Joaquin Niemann (first selection this year) – He’s 12 th in strokes gained putting and he has now made the cut in all but one tournament this season, finishing among the top 20 in three of his last four. MacKenzie Hughes (second selection this year) - Hughes has held his own recently with a 14 th place finish at Rocket Mortgage and a 6 th place finish at the Open Championship. He won last year, and he was in the top 3 the last two tournaments. Jon Rahm (fourth selection this year) - Don’t fix what ain’t broke. He has seven top 25 finishes over that time and is 13 th in total strokes gained.
Justin Thomas (fifth selection this year) – Justin has missed one cut in the last 14 tournaments. PGA Picks: Tour Championship Golf Odds and Expert Betting Predictions by Doug Upstone - We have reached the end of the road for this PGA Tour season with the Tour Championship. He is 29 th in total strokes gained and he has been in the top 20 in both BMW Championship and Tour Championship each of the last three years. Tony Finau (second selection this year) - Tony has top 35 finishes in his last three tournaments. He’s currently top 10 in both OWGR and FedEx points. Louis Oosthuizen (second selection this year) – He’s had three top 20 finishes in the last two months.
Photo by Stan Badz/PGA TOUR My Starting 4
To prepare for it’s first PGA event, the tees were lengthened and bunkers were added and deepened. The true challenge for this course will be the greens, which tend to run faster than normal courses. It runs at 7,226 yards with a course rating of 75.3 and a slope rating of 142-putting it slightly above average in terms of difficulty. Established in 1991, this par 71 course was designed by Tom Fazio.