Isaiahs Protocol for the Wyndham Championship

The Course

The PGA DFS slate will head to Greensboro, North Carolina for The Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Another Donald Ross design, this course boasts a low scoring par 70 that averages just over 7100 yards. Typically known as one of the easier par 70’s on tour, The Wyndham has produced winners that have carded final scores of -21, or -22 over the last 3 years. Birdies, and scoring will be in abundance once again.

This is the last week for the Pros to make their move into the top 125 required to make the Fed-Ex Cup Playoffs, so most of this 150+ field will have some extra motivation to shoot well and move up in the standings.

Donald Ross designs always demand a premium ball striker and Sedgewick is no different. Accuracy off the tee will be more valuable than pure distance. Strokes gained on approach is equally important as hitting the greens in regulation has always been a priority to getting on the leader boards. The small Bermuda greens average around a 12 on the Stimpmeter and should reward guys who get hot with the flat stick. As is always the case for these types of courses, I’m not looking for the bombers this week. An accurate, world class iron game, with a better than average putter should be the right formula to card a low score here, and contend on Sunday.

Favorable Statistics (in order of importance)

Driving Accuracy

Strokes Gained: Approach

Birdie or Better %

Strokes Gained: Putting

Strokes Gained: Tee 2 Green

Par 4 (400-450)

Strategy

Make no mistake about it, the winning score at The Wyndham Championship will be very low. Ironically, DraftKings scoring rewards birdies very high (regardless of how many bogeys they get). I’m looking to find golfers that can nail their shot approaching the greens. Great ball strikers, that are accurate off the tee is imperative. The greens at Sedgewick are small so I want to keep our eye out for guys that can get up and down as well (SG:ARG). It may sound generic and simple but targeting guys that hit a majority of the fairways and get a lot of birdies is the strategy I’m taking.

Core Golfers (10K)

Webb Simpson ($11200) Webb finished 2^nd here the last 2 years, and 3^rd the year before that. He may not be long off the tee, but his iron game is almost always on point.

Patrick Reed ($10700) Seems to be getting into form at just the right time. He’s also a birdie machine ranking first in the field in DraftKings (DK) points.

Paul Casey ($10300) Almost won the PGA Championship last week were it not for Morikawa nailing his drive on 16. Top ball striker on tour. Ranks first in the tee to green (SG:T2G), 2^nd on approach (SG:APP), and 4th off the tee (SG:OTT).

(9K)

Justin Rose ($9900) Another birdie making machine. Rounding into form after finishing 9^th at the PGA Championship. Prefers Bermuda greens as well.

Harris English ($9300) A little pricey for The Wyndham Championship, but he’s a cut maker. Very consistent and loves Bermuda greens.

(8K)

Brendon Todd ($8900) Accurate and a great iron game. He’s an even better putter. Checks all the boxes for me.

Si Woo Kim ($8600) Looked great last week finishing 13^th last week at the PGA in a loaded field, with 14 birdies. Hopefully goes overlooked, excellent GPP option.

Ryan Moore ($8100) Popping in my model, 15^th SG:T2G, 12^th SG:APP. Gained strokes in his last 7 straight SG:OTT.

(7K)

Joaquin Niemann ($7900) Seems like he’s due. Excellent iron game ranking 3^rd SG:APP, 8^th SG:T2G. Another birdie making machine that just needs to fix the putter. Have a feeling he replicates something similar to his T13 at The Wyndham Championship last year.

Harold Varner ($7600) a local favorite. 4^th in my model. 2^nd SG:T2G, 10^th SG:OTT, 11^th SG:APP. Great recent form coming off a T29 in the loaded PGA Championship field last week.

Charl Schwartzel ($7400) Don’t ask, I just got a gut feeling on this guy for some reason.

(6K)

Ryan Armour ($6800) Accurate OTT and putts great. T22, T8, T4 in his last 3 here. If he can find that SG:APP game he had at the Travelers and Rocket Mortgage, another top 5 will be in the cards.

Brice Garnett ($6700) Great track record at The Wyndham Championship, with a T6 last year and a couple T20’s before that. Doesn’t play a lot, and doesn’t score heavy. At this price though, a top 20 would do just fine.

Value

While there are some value guys I have my eye on, I really don’t think it’s necessary to dive to far below $6.5K this week unless you’re really trying to cram some studs in your lineup. There are tons of other guys I’m still looking at (both high and low) as I try to narrow down my player pool for The Wyndham Championship. Hit me up in Discord and I can give you my thoughts if you see fit.

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