Wells Fargo Championship
May 5th – 8th, 2016
Quail Hollow Club
Charlotte, N.C.
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,562
Purse: $7.3 million
with $1,314,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Rory McIlroy
This is based on the most important stats for Quail Hollow, based on data from last years Wells Fargo, and using data from all the players in the field with stats from 2016. What we do is take their rank for each stat and then add up the four catagories.
The scoring average of the field at Quail Hollow in 2015 was 71.92, so with par being 72 that means the average score was just a bit under par, making Quail Hollow the 20th hardest course to score on in 2015. The course is most of the time hard, so hard that it will be the venue of next year’s PGA Championship so this will be the last Wells Fargo on it for two years. You look at the list of winners, they are some of golf’s best ball strikers like Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh and Lucas Glover. Yes some weird winners like Derek Ernst and Joey Sindelar are on the list, but most of the time your going to get a quality winner, someone that plays well in major championships and WGC events. So in looking at our four categories, they are all related to ball striking, except for par 3 scoring.
First is driving accuracy, the field hit a total of 49.06% of the fairways and was the third hardest fairway to hit on the PGA Tour. The course is also long, so players have to hit drivers off the tee and you don’t see many players lay back with a 3 wood or long iron. Our second category is proximity to hole, this is the cousin to greens in regulation which Quail Hollow is 12th, but it’s important to see how close a player can get to the hole and at Quail Hollow it’s 40 feet and ranks 6th on tour in 2015. Our three category is strokes gained tee to green, again this gives an overall look at a player from the tee to the green, last year Quail Hollow was 6th. Last we have par 3 scoring and Quail Hollow was the 6th hardest in difficulty, as even winner Rory McIlroy was 3 over on the short holes for the week. This is the norm for the champions as only two of the 13 champions have been under par on the par 3s.
In looking at Rory McIlroy the winner last year he was the longest driver, on all the holes he averaged 311.5 yards. Now normally the longest driver drops down in accuracy but McIlroy was T-19th in this stat which is good. In proximity to hole McIlroy was 3rd getting his shots 33 feet away. As for strokes gained tee-to-green as McIlroy was 1st. So you can see why Rory won, he was awesome from tee to green and he was 5th in scrambling and T-13th in putts per round. To cap off our list, McIlroy stumbled in one category and that was par 3s, playing them in 3 over
So the key in picking a winner is someone that hits the ball great.
So here are our top-four categories:
*Driving Accuracy: Important because the fairways are close to U.S. Open length and if you drive it into the rough, it’s tough.
*Proximity to hole: Hitting greens is important, last year Quail Hollow ranked 12th, but in proximity to hole, which tells how close players get to the hole, Quail Hollow ranked 6th as the players averaged getting it 40 feet.
*Strokes Gained tee-to-green: Course may have only been 25th hardest on tour, but you need to hit it long and straight along with hitting lot’s of greens. So this is important to find a player that will do this
*Par 3 scoring: Four really hard par 3s, who plays par 3s the best
Players from this year’s field with stats from 2016:
Click any column title in the table header to sort columns.
# | Name | Driving Accuracy | Proximity to hole | Strokes Gained tee-to-green | Par 3 scoring | Total Rank All Categories |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Toms (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 12 | 10 | 33 | 54 | 109 |
2 | David Hearn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 32 | 6 | 74 | 17 | 129 |
3 | Henrik Stenson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 16 | 83 | 3 | 42 | 144 |
4 | Alex Cejka (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 44 | 31 | 68 | 1 | 144 |
5 | Spencer Levin (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 38 | 28 | 65 | 17 | 148 |
6 | William McGirt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 40 | 61 | 32 | 17 | 150 |
7 | Hideki Matsuyama (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 94 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 150 |
8 | Tim Wilkinson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 33 | 4 | 84 | 42 | 163 |
9 | Adam Scott (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 155 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 167 |
10 | Brian Stuard (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 14 | 10 | 143 | 7 | 174 |
11 | Chad Campbell (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 37 | 101 | 21 | 17 | 176 |
12 | Ryan Moore (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 29 | 97 | 67 | 1 | 194 |
13 | Kevin Kisner (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 9 | 28 | 71 | 87 | 195 |
14 | Kevin Chappell (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 98 | 42 | 16 | 42 | 198 |
15 | Roberto Castro (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 19 | 83 | 28 | 70 | 200 |
16 | Paul Casey (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 59 | 65 | 20 | 70 | 214 |
17 | Vaughn Taylor (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 30 | 2 | 61 | 123 | 216 |
18 | Kevin Streelman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 55 | 50 | 59 | 54 | 218 |
19 | Jason Bohn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 7 | 12 | 66 | 137 | 222 |
20 | David Lingmerth (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 20 | 91 | 63 | 54 | 228 |
21 | Lucas Glover (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 42 | 26 | 26 | 147 | 241 |
22 | Shane Lowry (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 62 | 50 | 64 | 70 | 246 |
23 | Jim Herman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 22 | 33 | 75 | 123 | 253 |
