Valero Texas Open 22 Heavy Petting

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

• The fairways are narrow, with doglegs and angles, but the rough isn’t that bad at all. However, if you miss the rough and strategic bunkering…you could find yourself in the Native area with rocks, dirt, etc.

• Caddie Quote: “you can miss it by 10 yards, but not by 20”

• DataGolf ranks TPC San Antonio as the easiest course since 2015 from the rough, but in the top 10 most difficult from the “other” or “native area” category

• Minimal grain on these bermuda greens this time of year. In fact, this year the GCSAA has the green surfaces listed as POA, so get bermuda out of your models!

• DataGolf has TPC San Antonio in the upper middle in terms of scoring avg/difficulty on the PGA TOUR schedule since 2015 (non majors) along with RIviera and Colonial.

• TPC San Antonio ranks as the 7th lowest GIR% (63.6%) on the PGA TOUR since 2015 (excluding majors)

• DataGolf has the average Driving Distance at TPC San Antonio at 287.5 yards (along with TPC Deere Run & Torrey Pines South) and the average Fairways Hit % at 64.4 (along with TPC Sawgrass & TPC Summerlin) since 2015. 

• The average fairway width at TPC San Antonio is 32 yards along with Harbour Town & Muirfield Village. DataGolf ranks San Antonio 8th from the bottom in terms of most penal from off the fairway since 2015 (excluding majors).

• 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 10 for TPC San Antonio (Min 12 rds): Conners, Hoffman, Sneds, Landry, Streelman, Baddeley, Spieth, Laird, Perez, Kirk

• The bottom 10 would be (Min 12 rds): Swafford, Vegas, Finau, Watney, Hossler, D. Lee, List, Herman, Spaun, Kraft

• The Korn Ferry Tour played 2 events at TPC San Antonio in the Summer of 2020 in back to back weeks. One was held at The Canyons Course (Dye Design) and one held here at The Oaks Course (Norman & Garcia). Davis Riley won the event here. David Lipsky won the one at The Canyons. Paul Barjon finished 2nd and 3rd those 2 weeks and Lee Hodges finished 14th and 8th...they're both very cheap.

1. Strokes gained T2G leaders from last year's Valero: 1. Wallace 2. Hoffman 3. Spieth 4. Glover 5. Woodland 6. Ghim 7. Hagy 8. Stanley 9. Snedeker 10. Bramlett

2. Rounds gained % putting leaders on bermuda grass: 1. McCarthy 2. Ryder 3. Hossler 4. McNealy 5. Kuchar 6. DeChambeau 7. Poulter 8. Lebioda 9. Kang 10. Hickok

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, difficult to hit fairways & bermuda greens, your top 10 in total strokes gained are: 1. McIIroy 2. Spieth 3. Palmer 4. Kuchar 5. Fowler 6. Hoffman 7. DeChambeau 8. Conners 9. Woodland 10. Kirk

5. Top 10 JUST strokes gained ball striking on courses > 7400 yards, moderate to windy condidtions, & difficult to hit fairways: 1. McIIroy 2. Woodland 3. Palmer 4. Hoffman 5. Bradley 6. Matsuyama 7. Stenson 8. DeChambeau 9. Steele 10. CH3

6. Top 10 in birdies or better gained the last 50 rounds: 1. DeChambeau 2. McIIroy 3. Lee 4. Vegas 5. Riley 6. List 7. Ryder 8. Higgo 9. Matsuyama 10. McNealy

7. Historical GIR's gained @ TPC San An (min 8 rds): 1. Palmer 2. Conners 3. Glover 4. Hoffman 5. Streelman 6. ZJ 7. Laird 8. Kuchar 9. Grace 10. Kirk

8. Top 10 in GIR's gained the last 12 rounds: 1. Conners 2. Smalley 3. Spaun 4. Lashley 5. Lebioda 6. Laird 7. Matsuyama 8. Redman 9. Taylor 10. NeSmith

9. The two highest approach shot distribution buckets this week are 150-175 & 200+, your top 10 in proximity: 1. Matsuyama 2. Laird 3. Finau 4. Svensson 5. Ghim 6. Glover 7. Smotherman 8. Bradley 9. McIIroy 10. Knox

10. Top 10 projected points per salary dollar (good values): 1. McIIroy 2. Jones 3. KH Lee 4. Conners 5. Uihlein 6. Steele 7. McCarthy 8. Matsuyama 9. Si Woo 10. Spaun