Phoenix Course Fantasy Stats

Waste Management Phoenix Open

February 4th – 7th, 2016

TPC of Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Par: 71 / Yardage: 7,266

Purse: $6.5 Million

with $1,170,000 to the winner

Defending Champion:
Brooks Koepka

by Sal Johnson

Founder, Chief Data Officer, GOLFstats

E-mail me at:
sal@golfstats.com

This is based on the most important stats for TPC Scottsdale, based on data from last years Waste Management Phoenix Open, and using data from all the players in the field for with stats from 2015 and 2016. What we do is take there rank for each stat and average that number between players rank in ’15 & ’16.

The scoring average of the field on TPC Scottsdale in 2015 was 70.75, so with par being 71 that means the average score was just a quarter shot under par per round, making the course the 22nd hardest course to score on in 2015.

In looking at the stats for TPC Scottsdale last year, driving and greens hit is important. With fast fairways, the course ranked 22nd in driving distance and 22nd in driving accuracy. Also hitting greens was important, the course ranked 14th in greens in regulation Last year’s winner Brooks Koepka was 3rd in driving distance, T-47thg in Driving accuracy and T-4th in Greens in Regulation. Now add this all together and he was 4th in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green. In proximity to Hole Koepka was 11th while in scrambling he was 2nd. He was T-5th in Par Breakers, it did help that he was T-6th in birdies.

*Strokes gained tee-to-Greens: Important because it shows how TPC Scottsdale ranked T12th in this stat, meaning that a combination of driving distance, driving accuracy and greens hit is important

*Proximity to hole: Hitting greens is important, last year TPC Scottsdale ranked 14th, but in proximity to hole, which tells how close players get to the hole, TPC Scottsdale ranked 8th as the players averaged getting it 39 feet and 9 inches.

*Par Breakers: Desert courses always seem to give up a lot of birdies and eagles, last year TPC Scottsdale ranked 12th in that stat

*Scrambling: Of the 52 courses on tour in 2015, TPC Scottsdale got it up and down 63.82% of the time, meaning that only seven other courses were better. So it’s important for players to make sure to get it up and down on those holes that they miss the greens.

For the field last year:

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