PGA First Look: Wells Fargo Championship

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2016-05-05 13:38:46

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Course Preview

Brian Stuard picked up his first PGA Tour win at the Zurich Classic last week. The event was shortened by rain delays and they only managed to get 54 holes in. While that was frustrating for everyone, we got the added bonus of getting to sweat our golfers on Monday morning. The PGA Tour now heads to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Wells Fargo Championship. This is one of the most star-studded events of the season outside of the four majors, the Players Championship, and the four WGC events.

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The Quail Hollow Country Club is one of the favorite stops for many PGA Tour professional. It is a classic Par 72 course that stretches over 7,400 yards. It features four par fives and four par threes. This is an event that has been the stepping stone for a number of players. Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler both picked up their first career wins here. While the shorter hitters can contend here, make no mistake about it – this is a bomber’s paradise. Distance off the tee is a huge advantage on one of the longest courses the PGA Tour has to offer. While hitting fairways is never a bad thing, you can miss and still find yourself with a good line to the pin. For that reason, I will be loading up on bombers this week.

There were some rumors floating around that Tiger Woods could potentially make his return this week. That’s not the case though. Jim Furyk will be making his return though, after missing months of action after having wrist surgery. One other field note – Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the event. He would have been a nice fit for the course. Make sure to avoid using him in your lineups this week.

Make sure to check out the Expert Picks this week. Last week, I took down a qualifier to get into the DraftKings Fantasy Golf Championship. All six of the golfers in my lineup were featured in the column.

Key Statistics

1) Strokes Gained Tee to Green
2) Strokes Gained Putting
3) Driving Distance
4) Par 5 Scoring
5) Proximity from 200-225 Yards
6) Scrambling

Fantasy Notes

Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties move on after the first two rounds of play.

Recent Winners of this Event: Rory McIlroy (2015), J.B. Holmes (2014), Derek Ernst (2013), Rickie Fowler (2012), Lucas Glover (2011)

Weather: Let’s all hope for a week that is free from rain delays. After a rain-shortened Zurich Classic, it looks like there should be some nice weather in Charlotte this week. The forecast calls for sunny weather with a very little chance of rain. There could be some wind to deal with though, as they are expecting 10+ MPH winds on each of the four days of the tournament.