24 | Bill Haas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 34 | 163 | 22 | 35 | 254 |
25 | Zac Blair (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 8 | 63 | 151 | 35 | 257 |
26 | Patrick Reed (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 96 | 136 | 13 | 17 | 262 |
27 | Colt Knost (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 3 | 45 | 128 | 87 | 263 |
28 | Dustin Johnson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) (Withdrew) | 183 | 73 | 10 | 11 | 277 |
29 | Emiliano Grillo (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 6 | 37 | 77 | 161 | 281 |
30 | Kyle Stanley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 76 | 23 | 80 | 137 | 316 |
31 | Webb Simpson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 64 | 28 | 58 | 170 | 320 |
32 | Danny Lee (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 23 | 111 | 57 | 137 | 328 |
33 | Jason Kokrak (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 162 | 97 | 43 | 26 | 328 |
34 | Michael Thompson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 136 | 33 | 119 | 42 | 330 |
35 | Phil Mickelson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 166 | 152 | 11 | 3 | 332 |
36 | Rickie Fowler (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 81 | 114 | 6 | 137 | 338 |
37 | Tyler Aldridge (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 145 | 24 | 127 | 42 | 338 |
38 | Will MacKenzie (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 60 | 57 | 91 | 147 | 355 |
39 | Stewart Cink (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) (Withdrew) | 133 | 126 | 70 | 26 | 355 |
40 | Greg Owen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 105 | 63 | 29 | 161 | 358 |
41 | Jason Gore (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 65 | 1 | 147 | 147 | 360 |
42 | Graham DeLaet (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 138 | 37 | 39 | 147 | 361 |
43 | Boo Weekley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 49 | 33 | 145 | 137 | 364 |
44 | Luke Donald (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 175 | 72 | 34 | 87 | 368 |
45 | Nick Taylor (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 147 | 45 | 90 | 87 | 369 |
46 | Justin Rose (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 97 | 158 | 7 | 108 | 370 |
47 | Tom Hoge (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 141 | 5 | 140 | 87 | 373 |
48 | Francesco Molinari (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 115 | 74 | 62 | 123 | 374 |
49 | Kyle Reifers (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 55 | 57 | 100 | 170 | 382 |
50 | Jhonattan Vegas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 125 | 175 | 29 | 54 | 383 |
51 | Blayne Barber (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 52 | 119 | 106 | 108 | 385 |
52 | Justin Hicks (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 11 | 19 | 171 | 185 | 386 |
53 | Bronson Burgoon (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 167 | 105 | 102 | 17 | 391 |
54 | Scott Brown (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 84 | 152 | 86 | 70 | 392 |
55 | Brendan Steele (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 106 | 91 | 55 | 147 | 399 |
56 | Patton Kizzire (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 196 | 105 | 72 | 26 | 399 |
57 | Davis Love III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 25 | 65 | 130 | 180 | 400 |
58 | Mark Hubbard (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 31 | 78 | 121 | 170 | 400 |
59 | Byeong-Hun An (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 108 | 143 | 41 | 108 | 400 |
60 | Justin Thomas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 172 | 65 | 78 | 87 | 402 |
61 | Fabian Gomez (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 82 | 126 | 89 | 108 | 405 |
62 | Cameron Tringale (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 87 | 143 | 133 | 42 | 405 |
63 | Brett Stegmaier (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 77 | 54 | 95 | 180 | 406 |
64 | Johnson Wagner (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 85 | 122 | 148 | 54 | 409 |
65 | Dawie van der Walt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 152 | 50 | 138 | 70 | 410 |
66 | Martin Laird (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 180 | 78 | 98 | 54 | 410 |
67 | J.B. Holmes (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 177 | 149 | 17 | 70 | 413 |
68 | Robert Streb (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 151 | 114 | 80 | 70 | 415 |
69 | Charles Howell III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 189 | 158 | 35 | 35 | 417 |
70 | Ben Crane (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 65 | 140 | 144 | 70 | 419 |
71 | Daniel Berger (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 153 | 97 | 46 | 123 | 419 |
72 | Rory McIlroy (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 118 | 105 | 8 | 189 | 420 |
73 | Smylie Kaufman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) (Withdrew) | 173 | 105 | 40 | 108 | 426 |
74 | Mark Wilson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 26 | 111 | 154 | 137 | 428 |
75 | Adam Hadwin (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 67 | 143 | 134 | 87 | 431 |
76 | Ricky Barnes (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 200 | 57 | 158 | 17 | 432 |
77 | Rob Oppenheim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 190 | 45 | 156 | 42 | 433 |
78 | Harold Varner III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 148 | 125 | 82 | 87 | 442 |
79 | Si Woo Kim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 45 | 192 | 69 | 137 | 443 |
80 | Scott Stallings (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 165 | 83 | 73 | 123 | 444 |
81 | Scott Pinckney (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 78 | 182 | 116 | 70 | 446 |
82 | Michael Kim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 129 | 83 | 165 | 70 | 447 |
83 | Padraig Harrington (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 72 | 184 | 49 | 147 | 452 |
84 | Tyrone Van Aswegen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 188 | 65 | 114 | 87 | 454 |
