Hyundai Tournament of Champions Key Fantasy Stats

Hyundai Tournament of Champions

January 7th – 10th, 2016

Kapalua Resort Plantation Course

Kapalua, Maui, Ha.

Par: 73 / Yardage: 7,452

Purse: $5.9 million

with $1,180,000 to the winner

Defending Champion:
Patrick Reed

by Sal Johnson

Founder, Chief Data Officer, GOLFstats

E-mail me at:
sal@golfstats.com

This is based on the most important stats for Plantation Course at Kapalua, based on data from last years Hyundai Tournament of Champions, and using data from all the players in the field for with stats from 2015.
One thing that is important to know, the scoring average of the field in 2015 was 69.93, so with par being 73 that means the average score was just over 3 under per round, making Kapalua the easiest course to score on in 2015.

*Par Breakers: The Plantation Course has always been a push over for the best players in the world. They field killed the course in 2015 as the field averaged 4.95 birdies per round and a total of nine birdies were made, so it’s important to be the best in this category which is based on who makes the most birdies and eagles.

*Proximity to Hole: In greens hit 80.14% where hit last year, making it the easiest course to hit greens on the PGA Tour. In proximity to the hole, players tended to have a tough time getting it close to the hole, last year they averaged 41 feet, 1 inch as only two courses saw approach shots go further away from the hole.

*Strokes gained Putting: The greens average 7,120 at Kapalua, making them about average. So with shots ending up far from the hole, it puts a premium on putting, so players that gain strokes putting have an advantage. Overall putting stats place it the 7th hardest to putt, as one putts are at a premium. Three putts aren’t that bad as the course ranks 21st in 3-putt avoidance.

*Par 4 average: There are 11 par 4s on the Plantation course and only two of them, the first and seventeenth are the only ones that play over the par. The rest play under par as the average of all par 4s is 3.92, or for the field 124 under so looking for players that do well on par 4s help. We don’t list it but of the Plantations four par fives, they played a total of 279 under in 2015, which means that each player averaged 8.2 shots under par on them.

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