FedEx St Jude 2022 Heavy Petting

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If golf research were sexual...you'd be rounding 2nd base after this.

Here are a few key things to know that may not have been covered on the podcast enough. Keep these in mind when narrowing down your bets and/or player pool.

• TPC Southwind has the most water balls of any event on the PGA TOUR over the last 2 decades.

• According to DataGolf, TPC Southwind is in the top 15 most difficult courses on the PGA TOUR since 2015 (excluding Majors), similar to Colonial, Riviera, & Muirfield.

• TPC Southwind ranks within the top 10 since 2015 on the PGA TOUR in number of penalty strokes.

• TPC Southwind falls middle of the pack in average DD at 289 yards as well as accuracy around 65.5%. The fairways are among the top 10 most narrow at 29 yards on average as well as top 10 most penal when missing the fairways. 

• It’s near the top third on the PGA TOUR since 2015 in terms of avg GIR% at 64.2%, similar to Torrey Pines South and Colonial

• Per DataGolf, more approach shots come from 125-200 yards than the average PGA TOUR event since 2015.

• Only 4 of 33 players that have finished in the Top 10 here at TPC Southwind the last 3 years lost strokes on approach for the week, 6 of 33 lost strokes off the tee, 6 of 33 lost strokes around the green, and 4 of 33 lost strokes putting. 

• Per DataGolf, the optimal lineup consists of: Rory McIlroy ($11,000), Sungjae Im ($8,500), Russell Henley ($7,800), Aaron Wise ($7,700), Corey Conners ($7,600), and HV3 ($7,400). 

• Datagolf ranks players strokes gained versus their expectation on certain courses. It can be a useful way to identify pivots. The top 12 at Southwind versus their expectation (min 12 rounds) are: Berger, JT, Hideki, Rory, Lowry, Fitzpatrick, Reavie, Day, Spieth, Webb, Cantlay, Scott

• The bottom 12 at Southwind versus their expectation (min 12 rounds) are: Kang, Homa, Keegan, Glover, List, Vegas, Woodland, Laird, Harman, Knox, Tringale, Pan

 HV3 Said the Greatest Thing EVER on our Podcast You've likely heard HV3 interviewed before, but we made sure to cover new topics, uncover fresh perspectives, and we even played a few games with HV. He was awesome. Oh yea...and he said the most ridiculous, mind blowing thing a pro has ever said on our show in 7 years. CLICK BELOW & ENJOY!