In its 15-year history, the Wells Fargo Championship (originally called the Wachovia Championship) has produced more than it’s fair share of memorable winners.
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Harman started the season hot with six straight top-10 finishes in the CJ Cup, WGC-HSBC Champions, RSM Classic, QBE Shootout, Sentry Tournament of Champions, and Sony Open.
Byeong-Hun An ($7,600): I’m encouraged by the fact that Benny An finished T28 past year at the PGA Championship.
If a new contract is signed, could Eagle Point Golf Club, site of the 2017 tourney, be used to host another PGA Tour event?
“The way this golf course is set up and the way it’s playing right now, the guys are going to be stacked”, Woods said.
Said Hashmi: “One time, but the tempo in which he plays, he just seems so aware of what’s going on-his putts, oh my God”. Of course, she said yes!
One of the big areas Phil struggled at previous year during the PGA Championship was his short game, as he lost 4.6 strokes to the field around-the-greens. “I think everyone would be more than willing to go back there”.
Niemann said he likes tree-lined courses, like the TPC San Antonio, where he finished sixth at the Texas Open.
Jason Day returns to Quail Hollow looking for revenge.
Quail Hollow Club is a private George Cobb design located south of downtown Charlotte. There are a lot of things that I wish I could do that I can’t, and trying to adjust my programs for a fused spine has been a challenge, but I feel like I’ve got a pretty good handle on it. He also will play next week.
Tiger Woods – along with his new irons – makes his first appearance at Quail Hollow since back in 2012 – when he missed the cut – while this is his first event since finishing in T32 at the Masters.
“I threw my clubs in the closet for about 10 days, got away from the game”, Woods said. “If I don’t make it, I’m not playing golf anymore”. “Yeah, he was incredible”. “I drove it great on the weekend, but I kept hitting the ball in, and if I did hit a green, I hit above the hole. It would be nice”. Defending champion: Brian Harman. Just inside our triple-figure price range, both Gary Woodland [100.0] and Kevin Streelman [110.0] have bags of course form.
We’re busting our piggy bank this week on the top player on the board, but with good reason: Rory rules at Quail Hollow. He finished tied for fifth at 9 under, six strokes behind Reed. He’s back down to 1,141 in the world ranking, but maybe he has everyone right where he wants them. The fact he hasn’t won on the PGA Tour yet has allowed other profiles to rise above him but there has been plenty of promise, if not consistency.
Simpson was a distant second to McIlroy in 2015, while he just missed out on the play-off won by Fowler three years earlier. I just need to hit fairways because the course is really long. They’re replaced by Roberto Diaz, Lanto Griffin and Cameron Tringale. That was before John Peterson came to life late in the afternoon for a 65 to lead by 2. Jenkins is from Raleigh and played at UNC Greensboro and North Carolina.
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Now that the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship field is locked, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times and the results were surprising.