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

Golfer	Salary	S-Rank	Odds	O-Rank	+ / –	OWGR	Cuts	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Rory McIlroy	$12,800	1	4	1	0	3	5/6	1	8	10	2	113
Rickie Fowler	$10,900	2	15	2	0	5	5/5	500	38	73	1	16
Adam Scott	$10,600	3	19	3	0	7	1/4	82	500	500	500	500
Henrik Stenson	$10,200	4	19	4	0	6	1/4	58	500	140	75	136
Justin Rose	$10,000	5	22	5	0	10	2/4	500	5	500	500	28
Patrick Reed	$9,700	6	26	8	-2	12	3/3	58	500	32	32	500
Phil Mickelson	$9,500	7	26	9	-2	20	8/8	4	11	3	26	9
Hideki Matsuyama	$9,300	8	22	6	2	14	2/2	20	38	500	500	500
J.B. Holmes	$9,100	9	25	7	2	19	4/7	82	1	500	57	9
Paul Casey	$8,900	10	44	13	-3	23	0/2	500	500	500	500	101
Byeong-Hun An	$8,600	11	36	10	1	24	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Daniel Berger	$8,400	12	38	11	1	47	1/1	28	500	500	500	500
Bill Haas	$8,200	13	54	16	-3	27	5/8	68	44	110	93	4
Charles Howell III	$8,100	14	59	19	-5	85	6/8	38	18	10	135	59
Kevin Kisner	$8,100	14	57	17	-3	22	2/4	38	6	500	75	146
Justin Thomas	$8,000	16	57	18	-2	37	1/1	7	500	500	500	500
Jim Furyk	$8,000	16	86	30	-14	25	6/7	120	2	500	26	24
Jamie Lovemark	$7,900	18	49	14	4	77	0/2	500	74	500	110	500
Kevin Chappell	$7,900	18	39	12	6	64	4/5	16	11	80	53	85
Webb Simpson	$7,900	18	71	25	-7	86	5/7	2	38	32	4	21
Bryson DeChambeau	$7,800	21	52	15	6	206	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Gary Woodland	$7,800	21	62	20	1	78	5/5	4	18	61	500	68
Shane Lowry	$7,800	21	104	36	-15	34	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Patton Kizzire	$7,700	24	63	21	3	54	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Patrick Rodgers	$7,700	24	91	31	-7	137	1/1	2	500	500	500	500
Emiliano Grillo	$7,700	24	92	32	-8	39	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Tony Finau	$7,600	27	72	26	1	80	1/1	16	500	500	500	500
Smylie Kaufman	$7,600	27	74	27	0	50	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Danny Lee	$7,600	27	84	29	-2	42	3/4	13	50	500	117	500
Ryan Moore	$7,500	30	75	28	2	45	5/8	47	18	6	5	33
Scott Brown	$7,500	30	140	45	-15	141	3/4	13	30	38	93	500
Kevin Streelman	$7,500	30	95	34	-4	113	3/6	9	14	6	500	500
Graham DeLaet	$7,400	33	69	23	10	123	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Martin Kaymer	$7,400	33	98	35	-2	59	3/4	500	18	98	500	62
Robert Streb	$7,400	33	150	53	-20	58	2/3	4	23	110	500	500
Luke Donald	$7,300	36	66	22	14	69	0/1	500	500	500	500	500
Harris English	$7,300	36	127	40	-4	74	1/1	500	500	500	74	500
David Lingmerth	$7,300	36	161	57	-21	49	0/3	93	101	84	500	500
Jason Kokrak	$7,200	39	71	24	15	92	2/4	93	23	50	135	500
Brendan Steele	$7,200	39	94	33	6	83	4/5	9	30	110	48	55
Brian Stuard	$7,200	39	177	64	-25	143	2/4	38	74	149	500	500
Jason Bohn	$7,100	42	145	48	-6	81	4/8	9	4	98	127	33
Ian Poulter	$7,100	42	118	37	5	68	2/2	500	500	500	500	500
Scott Stallings	$7,100	42	180	65	-23	250	1/5	93	115	131	144	72
Ben Martin	$7,000	45	128	41	4	102	2/3	38	50	500	500	85
Jamie Donaldson	$7,000	45	133	42	3	57	0/1	500	115	500	500	500
Martin Laird	$7,000	45	191	69	-24	195	4/7	55	30	84	26	101
James Hahn	$7,000	45	444	135	-90	134	2/3	73	152	50	500	500
Scott Langley	$7,000	45	250	96	-51	397	1/3	82	38	84	500	500
Luke List	$6,900	50	155	56	-6	290	1/1	500	500	16	500	500
