Sanderson Farms Championship
September 30th – October 3rd, 2021
C.C. of Jackson
Jackson, MS
Par: 72 / Yardage: 7,461
Purse: $7 million
with $1,260,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Sergio Garcia

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 28 players from the top-100 in the latest Official World Rankings, but only 7 from the top-50. They are: #25 Sam Burns, #29 Sungjae Im, #32 Will Zalatoris, #33 Corey Conners, #43 Sergio Garcia, #47 Matthew Wolff, #45 Si Woo Kim, #51 Lucas Herbert, #55 Mackenzie Hughes, #57 Kevin Streelman, #59 K.H. Lee, #63 Charley Hoffman, #65 Cameron Davis, #68 Cameron Tringale, #69 Chris Kirk, #70 Sebastian J Munoz, #71 Carlos Ortiz, #74 Matt Wallace, #77 Emiliano Grillo, #79 Keegan Bradley, #81 Harold Vainer III, #82 Mito Pereira, #83 Brendon Todd, #89 Lucas Glover, #91 Gary Woodland, #93DylanFrittelli, #95 Joel Damian and $9 Aaron Rai.
Last year there was 19 top-100 player and four top-50 players.
The field includes just 18 players from the Top-28 on this year’s FedEx Cup list: #3 Mito Pereira, T-6 6 Patrick Rodgers, #T-6 Scott Stallings, T6 C.T. Pan, #10 Will Zalatoris, #10 Si Woo Kim, T-10th Scott Piercy, T-10 Austin Cook, #T-15 Nate Lashley, #T-15 Harold Varner III, T-15 Bronson Burgoon, T-21 Brendon Todd, T-21 Cameron Tringale, T-21 Peter Malnati, T-21 David Lipsky, T-21 Dawie van der Walt, T-21 Charley Hoffman, and #27 Patton Kizzire.
The field includes 9 past champions: Sergio Garcia (2021), Sebastian Munoz (2020), Ryan Armour (2018), Cody Gribble (2017), Peter Malnati (2016), Nick Taylor (2015), Scott Stallings (2012), Chris Kirk (2011), and Bill Haas (2010).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Sanderson Farms field is our performance chart listed by the average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at Sanderson Farms in the last five years or check out our brand new and sortable 8-year glance at the Sanderson Farms.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the Sanderson Farms Championship
Player | Fortinet Champ. | Tour Champ. | Korn Ferry Tour Champ. | BMW Champ. | Nationwide Children’s | Northern Trust | Boise Open | Wyndham Champ. | Pinnacle Bank | WGC FedEx St. Jude | Barracuda Champ. | Utah Champ. | 3M Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Bramlett (178.67 pts) |
T42 (8) |
DNP | Win (132) |
DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T20 (10) |
DNP | T65 (0) |
Sungjae Im (173.33 pts) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | 3 (90) |
DNP | T16 (34) |
DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T46 (2) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Sam Burns (161 pts) |
DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | 8 (50) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (50) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Hayden Buckley (141.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T26 (8) |
DNP | DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP |
Stephan Jaeger (139.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T4 (26.67) |
DNP | 42 (2.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Adam Svensson (127.67 pts) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Greyson Sigg (125.33 pts) |
T30 (20) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T34 (10.67) |
DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | T35 (5) |
DNP | T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Harold Varner III (122.67 pts) |
T16 (34) |
DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T15 (11.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Patrick Rodgers (117.67 pts) |
T6 (60) |
DNP | T15 (35) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | T39 (3.67) |
Si Woo Kim (116.67 pts) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | T29 (21) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | 65 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Chad Ramey (113.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | T18 (21.33) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | T4 (26.67) |
DNP | DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP |
Corey Conners (113 pts) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
DNP | T22 (28) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 (7) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Sahith Theegala (111.67 pts) |
T47 (3) |
DNP | 6 (60) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T34 (5.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Joshua Creel (107.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP |
Mito Pereira (107 pts) |
3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T39 (3.67) |
DNP | T6 (20) |
Sergio Garcia (106.33 pts) |
DNP | T14 (36) |
DNP | T6 (60) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T26 (12) |
DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
Bronson Burgoon (106 pts) |
T16 (34) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | T32 (12) |
T60 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Matthias Schwab (103.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | 64 (0) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Trey Mullinax (102.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | 2 (100) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T16 (22.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Dawie Van der walt (100.67 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | T15 (35) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | DNP | T42 (2.67) |
DNP |
Alex Smalley (93.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T15 (35) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T48 (1.33) |
T29 (14) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Scott Piercy (92.33 pts) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | T15 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | 3 (30) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
Austin Cook (85 pts) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T32 (12) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T15 (11.67) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Vincent Whaley (84 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T41 (9) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (15) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
John Huh (83.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | 7 (55) |
DNP | T27 (15.33) |
DNP | T14 (24) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (9) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Lee Hodges (83 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T11 (13) |
DNP | DNP |
Tom Hoge (81.67 pts) |
T36 (14) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (1) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Aaron Rai (81 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T41 (9) |
DNP | T45 (3.33) |
DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | T26 (12) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
K.H. Lee (78.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (38) |
DNP | T47 (3) |
DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T6 (20) |
Will Zalatoris (78 pts) |
T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T29 (14) |
DNP | T8 (25) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Roger Sloan (78 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | 6 (20) |
DNP | T16 (11.33) |
Taylor Pendrith (76.67 pts) |
T36 (14) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | T34 (10.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP | T13 (12.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Keith Mitchell (73.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | T8 (50) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 5 (23.33) |
