2021 Wells Fargo Championship Shotlink
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2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Past Champion Stats 8 / 13 Since 2004, the average SG: Tee-to-Green rank of Wells Fargo Championship winners at Quail Hollow Club is 8th compared to 13th in SG: Putting 12 12 Wells Fargo Championship winners have ranked inside the top 10 in SG: Tee-to-Green since 2004 (at Quail Hollow Club) 8 Eight Wells Fargo Championship winners ranked inside the top 10 in SG: Putting since 2004 (at Quail Hollow Club) 2 Lucas Glover (2011) and Max Homa (2019) are the only winners of this event to rank First in SG: Putting en route to victory at Quail Hollow Club 3 Vijay Singh (2005), Sean O’Hair (2009) and Rory McIlroy (2015) are the only winners of the Wells Fargo Championship to rank First in SG: Tee-to-Green en route to victory at Quail Hollow Club 7 Each of the last seven winners of this event at Quail Hollow Club have ranked inside the top 20 in Driving Pct – 300+ yards. Rory McIlroy (2015) hit 43 drives over 300 yards en route to victory, marking the most total drives over 300 yards of any Wells Fargo Championship winner in the ShotLink era (at Quail Hollow Club). +14 Since 2003, the winners at Quail Hollow Club have combined to play The Green Mile in 14-over par (16th Hole: -3, 17th Hole: +10 & 18th Hole: +7) -3 Jason Day (2018) played the Green Mile in three under, marking the best performance on these holes by a winner at Quail Hollow Club in the ShotLink era -1 / +6 Winners at Quail Hollow Club are one under in Round 3 on The Green Mile and six over (seven shots worse) in the Final Round since 2003. -2 Jason Day (2018), Rory McIlroy (2010) and Joey Sindelar (2004) all played the Green Mile two under in the Final Round, marking the best score to par on the Green Mile in the final round of winners at this course since 2003 +4 David Toms (2003) played the final three holes in four over, marking the worst performance on The Green Mile by a winner at this course since 2003. David Toms (2003) is the only winner in the ShotLink era to make triple bogey or worse on the final hole of the Final Round and win on TOUR (made quadruple bogey/8 on 18) 2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Pct of Drives 300+ Yards Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green vs SG: Putting Last 7 Wells Fargo Championship Winners (at Quail Hollow Club) Wells Fargo Champions at Quail Hollow Club Rank PCT Total Drives 300+ Tee-to-Green Putting 2019 Max Homa 20 64.29 36 2019 Max Homa 12th 1st 2018 Jason Day 15 73.21 41 2018 Jason Day 9th 2nd 2016 James Hahn 17 46.43 26 2016 James Hahn 10th 8th 2015 Rory McIlroy 1 76.79 43 2015 Rory McIlroy 1st 20th 2014 J.B. Holmes 4 66.07 37 2014 J.B. Holmes 5th 4th 2013 Derek Ernst 8 35.71 20 2013 Derek Ernst 8th 11th 2012 Rickie Fowler 17 48.21 27 2012 Rickie Fowler 2nd 30th 2011 Lucas Glover 36th 1st 2010 Rory McIlroy 2nd 10th 2009 Sean O'Hair 1st 67th 2008 Anthony Kim 4th 2nd 2007 Tiger Woods 7th 3rd 2006 Jim Furyk 9th 2nd 2005 Vijay Singh 1st 18th 2004 Joey Sindelar 9th 12th Average Rank 8th 13th Winner Performances on The Green Mile Scoring on The Green Mile Since 2003 Winners Since 2003 16 17 18 Score to Par Score to Par RD 1 +2 2019 Max Homa Even +1 +1 +2 RD 2 +7 2018 Jason Day -1 -2 Even -3 RD 3 -1 2017 Justin Thomas* Even Even +1 +1 Final Round +6 2016 James Hahn -1 +2 +2 +3 2015 Rory McIlroy -2 +3 Even +1 2014 J.B. Holmes +1 Even -1 Even Performance in Final Round 2013 Derek Ernst -1 Even -1 -2 Winners on Green Mile Since 2003 2012 Rickie Fowler +1 Even Even +1 Best -2 (3 times) 2011 Lucas Glover Even +2 Even +2 Combined Score to par 6 2010 Rory McIlroy Even -1 +1 Even Under Par 4 2009 Sean O'Hair -1 +1 Even Even Over Par 8 2008 Anthony Kim +3 +1 -1 +3 Worst +4 (2003 David Toms) 2007 Tiger Woods Even +2 +2 +4 2006 Jim Furyk Even +1 -1 Even 2005 Vijay Singh -1 +1 Even Even 2004 Joey Sindelar -1 -1 Even -2 2003 David Toms Even Even 4 +4 *2017 PGA Championship 2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 & FedExCup Notes 7 Seven of 13 winners of the Wells Fargo Championship have qualified for the TOUR Championship 60th Defending Wells Fargo champion Max Homa finished 60th in the final FedExCup standings in the 2018-19 season 1,622 Rory McIlroy (1,622) has earned the most FedExCup points at this event of any player since 2009 5 Since 2009, five players leading the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with 13 weeks left in the FedExCup regular season finished First in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 42 / 6 / 3 Last week, Justin Thomas moved to No.1 in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10, marking his 42nd career week No. 1 in the FedExCup standings (4th-most all-time). Thomas is one of six players to lead the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 this season and he one of three players who are currently in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 and ranked in the top 10 with 13 weeks left in the FedExCup regular season in 2019-20. 