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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)
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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
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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)
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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
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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. McIlroy outperforms the field by +1.70 strokes per round in SG: Off-the-Tee, best of any player with 10+ rds in this time frame.
94.7% McIlroy has gained strokes off the tee in 94.7% of his 38 rounds at the Quail Hollow Club, only losing strokes off the tee in two of these rounds (2011 Round 1/-0.19 & 2013 Final Round/-0.66)
378 Rory McIlroy has hit 378 drives over 300 yards, 107 more than the next best player (J.B. Holmes/271) at Quail Hollow Club since 2010
1,622 Rory McIlroy (1,622) has earned the most FedExCup points at this event of any player since 2009
Longest Active Streak of Consecutive Top 20s Lowest Scoring Average Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow Club Since 2003 Streak Avg Rory McIlroy 7 Rory McIlroy 69.71 Paul Casey 3 Jason Day 70.00 Pat Perez 3 Justin Thomas 70.21 Justin Rose 3 Rickie Fowler 70.23 *Min 12 Rds
Best SG: Off-the-Tee Most Drives 300+ Yards Quail Hollow Club Since 2010 (Min 10 Rds) Quail Hollow Club Since 2010 Average Total Rory McIlroy +1.70 Rory McIlroy 378 Luke List +1.18 J.B. Holmes 271 Ross Fisher +1.08 Phil Mickelson 268 Bubba Watson +1.05 Charles Howell III 251 Jhonattan Vegas +0.96 Rickie Fowler 237 Jason Day +0.95
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Stewart Cink Eight-time PGA TOUR winner and one of two multiple winners this season Stewart Cink is set to make his 14th Wells Fargo Championship appearance.
Fast Facts on Stewart Cink:
2nd Ranks second this season in Greens in Regulation, hitting 73.56% of his greens in regulation.
4 With his victory at the RBC Heritage, Cink recorded the sixth time since 1960 a player 47 years and older has won multiple times in a season on TOUR.
6th Cink currently ranks sixth in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with two wins in 15 starts this season. Cink has spent the most weeks inside the top-30 of the FedExCup this season (29 of 29) of any player.
-19 Stewart Cink leads the PGA TOUR on the par 3s this season. Cink has played the par 3s this season in 19-under par and makes birdie or better 20.71% of the time (2nd).
Players to Win Multiple Times in a Season Greens in Regulation PCT Leaders 47 and Older PGA TOUR Since 1960 PGA TOUR This Season Wins PCT 2008 Kenny Perry 3 Matthew NeSmith 73.61 2020-21 Stewart Cink 2 Stewart Cink 73.56 2009 Kenny Perry 2 Emiliano Grillo 72.90 1968 Julius Boros 2 Collin Morikawa 72.85 1967 Julius Boros 2 Jon Rahm 72.22 1960 Sam Snead 2 *TOUR Avg: 64.90% *Safeway Open & RBC Heritage
Most Weeks Inside Top 30 of FedExCup Par 3 Performance Leaders PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season # of Weeks Current Rank Score to Par Scoring Avg Stewart Cink 29 6th Stewart Cink -19 2.90 Bryson DeChambeau 28 2nd Cameron Percy -9 2.95 Xander Schauffele 27 5th Charley Hoffman -8 2.97 Harris English 27 17th Cameron Smith -8 2.96 Webb Simpson -5 2.97
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Patrick Reed Patrick Reed is set to make his eighth start at the Wells Fargo Championship with four top-30 finishes in his last four starts.
Fast Facts on Patrick Reed:
69.00 Patrick Reed is one of six players who have a sub-70 Opening Round scoring average at this event since 2012 (min 4 starts).
3 Tied with Stewart Cink and Webb Simpson for the most times inside the top-four of the leaderboard after 18 holes at this event since 2012 (3)
21st Currently 21st in the FedExCup standings this season and is one of 15 players in the field this week who can move inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with a victory at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Best Opening Round Scoring Average Most Times Inside Top 4 of Leaderboard Wells Fargo Championship Since 2012 (min 4 starts) After Opening Rd - Wells Fargo Championship Since 2012 Avg # of Times John Senden 68.00 Patrick Reed 3 Stewart Cink* 68.80 Stewart Cink 3 Rory McIlroy* 69.00 Webb Simpson 3 Patrick Reed* 69.00 Kevin Chappell 2 Paul Casey 69.50 Ryan Moore 2 Webb Simpson 69.88 Rory McIlroy 2 *Grouped together in Rds 1 & 2 This Week
Bryson DeChambeau Currently second in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 Bryson DeChambeau is set to make his fourth start at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Fast Facts on Bryson DeChambeau:
75.33 Has not started this event with a round of par or better in his three previous appearances and has the t-4th best Round 2 improvement at the Wells Fargo Championship of players with three or more starts since 2003.