Harold Varner III	$6,900	50	139	44	6	199	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Si Woo Kim	$6,900	50	203	74	-24	145	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Anirban Lahiri	$6,900	50	148	51	-1	55	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Padraig Harrington	$6,900	50	203	74	-24	136	2/6	109	128	155	500	9
Francesco Molinari	$6,800	55	145	46	9	88	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Daniel Summerhays	$6,800	55	149	52	3	112	2/5	129	55	43	117	153
Stewart Cink	$6,800	55	215	81	-26	208	5/7	20	23	500	15	9
Cameron Tringale	$6,800	55	166	58	-3	101	3/5	500	60	140	57	59
Kyle Stanley	$6,800	55	216	82	-27	283	3/4	500	60	6	93	45
Spencer Levin	$6,700	60	194	71	-11	236	1/5	145	88	500	32	500
Cameron Smith	$6,700	60	170	61	-1	109	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Brian Harman	$6,700	60	228	88	-28	132	3/4	129	65	10	57	500
Tom Hoge	$6,700	60	291	109	-49	257	0/1	120	500	500	500	500
Chad Collins	$6,700	60	253	97	-37	261	2/4	68	88	500	500	85
Will Wilcox	$6,600	65	145	46	19	128	1/1	500	57	500	500	500
John Senden	$6,600	65	147	50	15	103	5/6	500	500	22	15	33
Shawn Stefani	$6,600	65	188	67	-2	244	3/3	9	44	27	500	500
Jonas Blixt	$6,600	65	172	62	3	129	1/4	109	74	140	9	500
Morgan Hoffmann	$6,600	65	228	88	-23	169	1/3	28	115	110	500	500
Kyle Reifers	$6,500	70	222	84	-14	159	1/2	151	500	500	69	500
Hunter Mahan	$6,500	70	206	76	-6	118	8/8	47	50	73	53	16
Jonathan Byrd	$6,500	70	222	84	-14	416	5/8	120	14	80	9	2
Jeff Overton	$6,500	70	306	114	-44	362	3/7	109	74	500	48	33
Brendon Todd	$6,500	70	406	130	-60	161	1/3	500	101	500	127	500
Jhonattan Vegas	$6,400	75	122	39	36	225	1/4	76	74	500	75	113
William McGirt	$6,400	75	136	43	32	106	1/4	28	152	500	110	85
Ollie Schniederjans	$6,400	75	145	48	27	245	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Mark Hubbard	$6,400	75	309	119	-44	381	0/1	138	500	500	500	500
J.J. Henry	$6,400	75	575	146	-71	269	3/8	151	146	110	57	33
Lucas Glover	$6,300	80	118	38	42	267	6/8	28	115	27	117	1
Chad Campbell	$6,300	80	256	99	-19	198	5/6	68	500	110	40	82
Chris Stroud	$6,300	80	239	92	-12	172	4/8	109	88	80	75	64
Alex Cejka	$6,300	80	284	107	-27	150	2/4	58	500	500	500	48
Mark Wilson	$6,300	80	261	103	-23	413	4/7	38	23	500	135	132
Jim Herman	$6,200	85	222	84	1	70	3/4	13	73	98	500	33
Geoff Ogilvy	$6,200	85	197	72	13	215	7/7	7	14	38	21	500
Colt Knost	$6,200	85	174	63	22	188	1/5	66	500	84	93	146
Retief Goosen	$6,200	85	227	87	-2	187	3/4	38	50	500	110	500
Johnson Wagner	$6,200	85	234	90	-5	202	4/8	82	68	110	65	33
Sean O’Hair	$6,100	90	150	53	37	115	3/6	20	139	84	15	500
Matt Jones	$6,100	90	181	66	24	71	4/6	28	139	73	500	21
George McNeill	$6,100	90	169	60	30	173	6/8	28	74	16	15	79
David Hearn	$6,100	90	191	69	21	139	3/5	82	44	43	65	151
Derek Ernst	$6,100	90	306	114	-24	611	2/3	93	30	1	500	500
Peter Malnati	$6,100	90	266	104	-14	163	0/1	500	101	500	500	500
Steve Wheatcroft	$6,100	90	338	125	-35	359	3/4	38	500	500	93	500
Bobby Wyatt	$6,000	97	150	53	44	431	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Nick Taylor	$6,000	97	219	83	14	273	0/1	93	500	500	500	500
Ernie Els	$6,000	97	239	92	5	216	1/1	500	44	500	500	500
Camilo Villegas	$6,000	97	247	95	2	234	4/8	82	143	110	32	126
Bronson Burgoon	$6,000	97	294	111	-14	287	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Will MacKenzie	$6,000	97	253	97	0	357	3/4	20	115	500	500	500
Roberto Castro	$5,900	103	211	77	26	282	3/3	500	8	65	32	500