3rd Viktor Hovland moved from Seventh to Third in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 last week, marking the 19th time in his PGA TOUR career ranking in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 and the 13th time ranking inside the top-five of the FedExCup 50% Last season, five of the 10 players in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with 13 weeks left in the FedExCup regular season finished in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 (Thomas, Simpson, Im, McIlroy & Todd) 15 Total players in the field who can move inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with a victory this week 6 Six players in the field this week are within 500 FedExCup points of Justin Thomas and can likely overtake Thomas for the No. 1 in the standings with a victory this week (Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Stewart Cink, Patrick Cantlay & Jon Rahm) 2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes FedExCup Finishes Most FedExCup Points Earned Wells Fargo Championship Winners Since 2007 Wells Fargo Championship Since 2009 Rank Total 2019 Max Homa 60th Rory McIlroy 1,622 2018 Jason Day 16th Phil Mickelson 1,122 2017 Brian Harman 25th Lucas Glover 985 2016 James Hahn 39th Rickie Fowler 941 2015 Rory McIlroy 15th Brian Harman 652 nd 2014 J.B. Holmes 42 Most Weeks Ranked No. 1 2013 Derek Ernst 93rd Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 (Since 2007) 2012 Rickie Fowler 28th # of Weeks 2011 Lucas Glover 45th Tiger Woods 85 2010 Rory McIlroy 36th Dustin Johnson 49 2009 Sean O'Hair 5th Jimmy Walker 48 2008 Anthony Kim 4th Justin Thomas 42 2007 Tiger Woods WON Jordan Spieth 25 Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 Leader Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 With 13 Weeks Left in FEC Regular Season Since 2009 w/ 13 Weeks Left - 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season Rank Rank End of Reg 2019-20 Justin Thomas 1st Justin Thomas* 1st 1st 2018-19 Matt Kuchar 3rd Webb Simpson 2nd 3rd 2017-18 Justin Thomas 2nd Brendon Todd 3rd 9th 2016-17 Dustin Johnson 4th Lanto Griffin 4th 12th 2015-16 Jason Day 1st Rory McIlroy 5th 8th 2014-15 Jordan Spieth 1st Sebastián Muñoz 6th 16th 2013-14 Jimmy Walker 2nd Hideki Matsuyama* 7th 18th 2013 Tiger Woods 1st Marc Leishman 8th 14th 2012 Jason Dufner 2nd Cameron Smith* 9th 30th 2011 Bubba Watson 8th Sungjae Im 10th 5th 2010 Ernie Els 1st *In Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 This Season 2009 Zach Johnson 3rd Move to No. 1 in FedExCup with Victory Move into Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with Victory In Field This Week Players in Field This Week Rank Pts Behind Thomas Current Rank Bryson DeChambeau 2nd -30 Jon Rahm 12th th Viktor Hovland 3rd -177 Tony Finau 13 th Xander Schauffele 5th -238 Joaquin Niemann 15 Max Homa 16th Stewart Cink 6th -259 Harris English 17th Patrick Cantlay 7th -294 Corey Conners 18th th Jon Rahm 12 -478 Patrick Reed 21st *Justin Thomas leads FedExCup Sungjae Im 23rd Matt Jones 25th Carlos Ortiz 28th Abraham Ancer 33rd Cameron Tringale 34th Keegan Bradley 36th Brian Harman 39th Webb Simpson 41st 2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Broadcast Window Notes 2021 Wells Fargo Championship (featured groups) Rory McIlroy Two-time Wells Fargo champion (2010 & 2015) and two-time FedExCup champion (2016 & 2019) Rory McIlroy is set to make his 10th start at the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy has eight top-20 finishes in nine previous starts at this event (including seven consecutive top 20s entering this week). Fast Facts on Rory McIlroy: 69.71 Rory McIlroy has the lowest scoring average at Quail Hollow Club (69.71) of any player with 12 or more rounds (including 2017 PGA Championship) 7 has the longest active streak of top-20 finishes at the Wells Fargo Championship of any player (7) +1.70 Since 2010, no player has been better off the tee than Rory McIlroy at Quail Hollow Club.