2 One of two multiple winners this season (Stewart Cink)
1st Bryson DeChambeau leads the PGA TOUR in SG: Off-the-Tee, SG: Tee-to-Green, Driving Distance (All Drives), percentage of drives 320+ yards and Club Head Speed this season
Off the Tee Stats Biggest Difference in First 2 Round Scoring Average PGA TOUR This Season Wells Fargo Championship Since 2003 (Min 3 Starts) DeChambeau Rank Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 2 Improvement SG: Tee-to-Green +2.10 1st Steve Jones 78.33 71.33 -7.00 SG: Off-the-Tee +1.14 1st Matt Bettencourt 76.50 69.67 -6.83 Driving Distance - All Drives 311.4 1st Trey Mullinax 76.00 69.67 -6.33 Driving PCT - 320+ Yards 42.93% 1st Bryson DeChambeau 75.33 69.67 -5.67 Club Head Speed 133.03 1st Mark Hensby 77.33 71.67 -5.67
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Xander Schauffele Xander Schauffele is set to make his third start at the Valspar Championship.
Fast Facts on Xander Schauffele:
5th Xander Schauffele currently ranks fifth in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with six top 10s (three second’s) and 11 top-25 finishes this season. Schauffele is the only player in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 and the highest ranked player in the FedExCup standings without a win this season.
2nd Schauffele ranks second this season in Strokes Gained: Total, outperforming the TOUR by +1.91 strokes per round.
8 Xander Schauffele has the most runner-up finishes on TOUR since his last win at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions (8)
Highest Ranked Players in FedExCup Best SG: Total Performance Most Runner-Up Finishes Without a Win Without a Win This Season PGA TOUR This Season Since 2019 Sentry TOC* Rank Avg Total Xander Schauffele 5th Bryson DeChambeau +2.53 Xander Schauffele 8 Jon Rahm 12th Xander Schauffele +1.91 Tony Finau 4 Tony Finau 13th Justin Suh +1.89 Abraham Ancer 3 Joaquin Niemann 15th Brooks Koepka +1.87 10 players with 2 Corey Conners 18th Justin Thomas +1.82 *Schauffele’s last PGA TOUR win Sungjae Im 23rd Charley Hoffman 27th Scottie Scheffler 29th
Joaquin Niemann Joaquin Niemann is set to make his third start at the Wells Fargo Championship with his best finish at T38 at this event in 2019. Niemann, currently 15th in the FedExCup standings is one of 15 players who can move inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with a victory this week.
Fast Facts on Joaquin Niemann:
4 Coming off his fourth Top 10 finish with a T8 at the Valspar Championship last week, Niemann has recorded four top-10 finishes in each of the last four seasons
69.21 Niemann has the Third-best non-adjusted scoring average this season at 69.21, nearly two strokes better than the TOUR Average (71.07)
17 Second-longest active cuts made streak of any player on TOUR (17), his longest cuts made streak of his PGA TOUR career
Best Scoring Average (Actual) Best Finishes PGA TOUR Results PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season Since Last Missed Cut Avg Evt Finish Webb Simpson 68.96 Sentry Tournament of Champions 2nd Events 17 Russell Henley 68.98 Sony Open in Hawaii T2 Top 3s 3 Joaquin Niemann 69.21 THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK 6th Top 10s 5 Justin Thomas 69.26 Valspar Championship T8 Top 25s 11 Emiliano Grillo 69.39 *4th Consecutive PGA TOUR season with 4 Top 10s Best Finish 2nd 2021 Sentry TOC *TOUR Avg: 71.07 *Last Missed Cut: 2020 THE NORTHERN TRUST 2021 Wells Fargo Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes
Justin Thomas 2017 FedExCup champion Justin Thomas moved to No. 1 in the FedExCup for the 42nd time in his PGA TOUR career with a T13 finish at last week’s Valspar Championship. Thomas is one of three players (Cameron Smith & Hideki Matsuyama) who are currently inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 and were inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with 13 weeks left in the FedExCup regular season last season.
Fast Facts on Justin Thomas:
42 Total weeks ranked No. 1 in the FedExCup, fourth-most of any player in the FedExCup era
-8 Won the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club at eight-under par for his first major championship victory
3 Made three eagles last week at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), marking just the third time in his career Justin Thomas has made three eagles in an event. Thomas is one of 11 players to make three or more eagles in a week at Quail Hollow Club (2015/T7)
+6.74 Justin Thomas has gained +6.74 total strokes in his last two starts at Quail Hollow Club, over 11 strokes more than in his first two starts on this course. Thomas has made 36.8% of his putts from 10-20 feet over his last eight rounds compared to just 11.1% in his first six rounds.
