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JAYALGER’S WEEKLY BEAR TRAP
“You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two dollars in you pocket” - Lee Trevino
PREVIEW AND PICKS FOR THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
The Course - Sedgefield Country ClubWe come the the last event of the season before the FedExCup playoffs begin. We move to the east coast to Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina. Sedgefield was originally designed by Donald Ross in 1926 with a renovation in 2007 Kris Spence. Sedgefield has been the host of the Wyndham Championship since 2008. It is a par-70, 7197 yard course with four par 3s and two par 5s.
Hole breakdown is as follows:
| Par 3 | 4 |
| Par 4 <400 | 1 |
| Par 4 400-450 | 8 |
| Par 4 450-500 | 1 |
| Par 4 >500 | 2 |
| Par 5 | 2 |
| Total | 18 |
Course Data by Par 2018
Course Stats
- Par 70
- 7,197 yards
- Architect(s)
- Donald Ross (1926)
- Kris Spence (renovation), 2007
- Turf
- Tees, Fairways, Rough - Bermudagrass
- Greens - Bermudagrass, 12 Stimpmeter
- Undulating
- Larger than average
- Sand bunkers - 48
- Water Hazards - 13
- Difficulty (2016-2018, avg -1.175 RTP, easier than average)
- 2018 - 40th of 51 courses played (-1.310 RTP)
- 2017 - 37th of 50 courses played (-1.187 RTP)
- 2016 - 37th of 50 courses played (-1.028 RTP)
Brief Tournament Information
- Full field - 156 golfers
- Field Strength - weak
- Standard cut of 70 plus ties
- Since 2014, average -1.8
- Winners (since 2014), avg -16.4
- 2018 - Brandt Snedeker, -21
- 2017 - Henrik Stenson, -22
- 2016 - Si Woo Kim, -21
- 2015 - Davis Love III, -17
- 2014 - Camilo Villegas, -17
- Additional Notes
- Top 125 in FedEx Cup points get into the playoffs. Alex Noreen is #125 with 363 points. Notables outside looking in: Daniel Berger (#131, 348 pts), Jason Dufner (#136, 327 pts), Bill Haas (#140, 306 pts), Zach Johnson (#152, 270) and Jimmy Walker (#155, 258 pts).
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- Average Cash Line (GPP) - 493.88 (AVR - 9.88)
- Average Cash Line (Cash) - 469.50 (AVR - 9.39)
- Optimal LU - 721.50 @ 49.4k (AVR - 14.61)
- Best LU - 662.00 @ 50.0k (AVR - 13.24)
The Stats to Consider
- Easy course. Will need a lot of birdies. Will also need to avoid bogeys.
- Need to score on the medium par 4s (400-450 yards).
- Look for good ball strikers who excel with their irons.
- GIR should provide opportunities for birdies.
Quotes about the course
- LUCAS GLOVER, 2017: Greens were absolutely perfect. I mean perfect. They were firm with long irons, receptive with everything else and absolutely rolling great.
- WEBB SIMPSON, 2017: If you're in the fairway here you're going to have birdie opportunities.
- RYAN ARMOUR, 2017: I think you have to drive it straight. That's something I've done well all year. But, you got to be patient to where you
- can go flag hunting but you still got to be aware you can't be going through the greens. You got to stay below the holes.
THE CHARTS
2018-19 Season
The Picks
Anyway, I hope that this helps you in your own process to select your golfers for this week. Please leave me any questions, comments, suggestions or any rants and touts you would like to discuss either here on Vicehood.com, in our Slack, on twitter @algertorr, or on DK/FD/FDR jayalger. Good luck this week!
