TaylorMade Drive Relief
May 17, 2020
Seminole Golf Club
Juno Beach, Fl.
Par: 72 / Yardage:7,266
Purse: $3 million
All money going to charity
Defending Champion: First year event

We finally are getting some golf:
Hard to believe it was just about two months ago when we had our last preview at the Players Championship. When I wrote that preview, little did I realize what was about to happen, that all of our worlds were going to be completely turn off and we would spend the next two months in self-isolation. For those players on the PGA Tour and all of the professional golf the same with them, all of a sudden on March 12th when the PGA Tour put a stop to the Players Championship, I don’t think that anyone figured things would get this bad.
Well, it looks like we have hopefully reached the plateau and we can start normalizing all of our lives. For many of us, that means that professional golf will gear up again and we are going to see that happen this Sunday. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson will play Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a two-man team skins competition called the TaylorMade Driving Relief. It will be the first live golf on TV since the first round of the canceled Players Championship way back on March 12th.
The event will be played at Seminole Golf Club, in Juno Beach, Florida. The course is one of the most storied and exclusive golf venues in the world which has never had a televised event on it. It will be a bit strange to watch, as in these days of “social distancing” there won’t be any gallery to watch the match, there won’t be any media or even Seminole members. The Tour and the event organizers said strict safety measures will be taken. It’s become so restrictive that there won’t even be any caddies, each player will be given their own carts and probably use range finders to determine distance. Other than the 4 players, officials, and those working on TV the course will be wide open.
All four golfers will donate their time for the two-man team skins competition, with a purse of $3 million. The money will be donated as the McIlroy/Johnson team will be playing for the American Nurses Foundation and team Fowler/Wolff playing for the CDC Foundation. Farmers Insurance also has pledged a $1 million “birdies-and-eagles pool.
All four players make their respective homes close to Seminole, with Fowler and Johnson playing out of nearby Medalist and McIlroy at Jack Nicklaus’ Bears Club.
Note: With the PGA Tour coming back on June 11th at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Ft. Worth, we are going to run player profiles to help you get ready for the resumption of the PGA Tour.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the TaylorMade Driving Relief
Player | Arnold Palmer Invitational | The Honda Classic | WGC-Mexico Championship | Genesis Open | AT&T Pebble Beach | Waste Management Phoenix Open | Saudi International | Farmers Insurance Open | The American Express | Sony Open in Hawaii | Sentry Tournament of Champions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rory McIlroy (111.67 pts) |
T5 (23.33) |
DNP | 5 (35) |
T5 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Dustin Johnson (72 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T48 (1) |
T10 (13.33) |
T32 (6) |
DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (18.33) |
Rickie Fowler (45 pts) |
T18 (10.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
T10 (13.33) |
DNP | T5 (23.33) |
Matthew Wolff (16 pts) |
T52 (0) |
T58 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T21 (9.67) |
T61 (0) |
DNP | T11 (13) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
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