Wyndham Championship
August 17th – 20th, 2017
Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro, NC
Par: 70 / Yardage: 7,130
Purse: $5.8 million
with $1,044,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Siwoo Kim
This is based on the most vital stats from Sedgefield C.C., based on data from last year’s Wyndham Championship and using data from all the players in the field with stats from 2017.
For the second week in a row, the tour plays a course that driving it straight matters a lot, the key to playing well at Sedgefield is to hit it straight and position your drives for the shot into the green. A look at the list of champions at the Wyndham since the event went back to Sedgefield in 2008 shows that the list of winners are guys that either hit is short and straight, or in the case of hitting it long players like Webb Simpson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed and last year’s winner Si Woo Kim that also can hit it straight and long. Another important aspect of driving, the holes that dogleg need players to lay it up to avoid going through the fairway and it’s always best to be in the fairways. The course is tree line and that is more of a hazard than the rough which is not as penal as it could be.
Like any other great Donald Ross course the greens are tough, first in hitting them if you miss them it’s a hard up and down. The greens are also pretty flat and lot’s of putts are made, but good and bad putters. So it’s a course that favors short hitters, those that do scramble well and average putters. Last week was a perfect example, winner Justin Thomas was able to scramble ok and putt great and yes he did make a lot of birdies.
So in looking at our four categories, we see how much driving and getting the ball on the green makes a difference. So we pick Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green because at Sedgefield putting the ball in play off the tee is very important, probably one of the most important items on this Donald Ross course. Then getting the ball on the greens is important and we all know how hard it is to hit a Donald Ross green. That is why next up is scrambling, because the greens are hard to hit, when you miss the green you have to get it up and down to win. After that putting average is important, last year Sedgefield was T-11th in putting average so it’s important to play well to putt well on this course We are going to take it a step further and use the strokes gained putting stat for our third category. Last we have birdies, last year 1,740 birdies were made, only three other courses saw more birdies made. So we are using the Birdie average for our final category.
*Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green: Looks at the combination of length off the tee and accuracy, then getting the ball on the green so it determines who is best at all of these items.
*Scrambler: Who gets it up and down after missing a green.
*Strokes Gained Putting: Look who picks up the most strokes on the greens.
*Birdie average: Players who average the most birdies made per round.
Here are the 125 of 156 players from this year’s field with stats from 2017:
Click any column title in the table header to sort columns.
# | Name | *Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green | *Scrambler | *Strokes Gained Putting | *Birdie average | Total Rank All Categories |
DraftKings Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Kisner (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 14 | 35 | 18 | 67 | 134 | 11300 |
2 | Seamus Power (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 68 | 14 | 66 | 50 | 198 | 8000 |
3 | Chez Reavie (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 51 | 33 | 64 | 54 | 202 | 8100 |
4 | Camilo Villegas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 129 | 26 | 50 | 25 | 230 | 6900 |
5 | Kevin Tway (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 69 | 53 | 67 | 68 | 257 | 7800 |
6 | Brandon Hagy (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 80 | 55 | 73 | 51 | 259 | 7400 |
7 | Webb Simpson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 24 | 6 | 143 | 88 | 261 | 10000 |
8 | Graeme McDowell (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 106 | 98 | 9 | 51 | 264 | 7300 |
9 | Bill Haas (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 31 | 24 | 102 | 115 | 272 | 10200 |
10 | Matt Jones (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 91 | 18 | 72 | 92 | 273 | 7100 |
11 | Martin Laird (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 42 | 49 | 70 | 115 | 276 | 7800 |
12 | Michael Kim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 104 | 82 | 46 | 54 | 286 | 6800 |
13 | Kevin Na (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 54 | 46 | 112 | 77 | 289 | 7500 |
14 | Ryan Blaum (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 147 | 58 | 25 | 59 | 289 | 6900 |
15 | Jason Dufner (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 28 | 138 | 86 | 44 | 296 | 10400 |
16 | Cameron Smith (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 66 | 116 | 89 | 31 | 302 | 7000 |
17 | Lucas Glover (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 26 | 118 | 108 | 51 | 303 | 8400 |
18 | Ollie Schniederjans (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 47 | 86 | 128 | 44 | 305 | 7600 |
19 | Kyle Stanley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 10 | 97 | 168 | 41 | 316 | 9300 |
20 | Vaughn Taylor (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 119 | 54 | 77 | 68 | 318 | 6800 |
21 | Keegan Bradley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 32 | 92 | 152 | 44 | 320 | 9500 |
