PGA First Look: Quicken Loans National

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2016-06-23 13:08:26

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U.S. Open Recap

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We had some drama on Sunday, but Dustin Johnson withstood the pressure and the looming penalty stroke to take down his first major. It was only a matter of time before he finally broke through and it was nice to see him to it in such dominating fashion. While everyone else near the top of the leaderboard faltered on the back nine, he was as stoic as ever and made some big shots down the stretch. It was an interesting weekend for golf as a whole, as many of the top names were nowhere near being in contention. The expert picks continued to roll. Not only did we have the winner in Dustin Johnson (four straight weeks picking the winner), but we also had Jason Day (T8), Brooks Koepka (T13), Jim Furyk (T2), Kevin Na (7), Charl Schwartzel (T23), and Russell Knox (T23).

The PGA Tour now heads to Maryland for the Quicken Loans National.

Course Preview

There is always a major drop-off in the strength of the field the week after a major and this week is no different. While there are a few big names at the top (Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed, and Jim Furyk), there are only nine players ranked inside the top 50 in the world. With that said, we still have another week of fantasy golf and that’s always fine with me.

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This event returns to Congressional Country Club for the first time since 2014. For those of you that are course history buffs, make sure that you only include the following years in your analysis: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2008. You can also look at the 2011 U.S. Open, as it was held at this course.

The Blue Course at Congressional is a Par 71 that measures 7,569 yards. It is an extremely tough test of golf, so those that played in the U.S. Open are not going to be getting any breaks this week. When in rotation, this course is typically one of the toughest on the PGA Tour. Tiger Woods and his charity will host this event, although unfortunately he will not be returning to action. In terms of the field, there are only 120 golfers on DraftKings this week, so more golfers will make the cut than the typical week on tour. Jon Rahm will turn professional before the event, so he will potentially be cashing his first check. Web.com and trick shot standout Wesley Bryan will also be in the field.

Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties move on after the second round.

Recent Winners of this Event: Justin Rose (2014), Bill Haas (2013), Tiger Woods (2012), Tiger Woods (2009), Anthony Kim (2008)

Key Statistics

1) Strokes Gained Tee to Green
2) Strokes Gained Putting
3) Strokes Gained on Approaches
4) Driving Distance
5) Ball Striking
6) Birdie or Better %
7) Scrambling
8) All-Around Ranking

Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2011-2015)

