2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes
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2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes 4 Ryan Armour has ranked inside the top-four in Driving Accuracy percentage in each of the last four seasons (most of any player). 85.0% Ryan Armour has the third highest Lay-up percentage on Going for It holes of PGA TOUR winner’s in the ShotLink era (min 17 Going for It holes). Armour laid up on 85.0% (17 of 20) going for it holes at CC of Jackson en route to victory. 8th Sebastian Munoz finished Eighth in the FedExCup standings last season, marking his first season to qualify for the TOUR Championship +1.562 Sebastian Munoz outperformed the field by +1.562 strokes per round on the greens en route to his win at the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship, marking his best Strokes Gained: Putting performance in a PGA TOUR event. Second In each of the last two years of this event, the runner-up has gone onto win his first PGA TOUR title later in the season and qualify for the TOUR Championship (Corey Conners/2018-19 & Sungjae Im/2019-20). 26th Corey Conners finished 26th in the FedExCup standings in 2018-19 after a runner up finish at this event. Conners recorded a win (Valero Texas Open) and a T3 finish (Sony Open in Hawaii) after his runner-up finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship. 4 Adam Long is coming off his fourth career top-five PGA TOUR finish at last week’s Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. 10.5 Sergio Garcia has gained 10.5 yards off the tee for Driving Distance (All Drives) from the 2018-19 to Last Season on TOUR, second-best increase over the last two seasons. 7 has seven top 10s when making tournament debuts in his PGA TOUR career including two victories at the 2011 AT&T Byron Nelson and the 2011 PGA Championship. 5th In the 14-year history of the FedExCup, only one Rookie has had a higher FedExCup finish than Scottie Scheffler (Xander Schauffele/3rd/2017) +5.32 Stewart Cink outperformed the field by +5.32 total strokes from tee to green en route to a Final Round 65 for his seventh TOUR title at the Safeway Open, marked his second-best Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green performance in a round of his PGA TOUR career in the ShotLink era. 18 Zach Johnson has recorded at least one top-10 finish in each of the last 18 PGA TOUR seasons 4 Recorded all four rounds in the 60s last week at the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, marked the fourth time in his PGA TOUR career with all four rounds in the 60s. -157 Will Zalatoris is 157-under par in his last 13 worldwide starts with a 68.00 Final Round Scoring Average. In this stretch, Zalatoris has 13 consecutive top-20 finishes. 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes FedExCup Notes 8 Eight of the 10 winners (9 of 11 events) in the Fall of the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season, qualified for the TOUR Championship 6 The last six winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship earned their first PGA TOUR victory at this event. Since the Return to Golf, there has only been one First-Time winner (Richy Werenski/Barracuda Championship). 28.3 The average of the last six winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship is 28.3 with five of the six winners under the age of 30 (Ryan Armour/2017/41). 1 Sebastian Munoz was the first winner of the Sanderson Farms Championship to qualify for the TOUR Championship in the last nine seasons. Fall Event Winners Sanderson Farms Championship Winners PGA TOUR Last Season FedExCup Finishes Last 9 Seasons FEC Finish FEC Finish Joaquin Niemann A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier 27th Muñoz, Sebastián 2020 8 Sebastián Muñoz Sanderson Farms Championship 8th Champ, Cameron 2019 62 Cameron Champ Safeway Open 24th Armour, Ryan 2018 49 Kevin Na Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 27th Gribble, Cody 2017 87 Lanto Griffin Houston Open 18th Malnati, Peter 2016 104 Justin Thomas THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES 2nd Taylor, Nick 2015 101 Tiger Woods ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP 63rd Austin, Woody 2013 137 Rory McIlroy WGC-HSBC Champions 8th Stallings, Scott 2012 75 Brendon Todd Bermuda Championship 20th Kirk, Chris 2011 42 Brendon Todd Mayakoba Golf Classic 20th Tyler Duncan The RSM Classic 40th Last 6 Winners Sanderson Farms Championship Age 2019 Sebastián Muñoz 26 2018 Cameron Champ 23 2017 Ryan Armour 41 2016 Cody Gribble 26 2015 Peter Malnati 28 2014 Nick Taylor 26 *Avg Margin of Victory: 2.7 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Course, Hole and Past Champion Stats Country Club of Jackson 5 Five of the last six winners at the Sanderson Farms Championship have ranked inside the top 15 in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green. 