PGA National Key Fantasy Stats

Honda Classic

February 23rd – 26th, 2017

PGA National Champion Course

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Par: 70 / Yardage: 7,140

Purse: $6.4 million

with $1,152,000 to the winner

Defending Champion:
Adam Scott

by Sal Johnson

Founder, Chief Data Officer, GOLFstats

E-mail me at:
sal@golfstats.com

This is based on the most important stats for PGA National Champion Course, based on data from last years Honda Classic, and using data from all the players in the field with stats from 2017. What we do is take there rank for each stat and then add up the four catagories.
The scoring average of the field at PGA National in 2016 was 71.77, so with par being 70 that means the average score was a shot and a third over par, making PGA National the 5th hardest course to score on in 2016 (only four courses played harder). It’s also important to see how the weather played a factor, last year weather was clear but very windy, Thursday gusts up to 30 mph, Friday gusts up to 22 mph and Saturday gusts up to 20 mph. This year the weather will be perfect and the course will play fast and dry, so with winds under 10 mph the scores could go low..

In looking at the stats for PGA National last year Greens hit, Rough Proximity to hole and Scambling are important. Last we pick Par Breakers because last year it was near impossible to make a lot of birdies and eagles. Last year seven courses were harder than PGA National in making lot’s of birdies and eagles.

So how did the winner Adam Scott become victorious last year? He won by a shot over Sergio Garcia as Scott was 1st in Greens hit and 2nd in proximity to the hole as he tee to green game was spotless. In Rough Proximity he may of been 60th but since he hardly got in the rough it wasn’t bad. Scott was 6th in scrambling which was a help and T-1st in Par Breakers showing how important these categories are.

*Greens in Regulation: Since the greens average 6,400 square feet normally they would be easy to hit. But since there is a lot of undulation, hitting it to the perfect place is important. Last year on the PGA Tour, the greens of PGA National were the 12th hardest to hit. This has been the norm for PGA National, in 2015 it ranked 6th, in 2014 it ranked 18th, but in 2013 5th, in 2012 11th and 6th in 2011. So a player that hits lots of greens will have an advantage.

*Rough Proximity: How close you can get the ball on the green when your in the rough off the tee, last year PGA National finished 3rd in this stat.

*Scrambling: No matter how good your game is, missing greens always happens so it’s important to salvage par. Last year PGA National ranked 5th hardest in scrambling and in 2015 was 7th hardest so it’s a hard stat for players on this course.

*Par Breakers: The course is so demanding that making a lot of birdies and eagles aren’t possible. So players that are able to make a lot will do well on this course which ranked 8th last year and 5th in this stat on tour in 2015.

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