22 | Chris Stroud (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 78 | 75 | 136 | 31 | 320 | 8600 |
23 | Seung-Yul Noh (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 111 | 75 | 59 | 75 | 320 | 6900 |
24 | Chad Campbell (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 38 | 2 | 156 | 127 | 323 | 7900 |
25 | Danny Lee (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 93 | 171 | 37 | 23 | 324 | 8700 |
26 | Tom Hoge (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 143 | 51 | 103 | 27 | 324 | 7100 |
27 | James Hahn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 59 | 45 | 99 | 122 | 325 | 9000 |
28 | Shane Lowry (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 70 | 172 | 19 | 64 | 325 | 8500 |
29 | Brian Gay (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 137 | 23 | 20 | 146 | 326 | 7300 |
30 | Andres Gonzales (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 113 | 32 | 113 | 74 | 332 | 6700 |
31 | Whee Kim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 164 | 21 | 36 | 115 | 336 | 6700 |
32 | Sam Saunders (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 136 | 110 | 69 | 23 | 338 | 8100 |
33 | Harris English (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 156 | 85 | 27 | 76 | 344 | 8000 |
34 | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 171 | 7 | 11 | 155 | 344 | 6500 |
35 | Nick Taylor (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 53 | 19 | 161 | 115 | 348 | 7000 |
36 | John Huh (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 97 | 11 | 95 | 147 | 350 | 6800 |
37 | Ben Martin (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 89 | 94 | 104 | 66 | 353 | 8800 |
38 | J.T. Poston (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 95 | 90 | 139 | 31 | 355 | 6800 |
39 | Peter Malnati (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 177 | 28 | 24 | 134 | 363 | 6900 |
40 | Kevin Streelman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 46 | 47 | 158 | 113 | 364 | 8300 |
41 | Blayne Barber (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 163 | 158 | 11 | 35 | 367 | 7300 |
42 | Zac Blair (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 124 | 3 | 88 | 155 | 370 | 6900 |
43 | Billy Hurley III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 148 | 95 | 34 | 94 | 371 | 6800 |
44 | Tag Ridings (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 139 | 142 | 55 | 36 | 372 | 6700 |
45 | Ryan Moore (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 76 | 112 | 87 | 115 | 390 | 9600 |
46 | Morgan Hoffmann (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 128 | 69 | 95 | 99 | 391 | 7200 |
47 | Steve Wheatcroft (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 179 | 15 | 17 | 184 | 395 | 6600 |
48 | Rory Sabbatini (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 79 | 102 | 173 | 42 | 396 | 7200 |
49 | J.J. Spaun (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 134 | 91 | 82 | 94 | 401 | 6800 |
50 | Russell Knox (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 88 | 132 | 160 | 25 | 405 | 7700 |
51 | Jonas Blixt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 189 | 100 | 8 | 108 | 405 | 7000 |
52 | Bud Cauley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 33 | 130 | 158 | 86 | 407 | 9200 |
53 | Robert Streb (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 94 | 83 | 100 | 130 | 407 | 7700 |
54 | Emiliano Grillo (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 50 | 170 | 118 | 73 | 411 | 7500 |
55 | Grayson Murray (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 100 | 188 | 105 | 22 | 415 | 9100 |
56 | Tim Wilkinson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 145 | 27 | 107 | 137 | 416 | 6600 |
57 | Byeong Hun An (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 16 | 147 | 154 | 101 | 418 | 8900 |
58 | Luke Donald (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 176 | 63 | 4 | 177 | 420 | 7000 |
59 | Scott Brown (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 154 | 95 | 60 | 113 | 422 | 8200 |
60 | Nick Watney (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 77 | 77 | 130 | 141 | 425 | 7200 |
61 | Cody Gribble (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 184 | 182 | 16 | 43 | 425 | 6700 |
62 | Cameron Tringale (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 149 | 89 | 80 | 115 | 433 | 6900 |
63 | David Hearn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 117 | 37 | 122 | 160 | 436 | 7000 |
64 | Cameron Percy (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 96 | 65 | 149 | 127 | 437 | 6800 |
65 | Trey Mullinax (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 132 | 158 | 119 | 29 | 438 | 6900 |
66 | Chad Collins (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 167 | 16 | 84 | 173 | 440 | 6700 |
67 | Aaron Baddeley (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 131 | 72 | 111 | 132 | 446 | 7000 |
68 | C.T. Pan (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 130 | 65 | 97 | 160 | 452 | 7600 |
69 | Ricky Barnes (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 153 | 73 | 63 | 165 | 454 | 7000 |
70 | Shawn Stefani (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 101 | 68 | 129 | 160 | 458 | 6900 |
71 | Richy Werenski (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 146 | 58 | 146 | 108 | 458 | 7400 |
72 | Mark Anderson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 144 | 40 | 124 | 155 | 463 | 6700 |
73 | Greg Chalmers (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 187 | 84 | 43 | 152 | 466 | 6700 |
74 | Anirban Lahiri (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 109 | 189 | 162 | 8 | 468 | 7600 |
