The Masters 22 Heavy Petting

Heavy Petting 🍑 Masters 2022

April 04, 2022

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

  • 9 out of the last 10 winners had a T15 or better finish in their previous 3 starts leading up to Masters week. Gotta be in form to win a Major. Duh.

  • With the limited number of realistic guys that could win the Masters in addition to the typically tight leaderboard, we would all be wise to save some bankroll to fire at a few guys after Thursday or Friday (especially considering some wind in the forecast).

  • Danny Willett was 75/1 by the time the Masters 2016 kicked off and he's the longest winner since Charl won it in 2011 at 90/1. If you're not one to bet favorites, pound the 30/1 to 55/1 range.

  • DB walked the ANGC inside the ropes on Friday for the ANWA practice round. Saw the changes to 11 and 15. The course was NOT super soft. It wasn't super firm either (other than the greens), but remember that ANGC has the Subair system under a lot of the property (not just the greens). Even after rain, they can firm things up if they choose.

  • Spieth and Tiger were the only guys to win The Masters under the age of 25 in the last couple of decades. It's tough to imagine crossing off some of the young talent in the game considering their major championship records outside of Augusta. But Augusta is just one of those places that takes patience to win and years to learn/conquer for most.

  • Old veterans like ZJ, Phil, Adam Scott and even Hideki last year all won here having not arrived in the greatest form. The knowledge of ANGC can counteract some less than amazing form for the veterans.

  • Over 52% of all approach shots in 2021 came from 175 & Longer. The number of shots from 150-200 yards out was much greater than an average week on the PGA TOUR, while wedge shots from 75 up to 150 were significantly lower than PGA TOUR average.

  • DataGolf ranks ANGC as one of the easiest courses since 2015 when playing from the rough off the tee. However, with rumors of ANGC shortening rough to allow the ball to roll through the rough and into tree lines, bushes and pine straw...it's something to watch leading up to Thursday.

  • DataGolf ranks SG Metrics VS a player's expectation based on course fit. It's interesting because it can reveal cheaper/long shot players that tend to level up at a certain course. Here are the Top 15 for ANGC (Min 12 rds): Spieth, Rose, Conners, Smith, Westwood, Hideki, Leishman, Henley, Cink, Koepka, Rahm, Fitzpatrick, Willett, Si woo, Finau

  • The bottom 15 would be (Min 12 rds): Hatton, Woodland, Horschel, Garcia, Glover, Bryson, Lowry, Cantlay, Molinari, Fleetwood, Rory, Thomas, ZJ, Kisner, Scott

1. DK points leaders last 8 rounds @ The Masters: 1. Champ 2. Smith 3. DJ 4. Schauffele 5. Conners 6. Reed 7. Rahm 8. Simpson 9. JT 10. Henley

2. Rounds gained % putting leaders on bent grass: 1. Ancer 2. Kokrak 3. Bez 4. Cantlay 5. Hughes 6. Reed 7. Herbert 8. Smith 9. Na 10. McIIroy

3. Strokes gained T2G leaders in the last 3 calendar months: 1. Bradley 2. Kirk 3. Matsuyama 4. McIIroy 5. Conners 6. List 7. Knox 8. Hadwin 9. Kizzire 10. Pereira

4. On courses > 7400 yards, average to difficult scoring & bent greens, your top 10 in total strokes gained: 1. McIIroy 2. Rahm 3. Rose 4. DJ 5. Spieth 6. Koepka 7. Reed 8. Matsuyama 9. Simpson 10. Schauffele

5. Top 10 JUST strokes gained ball striking on courses > 7400 yards, short rough, & average to difficult scoring: 1. McIIroy 2. DJ 3. Woodland 4. Koepka 5. Garcia 6. KH Lee 7. Oosth 8. Henley 9. Casey 10. Palmer

6. Top 10 in birdies or better gained the last 50 rounds: 1.Smith 2. JT 3. Scheffler 4. DeChambeau 5. DJ 6. Young 7. McIIroy 8. Rahm 9. Cantlay 10. Hovland

7. Historical GIR's gained @ ANGC (min 8 rds): 1. JT 2. Rose 3. Conners 4. Oosthuizen 5. Spieth 6. Garcia 7. Casey 8. Rahm 9. Woods 10. Scheffler

8. Top 10 in GIR's gained the last 12 rounds: 1. Rahm 2. Conners 3. Lowry 4. Horschel 5. Straka 6. Hovland 7. Homa 8. JT 9. Casey 10. Matsuyama

9. The two highest approach shot distribution buckets this week are 150-175 & 200+, your top 10 in proximity: 1. Casey 2. Hovland 3. JT 4. Matsuyama 5. Zalatoris 6. Lowry 7. Finau 8. Morikawa 9. Niemann 10. Glover

10. Top 10 projected points per salary dollar (good values): 1. Fitzpatrick 2. JT 3. Pieters 4. Rahm 5. HV3 6. Homa 7. Matsuyama 8. Si Woo 9. Cantlay 10. Power11. Birdie or Better Gained at ANGC last 24 rounds (min 8): 1. Rose 2. Spieth 3. DJ 4. Champ 5. McIIroy 6. Koepka 7. Hovland 8. Schauffele 9. Reed 10. Matsuyama12. Bogeys Avioded at ANGC last 24 rounds (min 8): 1. DJ 2. Rahm 3. Matsuyama 4. Spieth 5. Smith 6. Woods 7. McIIroy 8. Oosthuizen 9. Harrington 10. Leishman13. Top 10 strokes gained approach the last 24 rounds: 1. Zalatoris 2. Hovland 3. Henley 4. JT 5. Matsuyama 6. Lowry 7. Casey 8. Smith 9. Woodland 10. EVR14. Top 10 par 5 scoring last 50 rounds: 1. Cantlay 2. DeChambeau 3. Fitzpatrick 4. Smith 5. Power 6. Rahm 7. Scheffler 8. Homa 9. Gooch 10. DJ15. Top 10 in 3 putt avoidance last 50 rounds: 1. Gooch 2. Schauffele 3. Herbert 4. Smith 5. Burns 6. Scott 7. Hatton 8. Reed 9. Cantlay 10. Leishman 

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