54% Fifty-four percent of the total strokes gained by the last six winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship have come on the greens at the CC of Jackson. All six Sanderson Farms Championship winners since 2014 have ranked seventh or better in Strokes Gained: Putting. Over 75% Five of the last six winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship have hit over 75% of the greens in regulation en route to victory at the CC of Jackson. 7,460 Last season, the CC of Jackson was the fourth longest course on TOUR (scorecard yardage). The CC of Jackson played 7,460 yards (scorecard yardage). 42.97% players went for the green in two 42.97% of the time during the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship (954 of 2,220). The 954 total Going for the Green attempts marks the most in a Sanderson Farms Championship at the CC of Jackson. 1,398 Since the start of the 2014-15 PGA TOUR season, the CC of Jackson has produced the fourth- most total three-putts of any course (1,398). 298 In 2019 the field combined for 298 total three-putts at the CC of Jackson, marking the most total three-putts at this course since 2014. The 298 three putts marked the third most of any course in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season (Waialae CC/325 & Sedgefield CC/309). 125 The par-3 7th hole has produced 125 total-three putts marking the most of any hole at this course in this timeframe. Since 2014, defending champion Cameron Champ is the only winner of this event to play all 72 holes without a three-putt. 86.75 CC of Jackson had the fifth-lowest putt make percentage from inside 10 feet of any course in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season (86.75%). 43.45% CC of Jackson had the fourth-lowest putt make percentage from five to 15 feet of any course last season (43.45%). 6 There were six three-putts from inside five feet during the 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship, marking the second-most total three putts from inside five feet of any course last season (Riviera CC/8). Five players recorded at least one three-putt from inside five feet at this event last season (Ben Martin three-putted twice from inside five feet). 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green Ranks Strokes Gained: Putting Winners - Sanderson Farms Championship Since 2014 Winners - Sanderson Farms Championship Since 2014 Rank Rank Average Sebastian Munoz 2019 13th Sebastian Munoz 2019 5th +1.56 Cameron Champ 2018 9th Cameron Champ 2018 2nd +2.27 Ryan Armour 2017 2nd Ryan Armour 2017 2nd +1.92 Cody Gribble 2016 9th Cody Gribble 2016 1st +2.20 Peter Malnati 2015 46th Peter Malnati 2015 1st +2.94 Nick Taylor 2014 7th Nick Taylor 2014 7th +1.48 Greens in Regulation vs Field Average Winners - Sanderson Farms Championship Since 2014 PCT Field Avg Difference 2019 Sebastian Munoz 79.17 70.26 8.91 2018 Cameron Champ 76.39 67.54 8.85 2017 Ryan Armour 79.17 65.71 13.46 2016 Cody Gribble 72.22 69.08 3.14 2015 Peter Malnati 83.33 73.09 10.24 2014 Nick Taylor 80.56 70.18 10.38 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Longest Courses PGA TOUR Last Season Par Yds Torrey Pines GC (South) 72 7,765 Plantation Course at Kapalua 73 7,596 Grand Reserve Country Club 72 7,506 CC of Jackson 72 7,460 Muirfield Village GC 72 7,456 Lowest Going for the Green Percentage Going for the Green PGA TOUR Last Season CC of Jackson – Last 6 Seasons PCT. PCT Attempts / Total Score to Par When GFG Olympia Fields CC (North) 32.54 2019 42.97 954 / 2,220 -428 Colonial CC 34.41 2018 44.86 913 / 2,035 -452 GC of Houston 38.68 2017 42.94 876 / 2,040 -408 Torrey Pines GC (South) 40.10 2016 43.08 896 / 2,080 -432 CC of Jackson 42.97 2015 40.75 813 / 1,995 -413 2014 34.74 714 / 2,055 -297 Courses with the Most Total 3-Putts Since Start of 2014-15 PGA TOUR Season # of 3-Putts Sedgefield CC 1,864 Riviera CC 1,607 Silverado Resort & Spa North 1,442 Country Club of Jackson 1,398 Torrey Pines GC (South) 1,368 Most Total 3-Putts Total 3-Putts by Year Holes with the Most 3-Putts PGA TOUR Last Season CC of Jackson Since 2014 CC of Jackson Since 2014 Total # of 3-Putts # of 3-Putts Waialae Country Club 325 2019 298 7th 125 Sedgefield Country Club 309 2014 265 12th 106 Country Club of Jackson 298 2017 235 8th 100 GC of Houston 261 2018 218 4th 94 Torrey Pines GC (South) 253 th 2016 194 18 92 2015 188 Total 1,398 2020 Sanderson Farms Championship Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes Lowest Putting PCT.