75 | Daniel Summerhays (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 114 | 154 | 65 | 140 | 473 | 7100 |
76 | Brian Campbell (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 186 | 145 | 26 | 122 | 479 | 6600 |
77 | Bryce Molder (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 197 | 80 | 30 | 182 | 489 | 6900 |
78 | Dominic Bozzelli (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 159 | 125 | 120 | 88 | 492 | 6800 |
79 | Troy Merritt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 140 | 119 | 120 | 115 | 494 | 6600 |
80 | K.J. Choi (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 169 | 64 | 79 | 185 | 497 | 6600 |
81 | Nicholas Lindheim (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 200 | 142 | 48 | 108 | 498 | 6500 |
82 | Billy Horschel (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 86 | 180 | 81 | 152 | 499 | 7700 |
83 | Ben Crane (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 127 | 74 | 149 | 149 | 499 | 6800 |
84 | Ryan Brehm (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 135 | 133 | 125 | 106 | 499 | 6800 |
85 | Derek Fathauer (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 172 | 184 | 84 | 59 | 499 | 6800 |
86 | Martin Flores (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 166 | 141 | 56 | 141 | 504 | 7600 |
87 | Smylie Kaufman (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 115 | 173 | 140 | 77 | 505 | 7400 |
88 | Retief Goosen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 123 | 52 | 182 | 149 | 506 | 6800 |
89 | Spencer Levin (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 162 | 48 | 106 | 190 | 506 | 6900 |
90 | Geoff Ogilvy (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 142 | 38 | 135 | 192 | 507 | 6900 |
91 | Tyrone Van Aswegen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 102 | 105 | 174 | 127 | 508 | 7100 |
92 | Steven Alker (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 141 | 71 | 165 | 132 | 509 | 6500 |
93 | Harold Varner III (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 67 | 163 | 190 | 94 | 514 | 7300 |
94 | Greg Owen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 61 | 187 | 200 | 71 | 519 | 6900 |
95 | Alex Cejka (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 120 | 39 | 171 | 189 | 519 | 6600 |
96 | Jason Kokrak (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 55 | 194 | 194 | 84 | 527 | 7300 |
97 | Brian Stuard (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 150 | 123 | 115 | 141 | 529 | 6600 |
98 | Ryan Palmer (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 25 | 136 | 202 | 168 | 531 | 7300 |
99 | Patton Kizzire (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 177 | 185 | 93 | 77 | 532 | 7200 |
100 | Ryan Armour (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 107 | 108 | 151 | 175 | 541 | 6700 |
101 | Scott Stallings (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 73 | 167 | 167 | 135 | 542 | 7400 |
102 | Joel Dahmen (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 99 | 113 | 191 | 141 | 544 | 6600 |
103 | William McGirt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 110 | 152 | 123 | 160 | 545 | 7200 |
104 | Jonathan Randolph (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 155 | 149 | 134 | 122 | 560 | 6700 |
105 | Kyle Reifers (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 116 | 88 | 163 | 197 | 564 | 7000 |
106 | Hunter Mahan (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 188 | 115 | 75 | 187 | 565 | 6600 |
107 | Brad Fritsch (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 122 | 161 | 199 | 84 | 566 | 6600 |
108 | Johnson Wagner (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 175 | 178 | 78 | 141 | 572 | 7000 |
109 | D.A. Points (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 92 | 139 | 192 | 155 | 578 | 7000 |
110 | Brett Drewitt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 182 | 104 | 183 | 137 | 606 | 6700 |
111 | Ernie Els (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 191 | 175 | 45 | 200 | 611 | 6600 |
112 | Roberto Castro (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 112 | 106 | 195 | 199 | 612 | 6800 |
113 | Carl Pettersson (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 199 | 190 | 58 | 171 | 618 | 6700 |
114 | J.J. Henry (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 87 | 151 | 186 | 196 | 620 | 6700 |
115 | Mark Hubbard (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 180 | 109 | 153 | 192 | 634 | 6600 |
116 | Ryo Ishikawa (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 195 | 124 | 164 | 160 | 643 | 6500 |
117 | Jason Bohn (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 192 | 135 | 127 | 201 | 655 | 6500 |
118 | Matt Every (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 198 | 202 | 170 | 101 | 671 | 6800 |
119 | Ken Duke (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 165 | 155 | 179 | 180 | 679 | 6600 |
120 | Miguel Angel Carballo (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 194 | 174 | 181 | 155 | 704 | 6700 |
121 | Rick Lamb (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 161 | 195 | 196 | 165 | 717 | 6900 |
122 | Brett Stegmaier (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 183 | 199 | 184 | 165 | 731 | 6900 |
123 | Andrew Loupe (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 196 | 200 | 157 | 192 | 745 | 6800 |
124 | Steven Bowditch (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 202 | 197 | 166 | 202 | 767 | 6500 |
125 | Bobby Wyatt (Plyr/Tnmt/YTD) | 201 | 198 | 198 | 195 | 792 | 6500 |
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