Brendon de Jonge	$5,900	103	256	99	4	217	6/7	109	6	43	40	48
Sung Kang	$5,900	103	256	99	4	178	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Zac Blair	$5,900	103	238	91	12	149	0/1	82	500	500	500	500
Henrik Norlander	$5,900	103	282	106	-3	351	1/1	500	500	16	500	500
Brett Stegmaier	$5,900	103	472	139	-36	264	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Carlos Ortiz	$5,900	103	466	137	-34	341	1/1	19	500	500	500	500
Ben Crane	$5,900	103	291	109	-6	382	1/3	500	101	500	21	500
Boo Weekley	$5,800	111	198	73	38	155	5/6	16	500	58	500	45
Ricky Barnes	$5,800	111	166	58	53	219	3/5	28	30	137	500	113
Adam Hadwin	$5,800	111	214	79	32	184	0/1	109	500	500	500	500
Stuart Appleby	$5,800	111	211	77	34	309	2/7	500	115	50	93	85
Blayne Barber	$5,800	111	275	105	6	240	0/1	82	500	500	500	500
Fabian Gomez	$5,800	111	306	114	-3	65	0/3	145	500	110	500	85
Whee Kim	$5,800	111	259	102	9	303	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Derek Fathauer	$5,800	111	328	123	-12	238	0/2	93	500	500	500	500
David Toms	$5,700	119	188	67	52	175	5/6	72	500	500	15	24
Andrew Loupe	$5,700	119	331	124	-5	189	0/1	500	88	500	500	500
Jason Gore	$5,700	119	288	108	11	181	1/3	55	115	500	500	500
Michael Kim	$5,700	119	245	94	25	343	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Angel Cabrera	$5,700	119	372	128	-9	318	5/7	79	30	71	75	500
Tim Wilkinson	$5,700	119	422	131	-12	748	0/4	138	115	500	500	500
Tyrone Van Aswegen	$5,700	119	531	145	-26	307	0/2	151	143	500	500	500
Chesson Hadley	$5,600	126	214	79	47	262	1/2	20	146	500	500	500
Michael Thompson	$5,600	126	319	122	4	377	3/4	28	11	500	93	64
Bud Cauley	$5,600	126	297	112	14	543	2/2	500	38	38	500	500
Erik Compton	$5,600	126	353	126	0	369	0/3	82	500	140	135	500
Steve Marino	$5,600	126	422	131	-5	256	5/6	500	115	61	500	21
Matt Every	$5,600	126	456	136	-10	192	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
D.A. Points	$5,600	126	431	133	-7	722	3/7	120	101	16	2	126
Rory Sabbatini	$5,500	133	306	114	19	229	3/8	120	8	84	117	3
Davis Love III	$5,500	133	363	127	6	156	4/5	500	65	500	500	16
Steven Bowditch	$5,500	133	513	143	-10	96	3/3	47	500	61	500	28
Tyler Aldridge	$5,500	133	300	113	20	289	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Rob Oppenheim	$5,500	133	488	142	-9	412	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Greg Owen	$5,400	138	400	129	9	176	1/5	129	500	155	75	500
Vaughn Taylor	$5,400	138	309	119	19	104	2/6	500	500	10	117	85
Andres Gonzales	$5,400	138	484	141	-3	457	1/2	58	500	98	500	500
Justin Hicks	$5,400	138	481	140	-2	773	2/3	500	69	83	500	145
Robert Allenby	$5,400	138	1188	149	-11	805	6/8	93	55	27	110	48
Brian Gay	$5,400	138	527	144	-6		1/2	500	74	500	500	500
Trevor Immelman	$5,400	138	813	148	-10		4/8	93	115	58	75	24
Vijay Singh	$5,300	145	309	119	26	222	3/7	109	30	500	93	9
Scott Pinckney	$5,300	145	306	114	31	251	1/1	47	500	500	500	500
Sam Saunders	$5,300	145	469	138	7	279	1/2	47	500	500	500	113
Hiroshi Iwata	$5,300	145	438	134	11	127	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Dawie Van Der Walt	$5,300	145	644	147	-2	268	0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Matt Dobyns	$5,300	145	1234	150	-5		0/0	500	500	500	500	500
Kelly Mitchum	$5,300	145	1609	151	-6		0/2	500	146	110	500	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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