10 Thomas made 10 putts from 10 to 20 feet en route to PGA Championship victory at Quail Hollow Club in 2017, marking the most putts made from this distance at the time of any champion at this course in the ShotLink era
Most Weeks Ranked No. 1 in FedExCup Most Eagles Made in a Week Since 2007 Quail Hollow Club Since 2003 Total Finish # of Weeks Tiger Woods 85 2015 Jason Bohn 4 T9
Dustin Johnson 49 2005 Vaughn Taylor 4 T5
Jimmy Walker 48 2018 Johnson Wagner 3 T13
Justin Thomas 42 2015 Justin Thomas 3 T7 2014 Justin Rose 3 5th Jordan Spieth 25
Making 3 Eagles in an Event 2012 James Driscoll 3 T9 PGA TOUR Career 2012 Arjun Atwal 3 T21 Course Evt Finish 2011 Zach Johnson 3 T6 2021 Valspar Championship Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) T13 2004 Nick Price 3 T21 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii Waialae CC WON 2004 Mathias Grönberg 3 9th 2015 Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow Club T7 2004 Jeff Maggert 3 T5
Putting Performance Most Putts Made from 10-20 Feet Career at Quail Hollow Club (includes 2017 PGA Championship) Winners at Quail Hollow Club in ShotLink era First 2 Starts Last 2 Starts Total Total SG: Putting -4.30 +6.74 2019 Max Homa 13 Putting from 10 to 20 Feet 11.1 (3 of 27) 36.8 (14 of 38) 2017 Justin Thomas* 10 One-Putt PCT 37.0 45.1 2007 Tiger Woods 9 Avg Feet of Putts Made 72’ 3” 88’ 11” 2006 Jim Furyk 8 Rounds 6 8 2005 Vijay Singh 8 *PGA Championship
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Patrick Cantlay Patrick Cantlay is set to make his tournament debut at the Wells Fargo Championship.
Fast Facts on Patrick Cantlay:
7th Currently ranks seventh in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with four top 10s and nine top-25 finishes this season
2 One of two players ranked inside the top-15 in SG: Tee-to-Green and SG: Around-the-Green this season (Justin Thomas).
1st Cantlay is making tournament debut at Wells Fargo Championship and has nine top-10s, including two victories in tournament debuts on the PGA TOUR.
Best Tournament Debut Finishes Strokes Gained Stats PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season Evt Finish Rank 2020 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD WON Tee to Green* +1.246 11th 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open WON Off the Tee +0.442 T22 2017 RBC Heritage T3 Approach the Green +0.346 T51 2018 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational T6 Around the Green* +0.458 6th 2020 Workday Charity Open T7 Putting +0.334 53rd
Total +1.580 10th *1 of 2 players in top 15 in both categories
Viktor Hovland Currently Third in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10, Viktor Hovland is set to make his Wells Fargo Championship event debut. Hovland finished T3 last week in his Valspar Championship debut last week marking his sixth top-five finish in an event debut on TOUR.
Fast Facts on Viktor Hovland:
5th ranks fifth in SG: Off-the-Tee this season, outperforming the TOUR by +0.757 strokes per round
4.7 Hovland has the second-best Birdie Average this season (4.7), only behind Justin Thomas (4.89)
33.59% Viktor Hovland ranks second on TOUR in Bounce Back percentage, making a birdie or better 33.59% of the time after making a bogey or worse this season
Bounce Back PCT Leaders Birdie Average Leaders Best Tournament Debut Finish PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR Career PCT Avg Evt Finish Bryson DeChambeau 34.12 Justin Thomas 4.89 2020 Puerto Rico Open WON Viktor Hovland 33.59 Viktor Hovland 4.70 2021 WGC-Workday Champ at The Concession T2 Justin Suh 33.33 Xander Schauffele 4.69 2021 Valspar Championship T3 Nick Taylor 33.33 Collin Morikawa 4.64 2020 Workday Charity Open 3rd
Patrick Reed 4.63 2019 Wyndham Championship 4th
2021 The Genesis Invitational T5 *Making Wells Fargo Championship debut
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Max Homa Defending Wells Fargo champion Max Homa is set to make his fourth start at this event. Max Homa currently ranks 16th in the FedExCup and can move inside the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 with a victory this week.
Fast Facts on Max Homa:
+2.472 Max Homa outperformed the field by +2.472 strokes per round on the greens, marking the second-best SG: Putting performance by a winner of the Wells Fargo Championship.
