PGA DFS – No Mulligans – Sanderson Farms Championship

John McNutt September 28, 2020

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Sanderson Farms Championship

Course Preview:

The PGA Tour heads back to the states to the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi for this year’s edition of the Sanderson Farms Championship. CC of Jackson is a 7,400 yard par 72 with fast bermuda grass greens. The fairways are harder to hit this week, but with short rough we are expecting another birdie fest. Previous winners have finished around -19 the past few seasons with the cut between even par and 2 under.

Each of the last 6 winners of the Sanderson Farms Championship were first time winners on tour. With all of the young talent in the field including some of the Korn Ferry Tour’s best, we could see the same this year. Some veterans who plan to spoil this trend include Sergio Garcia, Zach Johnson, and the young, but very experienced Sungjae Im. Im finished runner-up at Sanderson Farms last year, losing in a playoff to Sebastian Munoz.

Stats we are focusing on this week: T2G, BS, Bermuda putting, GIR, Birdie or better, SG par 5s, Driving Distance/Good Drives gained.

Field Size: 144

Cut/No-Cut Top 65 + Ties

2019 Top 5:

-18 Sebastian Munoz (win in playoff)

-18 Sungjae Im

-17 Byeong Hun An

-16 Kevin Streelman

-16 Carlos Ortiz

Last 5 winners:

2019 -18 Sebastian Munoz

2018 -21 Cameron Champ

2017 -19 Ryan Armour

2016 -20 Cody Gribble

2015 -18 Peter Malnati

Initial players we are focusing on:

Will Zalatoris: Last week was another great showing for the Korn Ferry Tour pro, finishing T8. That is back-to-back top 10 finishes which has earned him an invitation to this week’s Sanderson Farms. At Corales Puntacana, Zalatoris was top 5 in driving distance, top 10 GIR, and led the field in scrambling. Over his last 24 rounds, Zalatoris ranks #1 GIR, #1 good drives gained and #4 birdie or better.
Scottie Scheffler: Scheffler missed out on the last couple events including the U.S. Open after testing positive for COVID-19. He has passed the PGA Tour’s protocol and is set to make his third start in Jackson. Scheffler finished 16^th last year and 45^th in 2018. Prior to his positive test, Scheffler was one of the hottest golfers on tour finishing top 5 in 3 of his last four events including the PGA Championship and TOUR Championship. Over the last 24 rounds, Scheffler ranks top 10 in T2G, Ball Striking, Birdie or Better, GIR, and par 5 scoring.
Cameron Percy: Percy has made 5/6 cuts at this event including two top 10 finishes. He had a great finish last week at the Corales Puntacana playing -5 on Sunday to move up to T8 for the week. Percy was 4^th in GIR last week as well. Percy does most of his work off the tee which is critical this week. We have been playing Percy for a few weeks now and we don’t plan to jump off him this week.
Carlos Ortiz: Ortiz is a course horse having finished T4 last year and T3 in 2018. He finished 25^th at the BMW in August and followed that up with 46^th at the Safeway Open. Ortiz gains the most strokes on these easy courses where scoring is low. At the Sanderson Farms Championship last year, Ortiz ranked 3^rd in T2G, 2^nd off the tee, and 6^th

Others to consider:

Sam Burns, Sungjae Im, Doc Redman, Cameron Davis, Jhonattan Vegas

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