David Lipsky (73 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | WD (-5) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Hudson Swafford (70.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Charley Hoffman (69 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | T38 (12) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
John Augenstein (68.67 pts) |
T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Cameron Tringale (68.33 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | T52 (0) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T16 (11.33) |
C.T. Pan (64 pts) |
T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T29 (14) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Callum Tarren (62.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T26 (16) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (16.67) |
DNP |
Aaron Wise (61.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (33) |
DNP | T21 (29) |
DNP | T46 (2.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Paul Barjon (58 pts) |
T42 (8) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 (53.33) |
DNP | T73 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Scott Gutschewski (58 pts) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | T52 (0) |
DNP | T18 (21.33) |
DNP | T10 (26.67) |
DNP | T49 (0.33) |
DNP | DNP | T21 (9.67) |
DNP |
Scott Stallings (57.67 pts) |
T6 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (10.67) |
DNP | T39 (3.67) |
David Skinns (56 pts) |
T69 (0) |
DNP | T48 (2) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (16.67) |
DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the Sanderson Farms Championship
Player | Fortinet Champ. | Tour Champ. | Korn Ferry Tour Champ. | BMW Champ. | Nationwide Children’s | Northern Trust | Boise Open | Wyndham Champ. | Pinnacle Bank | WGC FedEx St. Jude | Barracuda Champ. | Utah Champ. | 3M Open |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doc Redman (-26.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (0.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Ryan Moore (-23.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Martin Trainer (-20 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
Matthew NeSmith (-20 pts) |
T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Dylan Frittelli (-20 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
J.T. Poston (-19.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T28 (7.33) |
Adam Long (-18.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T25 (8.33) |
William McGirt (-18.33 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T45 (5) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Kramer Hickok (-16.67 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Brian Gay (-16.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the Sanderson Farms Championship
Best Bets:
Sam Burns
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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CUT | T45 | T3 | T43 |
A combination of playing well of late, was T-2nd at WGC-St. Jude and 8th at the BMW Championship plus finished T-3rd at C.C. of Jackson in 2019. Has been a major force on the PGA Tour since winning the Valspar. Since then has been in the top-25 in nine of his 13 starts.
Will Zalatoris
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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CUT |
He is going to win in the fall and it could be in this event, don’t worry that he missed the cut last year. Started on the right foot with a T-11th at Silverado, that was after enjoying four weeks off and the back is back to normal again.
Mito Pereira
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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First time playing in this event |
More info:
Playing at Sanderson Farms for the first time, was 3rd at Fortinet two weeks ago. Had a great summer winning twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in June and finishing T-5th at Barbasol, T-6th at 3M Open and T-4th at Olympics
Best of the rest:
Corey Conners
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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T17 | CUT | 2 | T65 |
Has played well at Sanderson Farms, was 2nd in 2019, T-17th last year. Ended the year solidly at the FedExCup Playoffs, T-8th at Northern Trust, T-22nd at BMW Championship and Tour Championship.
Stephan Jaeger
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T14 | T51 | CUT |
Did finish T-14th at C.C. of Jackson in 2019. Was on fire in his last three Korn Ferry starts, T-2nd Nationwide Children’s, T-4th at Albertson Boise and Pinnacle Bank.
Sungjae Im
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T28 | 2 | CUT |
At Sanderson Farms was T-28th last year but 2nd in 2020. Ended the year solidly at the FedExCup Playoffs, T-16th at Northern Trust, 3rd at BMW Championship and T-20th at Tour Championship. Hard to believe he has taken the last three weeks off, one of his biggest breaks since joining the PGA Tour.
Sebastian Munoz
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T23 | Win | T50 | T35 |
Has played well at Sanderson, won it in 2019, was T-23rd last year. Was solid in his summer including 4th place finishes at John Deere and the Olympics, T-3rd at Charles Schwab.
Solid contenders
Keegan Bradley
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T4 |
Was T-4th at Sanderson Farms last year, has done his best on Bermuda grass. Ended the year solidly at the FedExCup Playoffs, T-11th at Northern Trust, T-60th at BMW Championship.
Patrick Rodgers
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T61 | T14 | T20 |
Was T-6th at Napa two weeks ago was T-14th at Sanderson Farms in 2019. Regained his PGA Tour card at the Korn Ferry Finals, was T-15th at the Korn Ferry Championship, was T-5th at Barbasol.
Chad Ramey
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T26 |
Since winning in Maine at the end of June has only been out of the top-20 twice. Played once at Sanderson Farms, T-26th in 2019.
Long shots that could come through:
Taylor Moore
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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T53 |
Yes missed cut at Fortinet but played well in his last five events of 2021, winning Memorial Health and 2nd at Price Cutter. Played once at Sanderson Farms, T-53rd in 2018
Peter Malnati
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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2 | T45 | CUT | T34 | T68 | Win |
At Sanderson Farms was 2nd last year and won it in 2016. Was T-22nd at Napa two weeks ago, he is nothing but a streak player, yes misses a lot of cuts
Scott Piercy
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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T57 | CUT | T18 | T45 |
Was T-57th in his only start in last year’s Sanderson Farms plays his best on Bermuda. Was T-11th at Fortinet, ended his year with a 3rd at Barracuda, T-15th at Wyndham, and T-64th at Northern Trust.
Not Good This Week:
Sergio Garcia
2021 | ’20 | ’19 | ’18 | ’17 | ’16 | ’15 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 |
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Win |
Defending champion but have to think that after team Europe lost the Ryder Cup could be in the dumper for this week. His game has been sharp, he played great in the Ryder Cup but lost his single match to Bryson DeChambeau. Has never had a good record in tournaments he defends his title.
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