Golfer	Salary	S-Rank	Odds	O-Rank	+ / –	OWGR	Cuts	2014	2013	2012	2009
Rickie Fowler	$12,000	1	14	1	0	6	1/1	500	21	500	500
Patrick Reed	$11,700	2	18	2	0	13	2/2	11	34	500	500
Marc Leishman	$10,900	4	27	4	0	37	3/4	8	78	32	25
Gary Woodland	$10,300	7	31	8	-1	68	3/3	46	16	73	500
Jim Furyk	$11,300	3	19	3	0	19	4/4	500	44	34	7
Brendan Steele	$9,900	9	30	7	2	75	3/3	5	16	68	500
Charley Hoffman	$10,500	6	28	5	1	35	5/5	3	28	22	48
Ryan Palmer	$10,200	8	32	10	-2	62	4/5	55	34	15	22
Kevin Chappell	$9,400	11	32	9	2	38	3/3	55	28	58	500
Justin Thomas	$10,700	5	29	6	-1	33	0/0	500	500	500	500
Byeong-Hun An	$9,600	10	33	11	-1	27	0/0	500	500	500	500
Charles Howell III	$8,200	20	57	21	-1	85	3/5	46	103	68	77
Webb Simpson	$8,700	15	42	15	0	76	2/2	30	500	500	35
Bill Haas	$9,200	12	36	12	0	39	3/4	30	1	500	77
Tony Finau	$8,500	17	46	16	1	77	0/0	500	500	500	500
Jamie Lovemark	$8,200	20	49	20	0	87	0/0	500	500	500	500
Bryson DeChambeau	$8,800	14	38	13	1	148	0/0	500	500	500	500
Roberto Castro	$8,600	16	47	17	-1	116	3/3	30	2	29	500
Jason Kokrak	$8,300	19	48	18	1	111	1/1	500	3	500	500
Russell Henley	$9,000	13	40	14	-1	91	1/2	85	34	500	500
Keegan Bradley	$8,000	24	70	27	-3	113	0/1	109	500	500	500
Francesco Molinari	$7,900	26	63	25	1	83	0/0	500	500	500	500
Daniel Summerhays	$8,100	22	48	18	4	86	2/3	30	127	17	500
Kevin Streelman	$8,100	22	59	22	0	98	2/3	500	500	86	11
Robert Garrigus	$8,000	24	65	26	-2	351	5/5	11	64	4	25
Chris Kirk	$7,800	27	62	23	4	61	0/2	500	103	107	500
Lucas Glover	$6,500	50	97	41	9	208	3/4	500	57	81	5
Kyle Reifers	$7,700	28	73	29	-1	107	0/1	500	500	103	500
Hudson Swafford	$7,000	37	79	33	4	236	1/1	11	500	500	500
David Hearn	$7,400	31	77	31	0	132	1/1	500	44	500	500
Chez Reavie	$6,700	43	87	37	6	115	3/4	500	21	15	48
Harold Varner III	$7,100	35	91	39	-4	184	0/0	500	500	500	500
Seung-Yul Noh	$8,400	18	62	24	-6	223	2/3	30	103	4	500
John Senden	$7,200	33	91	38	-5	104	3/3	500	72	500	44
Adam Hadwin	$7,500	30	71	28	2	174	0/0	500	500	500	500
Patton Kizzire	$6,700	43	95	40	3	63	0/0	500	500	500	500
Robert Streb	$6,600	46	101	46	0	64	1/2	74	103	500	500
Jon Rahm	$7,300	32	75	30	2	551	0/0	500	500	500	500
Patrick Rodgers	$6,900	39	100	43	-4	151	1/1	55	500	500	500
Matt Jones	$7,200	33	84	35	-2	84	1/2	500	64	500	500
Smylie Kaufman	$6,700	43	111	50	-7	60	0/0	500	500	500	500
Anirban Lahiri	$6,800	41	98	42	-1	58	0/0	500	500	500	500
James Hahn	$6,900	39	100	43	-4	57	0/2	85	113	500	500
Ben Martin	$6,600	46	100	45	1	123	1/1	3	500	500	500
Wesley Bryan	$7,100	35	84	36	-1	190	0/0	500	500	500	500
Shawn Stefani	$7,000	37	78	32	5	264	2/2	2	34	500	500
Jon Curran	$7,600	29	81	34	-5	90	0/0	500	500	500	500
Scott Stallings	$6,500	50	109	48	2	263	1/2	71	103	500	500
Si Woo Kim	$6,100	65	124	57	8	145	0/0	500	500	500	500
Sean O’Hair	$6,400	54	119	53	1	120	5/5	55	64	22	35
Cameron Tringale	$6,400	54	111	49	5	110	3/3	30	44	44	500
Tom Hoge	$6,500	50	115	52	-2	237	0/0	500	500	500	500
K.J. Choi	$6,800	41	105	47	-6	118	2/5	64	78	103	96
Jhonattan Vegas	$6,200	61	155	70	-9	229	1/2	97	500	4	500
Spencer Levin	$6,300	58	124	58	0	201	1/2	64	500	96	500
Bud Cauley	$6,100	65	113	51	14	345	2/3	85	64	34	500
Luke List	$5,800	78	171	76	2	302	0/1	500	120	500	500
John Huh	$6,300	58	121	54	4	207	3/3	19	28	17	500
Chris Stroud	$6,600	46	129	60	-14	172	2/2	500	28	500	64
Martin Laird	$5,900	72	163	71	1	233	3/4	85	54	11	73
Stewart Cink	$5,900	72	171	75	-3	231	3/3	19	5	22	500
Brett Stegmaier	$5,900	72	149	68	4	260	0/0	500	500	500	500
Brian Harman	$6,300	58	133	62	-4	130	1/3	76	120	11	500
