this year.
Cantlay feels like the opposite. That will eat at him. I trust that his name will be at the top all week long. If he starts out playing well and is in the mix come the weekend, the crowds will be right there by his side to push him to victory. Schauffele had an underwhelming performance last week but, surprisingly is still the favorite in this matchup at Give me the dog.
Season Rank. Segment Rank. RobBoltonGolf Rob Bolton. MikeGlasscott Mike Glasscott. The course is unique in that no consecutive holes play in the same direction and there are both left and right doglegs throughout. The fairways and rough 3. In the past, the greens have been Bermudagrass overseeded with Poa and Velvet Bentgrass. They still have a Bermuda base, but the Bentgrass is gone for an exclusive Poa overseed.
Tee shots on the angled fairways are well-designed and encourage golfers to hit toward the trouble for the least obstructed approach shots into the demanding greens. Favorite to win the players championship Three of the par-3s are under yards, including the infamous 17th-hole island green, which has a double-bogey rate of nearly 8 percent.
Though they average among the shortest length on tour, each plays over par with water in the equation on every one. Three of them play under yards and three more are over yards. The toughest five are also the longest. The par-5s at TPC Sawgrass average only yards in length. It is here where scoring becomes crucial as three of them are reachable in two shots. Water is present on holes 9, 11 and 16, which requires players to find the fairway with the driver to have any chance of successfully going for the green.
Overall, the four par-5s have a Birdie or Better rate of Each of the last four Players winners ranked sixth or better for Strokes Gained: Approach during their respective winning weeks. Since the move from May to March in , TPC Sawgrass has had the third-fewest drives of over yards largely because of cooler air and softer fairways. Big numbers lurk with the tight lines off the tee, the water hazards and the rough.
While big scores lurk out at TPC Sawgrass, there are opportunities to shoot low scorers if you keep the ball in play. Scrambling percentage is around 19 percent less here at TPC Sawgrass compared with tour average. TPC Sawgrass is one of the more difficult courses on tour to gain strokes around the greens due to misses on approach ending up in unpredictable lies, plus longer rough, short grass and bunkers.
Five of the par-4s at TPC Sawgrass measure between yards including three of the last five holes on the golf course. The par-5s are on the shorter side here yard average and three of the four are reachable for everyone in two shots. These holes are must birdies. The greens at TPC Sawgrass are fast and full of undulations. These are Poa greens, but a much less bumpy Poa that we see primarily on the west coast.
The form is a bit erratic here like it is for every player, but he finished runner-up on debut here in It is highly difficult to find consistent form at The Players and doing so is a futile effort, but Homa has finishes of 13th and sixth over the last two years at Sawgrass. Both courses are strongly correlated to TPC Sawgrass. Henley missed the cut here on debut in but has since gone on to record four tops, including in each of the last two years.
He also has strong correlating form, which includes a win in the Sony Open; finishes of second and fifth in the Wyndham Championship; and tops across the Valspar Championship, Travelers Championship and RBC Heritage.