Hyundai Tournament of Champions
January 7th – 10th, 2016
Kapalua Resort Plantation Course
Kapalua, Maui, Ha.
Par: 73 / Yardage:
Purse: $5.9 million
with $1,180,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Patrick Reed

This week’s field includes:
The field of 32 has 22 players in the top-75 of the world rankings including 19 of the top-50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with six players from the top-ten: #1 Jordan Spieth, #2 Jason Day, #4 Bubba Watson, #6 Rickie Fowler, #8 Dustin Johnson, #10 Patrick Reed. The other top-50 players are #13 Zach Johnson, #16 Brooks Koepka, #17 Kevin Kisner, #24 J.B. Holmes, #26 Jimmy Walker, #30 Russell Knox, #32 Emiliano Grillo, #37 Justin Thomas, #43 Bill Haas, #47 Danny Lee, #48 Scott Piercy, #49 Chris Kirk, #50 Brandt Snedeker
Last year there were 12 top-50 players in the field
The field includes 6 of the Top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2016. Those players are #1 Kevin Kisner, #3 Justin Thomas, #4 Graeme McDowell, #5 Smylie Kaufman, #8 Emiliano Grillo and #9 Peter Mainati,
The field includes only three past champions, last year’s winner Patrick Reed, Zach Johnson – 2014 and Dustin Johnson – 2013.
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. For our fantasy golf players looking to pick six players, check out our GOLFstats IQ section for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, it will help you make those Draft Kings picks.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Player | Nedbank | DP World | BMW Masters | Mayakoba | RSM Classic | Turkish Open | WGC-HSBC | Sanderson Farms | CIMB Classic | Hong Kong | Shriners Hospitals | Frys.com Open |
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Emiliano Grillo (120.33 pts) |
T11 (26) |
T4 (40) |
T24 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Win (44) |
Patrick Reed (115 pts) |
DNP | T10 (20) |
2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | T10 (13.33) |
T3 (30) |
DNP | DNP |
Russell Knox (105 pts) |
24 (17.33) |
DNP | DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP | T38 (4) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Kevin Kisner (90 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | T37 (4.33) |
DNP | T25 (8.33) |
DNP |
Graeme McDowell (87 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
3 (30) |
T37 (4.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Justin Thomas (81.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | T27 (7.67) |
DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
Smylie Kaufman (68.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T34 (5.33) |
T33 (5.67) |
DNP | DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
T10 (13.33) |
Alex Cejka (61 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T6 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP |
Peter Malnati (54 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T10 (13.33) |
T75 (0) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Scott Piercy (51.67 pts) |
20 (20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | T25 (8.33) |
DNP |
Fabian Gomez (24.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T44 (2) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T16 (11.33) |
T17 (11) |
James Hahn (23 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 6 (20) |
DNP | DNP | T41 (3) |
Dustin Johnson (20 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Rickie Fowler (19.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (11) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
DNP |
Jordan Spieth (18.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Steven Bowditch (13.33 pts) |
30 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T40 (3.33) |
DNP | 71 (0) |
DNP | 80 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
David Lingmerth (12 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | T72 (0) |
DNP | T14 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Chris Kirk (10.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 (10.67) |
DNP | T76 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T81 (0) |
Bill Haas (5.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (5.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Davis Love III (5.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T33 (5.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T73 (0) |
DNP |
Bubba Watson (5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Danny Lee (4.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T31 (6.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Brandt Snedeker (4.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T17 (11) |
Troy Merritt (3 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
J.J. Henry (2.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 42 (2.67) |
T61 (0) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Player | Nedbank | DP World | BMW Masters | Mayakoba | RSM Classic | Turkish Open | WGC-HSBC | Sanderson Farms | CIMB Classic | Hong Kong | Shriners Hospitals | Frys.com Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Every (-3.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 72 (0) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
Padraig Harrington (-3.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Brooks Koepka (-0.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T41 (3) |
Zach Johnson (0 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T75 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jimmy Walker (0.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T50 (0.33) |
DNP |
J.J. Henry (2.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 42 (2.67) |
T61 (0) |
Troy Merritt (3 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
Brandt Snedeker (4.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T17 (11) |
Danny Lee (4.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T31 (6.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Bubba Watson (5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Best Bets:
Jordan Speith
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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2 |
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Best putter in the field, look for him to dominate on the greens.
Dustin Johnson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T6 | Win | T9 | T16 | 11 |
Past champion that can overpower this course and make the most birdies and eagles.
Bubba Watson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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10 | T4 | T18 | T25 |
Dominated at the Hero, that event on that course is just like this week.
Best of the rest:
Graeme McDowell
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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3 |
Played well last month and in 2011 when he finished 3rd.
Jimmy Walker
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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2 | T21 |
Showed a lot last year until he gave the tournament away in the end, he can go low.
Zach Johnson
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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7 | Win | T18 | T23 | 18 | T6 | T20 | T23 |
Another that can play well despite not hitting it far.
Brooks Koepka
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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Playing for the first time, be interesting to see if he can do well. Bet he can.
Solid contenders
Patrick Reed
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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Win | T16 |
Defending champion, he played great in the final five weeks on the European Tour in 2015.
Rickie Fowler
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T6 |
Was T-6th in his only start at Kapalua.
Chris Kirk
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T14 | T16 | T7 |
Another of those guys that can play well
Jason Day
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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T3 | T9 |
Be interesting to see how rusty he is, I think this week will be more about getting things back together.
Long shots that could come through:
Emiliano Grillo
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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So a lot in September, he could overpower this course and do well in his first try.
Kevin Kisner
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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Another of these guys that could do anything.
Danny Lee
2016 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 |
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First time playing in this event |
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Lot’s of potential, just worried that he doesn’t hit it far enough and putt well.
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