85 | Ben Martin (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 99 | 101 | 94 | 161 | 455 |
86 | Chesson Hadley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 135 | 119 | 159 | 42 | 455 |
87 | Daniel Summerhays (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 112 | 166 | 124 | 54 | 456 |
88 | John Senden (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 149 | 83 | 87 | 137 | 456 |
89 | Whee Kim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 67 | 191 | 129 | 70 | 457 |
90 | Chris Stroud (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 107 | 126 | 101 | 123 | 457 |
91 | Branden Grace (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) (Withdrew) | 158 | 95 | 12 | 196 | 461 |
92 | Camilo Villegas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 194 | 126 | 132 | 11 | 463 |
93 | Peter Malnati (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 114 | 143 | 172 | 35 | 464 |
94 | Brendon de Jonge (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 122 | 122 | 141 | 87 | 472 |
95 | Scott Langley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 45 | 199 | 182 | 54 | 480 |
96 | Matt Jones (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 117 | 197 | 96 | 70 | 480 |
97 | Sean O’Hair (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 100 | 114 | 97 | 170 | 481 |
98 | Cameron Smith (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 103 | 31 | 167 | 185 | 486 |
99 | Stuart Appleby (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 127 | 65 | 135 | 161 | 488 |
100 | Patrick Rodgers (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 126 | 140 | 37 | 189 | 492 |
101 | D.A. Points (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 86 | 78 | 168 | 161 | 493 |
102 | Jamie Lovemark (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 171 | 170 | 54 | 108 | 503 |
103 | Retief Goosen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 168 | 190 | 125 | 26 | 509 |
104 | Andrew Loupe (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 207 | 152 | 120 | 35 | 514 |
105 | Jeff Overton (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 134 | 143 | 130 | 108 | 515 |
106 | Geoff Ogilvy (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 129 | 81 | 107 | 201 | 518 |
107 | James Hahn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 124 | 136 | 157 | 108 | 525 |
108 | Gary Woodland (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 187 | 122 | 19 | 201 | 529 |
109 | Will Wilcox (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 123 | 114 | 111 | 185 | 533 |
110 | Sam Saunders (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 119 | 152 | 176 | 87 | 534 |
111 | Ian Poulter (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 70 | 184 | 163 | 123 | 540 |
112 | Harris English (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 154 | 163 | 104 | 123 | 544 |
113 | Brian Harman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 89 | 161 | 188 | 108 | 546 |
114 | Derek Ernst (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 104 | 152 | 146 | 147 | 549 |
115 | Chad Collins (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 128 | 166 | 175 | 87 | 556 |
116 | Jamie Donaldson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 197 | 192 | 150 | 17 | 556 |
117 | Luke List (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 198 | 187 | 27 | 147 | 559 |
118 | Hiroshi Iwata (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 139 | 179 | 190 | 54 | 562 |
119 | George McNeill (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 109 | 119 | 178 | 161 | 567 |
120 | Erik Compton (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 179 | 83 | 170 | 147 | 579 |
121 | Angel Cabrera (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 159 | 199 | 183 | 42 | 583 |
122 | Vijay Singh (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 119 | 173 | 115 | 180 | 587 |
123 | Rory Sabbatini (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 88 | 201 | 153 | 147 | 589 |
124 | Jonas Blixt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 146 | 176 | 180 | 87 | 589 |
125 | Tony Finau (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 202 | 134 | 83 | 170 | 589 |
126 | Derek Fathauer (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 191 | 111 | 189 | 108 | 599 |
127 | Sung Kang (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 119 | 181 | 139 | 170 | 609 |
128 | Matt Every (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 170 | 182 | 191 | 70 | 613 |
129 | Steve Wheatcroft (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 140 | 170 | 174 | 147 | 631 |
130 | J.J. Henry (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 111 | 184 | 177 | 161 | 633 |
131 | Anirban Lahiri (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 159 | 204 | 137 | 137 | 637 |
132 | Shawn Stefani (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 181 | 163 | 123 | 170 | 637 |
133 | Andres Gonzales (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 193 | 176 | 198 | 87 | 654 |
134 | Morgan Hoffmann (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 143 | 166 | 162 | 189 | 660 |
135 | Steve Marino (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 157 | 126 | 185 | 196 | 664 |
136 | Brian Gay (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) (Withdrew) | 79 | 179 | 205 | 204 | 667 |
137 | Carlos Ortiz (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 201 | 187 | 184 | 108 | 680 |
138 | Brendon Todd (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 93 | 195 | 201 | 201 | 690 |
139 | Ernie Els (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 178 | 206 | 152 | 170 | 706 |
140 | Hunter Mahan (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 116 | 201 | 186 | 208 | 711 |
141 | Robert Allenby (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 182 | 149 | 207 | 196 | 734 |
142 | Steven Bowditch (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 206 | 203 | 208 | 123 | 740 |
143 | Ollie Schniederjans (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 208 | 204 | 155 | 189 | 756 |
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