Will Wilcox	$5,900	72	164	72	0	156	0/0	500	500	500	500
Tim Wilkinson	$6,000	69	136	63	6	340	2/2	24	500	500	500
Fabian Gomez	$6,100	65	154	69	-4	70	1/1	500	21	500	500
Jordan Niebrugge	$6,500	50	122	55	-5	581	0/0	500	500	500	500
Sung Kang	$6,000	69	124	56	13	165	0/0	500	500	500	500
Ricky Barnes	$6,200	61	139	64	-3	220	4/4	11	28	49	66
Vijay Singh	$6,000	69	175	77	-8	210	3/4	76	34	49	7
Andrew Loupe	$5,600	88	194	82	6	157	1/1	39	500	500	500
Martin Piller	$6,400	54	126	59	-5	186	0/0	500	500	500	500
Bronson Burgoon	$5,600	88	191	81	7	279	0/0	500	500	500	500
Jim Herman	$5,600	88	208	92	-4	79	0/0	500	500	500	500
Nick Taylor	$5,500	94	198	84	10	298	0/0	500	500	500	500
Luke Guthrie	$6,600	46	130	61	-15	371	1/1	500	21	500	500
Troy Merritt	$6,100	65	144	66	-1	93	0/1	76	500	500	500
Camilo Villegas	$5,700	83	169	74	9	262	2/4	76	16	107	500
Vaughn Taylor	$5,900	72	211	95	-23	119	2/3	500	500	78	82
Ben Crane	$6,200	61	149	67	-6	394	2/3	500	88	22	500
Jason Gore	$5,300	105	200	87	18	195	0/1	500	500	500	111
Morgan Hoffmann	$6,200	61	164	73	-12	198	2/2	71	8	500	500
Greg Owen	$5,400	100	255	105	-5	219	1/3	500	120	17	101
Kyle Stanley	$5,300	105	213	96	9	300	1/2	76	500	22	500
Aaron Baddeley	$5,800	78	198	84	-6	274	1/3	85	78	500	25
Billy Hurley III	$6,400	54	142	65	-11	607	2/2	8	500	4	500
Will Mackenzie	$5,700	83	201	88	-5	360	0/3	97	500	500	118
Tyrone van Aswegen	$5,800	78	202	90	-12	313	1/1	21	500	500	500
Zac Blair	$5,900	72	177	78	-6	158	0/0	500	500	500	500
Ernie Els	$5,700	83	180	79	4	296	0/1	103	500	500	500
Scott Pinckney	$5,500	94	210	93	1	272	0/0	500	500	500	500
Derek Fathauer	$5,800	78	184	80	-2	271	0/0	500	500	500	500
George McNeill	$5,400	100	210	93	7	204	5/5	30	44	49	31
Michael Kim	$5,800	78	198	84	-6	333	0/0	500	500	500	500
Chad Collins	$5,700	83	195	83	0	252	0/1	85	500	500	500
Michael Thompson	$5,600	88	214	98	-10	372	0/1	500	500	86	500
Rory Sabbatini	$5,500	94	238	100	-6	245	2/2	75	500	61	500
Brian Stuard	$5,700	83	208	91	-8	150	1/1	500	64	500	500
Brendon de Jonge	$5,300	105	228	99	6	294	2/4	8	88	11	111
Stuart Appleby	$5,600	88	213	96	-8	365	3/4	46	88	500	16
Cameron Smith	$5,500	94	201	89	5	140	0/0	500	500	500	500
Chesson Hadley	$5,200	111	251	104	7	257	0/1	115	500	500	500
Whee Kim	$5,600	88	240	101	-13	322	0/0	500	500	500	500
Davis Love III	$5,200	111	295	114	-3	180	4/4	39	500	74	16
Blayne Barber	$5,100	116	274	109	7	259	0/0	500	500	500	500
Jeff Overton	$5,400	100	268	107	-7	426	2/3	500	78	22	500
Steve Marino	$5,500	94	249	103	-9	247	2/2	500	500	500	40
Mark Hubbard	$5,400	100	266	106	-6	385	0/0	500	500	500	500
Steve Wheatcroft	$5,500	94	242	102	-8	407	0/0	500	500	500	500
Tyler Aldridge	$5,200	111	268	107	4	297	0/0	500	500	500	500
Carlos Ortiz	$5,100	116	321	116	0	435	0/0	500	500	500	500
Rob Oppenheim	$5,300	105	284	112	-7	395	0/0	500	500	500	500
Hiroshi Iwata	$5,200	111	274	109	2	144	0/0	500	500	500	500
Sam Saunders	$5,300	105	292	113	-8	315	0/0	500	500	500	500
Rod Pampling	$5,400	100	279	111	-11	325	3/3	500	500	22	20
Peter Malnati	$5,300	105	305	115	-10	187	0/0	500	500	500	500
Erik Compton	$5,100	116	329	117	-1	433	3/3	46	54	68	500
Andres Gonzales	$5,100	116	432	119	-3	493	0/0	500	500	500	500
Carl Pettersson	$5,200	111	355	118	-7	329	1/1	55	500	500	500
Arjun Atwal	$5,100	116	468	120	-4	613	1/3	76	120	74	500

Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside of the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.

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