6 En route to a T6 finish, Max Homa made six putts over 25 feet last week at the Valspar Championship, tying J.T. Poston (Farmers Insurance Open) and Webb Simpson (Sony Open in Hawaii) for the most putts made outside 25 feet in an event this season
27.5% Max Homa has made 27.5% of his putts from outside 25 feet (11 of 40) in his last three events where ShotLink was used to capture data (Arnold Palmer Invitational, THE PLAYERS & Valspar Championship), 23.6% more than in his first 12 events this season (3.9%/ 4 of 102 attempts)
Putting Outside 25 Feet Most Putts Made Over 25 Feet in an Event PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season First 12 Events Last 3 Events Total Evt Finish Putt Make PCT 3.9% 27.5% Max Homa Valspar Championship 6 T6 Putts Made 4 11 J.T. Poston Farmers Insurance Open 6 T18 Attempts 102 40 Webb Simpson Sony Open in Hawaii 6 T4
James Hahn Sony Open in Hawaii 5 T41 James Hahn Vivint Houston Open 5 T50 Abraham Ancer Shriners Hospitals 5 4 Cameron Tringale Shriners Hospitals 5 T19
On the Greens Best SG: Putting Performance Entering 2019 Wells Fargo Championship Wells Fargo Championship – Winner Entering 2019 Wells Fargo Rank Average SG: Putting +0.065 (96th) +2.472 (1st) 2011 Lucas Glover 1st +2.593 Putting Average 1.786 (T167) 1.612 (1st) 2019 Max Homa 1st +2.472 One-Putt PCT. 38.2% (T162) 51.4% (2nd) 2008 Anthony Kim 2nd +2.308 Putting 10-15 Ft. 27.8% (134th) 56.3% (4th) 2006 Jim Furyk 2nd +2.165 Putting 15-20 Ft. 22.4% (52nd) 66.7% (1st) 2018 Jason Day 2nd +2.061
Avg. Feet Putts Made 69’ 0” (T149) 95’ 4” (2nd)
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Jon Rahm Jon Rahm is set to make his second start at the Wells Fargo Championship with a Fourth-place finish in his event debut in 2017.
Fast Facts on Jon Rahm:
9 Nine top 10s in 13 PGA TOUR starts this season, most of any player without a win
3 Jon Rahm is one of three players currently inside the top-10 in both Par 3 Scoring Average and Par 5 Scoring Average this season (Bryson DeChambeau & Cameron Smith)
22 Rahm has the longest active cuts made streak on the PGA TOUR (22)
Most Top-10 Finishes Without a Win Inside Top 10 in Par 3 & Par 5 Scoring Avg Longest Active Cuts Made Streak PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR This Season PGA TOUR Top 10s Starts Par 3s Par 5s # of Events Jon Rahm 9 13 Bryson DeChambeau T4 T1 Jon Rahm 22 Corey Conners 7 19 Cameron Smith 3rd T1 Joaquin Niemann 17 Will Zalatoris 6 16 Jon Rahm T8 7th Adam Scott 14
Tony Finau 6 15 Ryan Palmer 14 Xander Schauffele 6 13 Scoring Stats Will Zalatoris 13 PGA TOUR This Season Rank SG: Total +1.664 6th Scoring Average (Actual) 69.57 10th Round 1 Scoring Avg 69.27 10th Par 3 Scoring Avg 2.98 T8 Par 4 Scoring Avg 3.99 T29 Par 5 Scoring Avg 4.47 7th
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Webb Simpson Webb Simpson is set to make his 12th appearance at the Wells Fargo Championship and 14th of the 2020-21 season.
Fast Facts on Webb Simpson:
4 Four top-30 finishes in last five PGA TOUR starts
71.12% Webb Simpson has hit 71.12% of his fairways this season, marking the fifth best Driving Accuracy percentage of any player. Simpson has improved his Driving Accuracy rank in each of the last four seasons, ranking 90th in this statistic for the 2017-18 season and ranks Fifth this season.
41st Simpson currently ranks 41st in the FedExCup standings and is seeking to finish in the Comcast Business TOUR Top 10 for the fourth consecutive season.
FedExCup Rank Driving Accuracy With 13 Weeks Left in Regular Season Since 2017 PGA TOUR This Season Rank End of Regular Season Rank This Season 41st ?? This Season 71.12 5th Last Season 2nd 3rd Last Season 67.31 18th 2018-19 37th 9th 2018-19 66.82 44th 2017-18 8th 7th 2017-18 62.34 90th 2016-17 37th 25th