Patrick Waters The Range is a course breakdown for the upcoming PGA tournament with a DFS perspective. This week the tour heads to Arizona as the players face off at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
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The Basics
Course: TPC Scottsdale
Par: 71
Length: 7,266 yards
Fairways: Bermuda, hard to hit.
Greens: Bermuda, larger than tour average.
Architect: Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish
Past five winners: Fowler -17 (’19), Woodland -18 (’18), Matsuyama -17 (’17), Matsuyama -14 (’16), Koepka -15 (’15)
For a hole by hole breakdown, visit the PGA Tour website here.
Course Breakdown
The Phoenix Open plays at the TPC Scottsdale course in Arizona. The average score has been around 16 under par and I don’t see that changing this year. While 16 under is a nice score, it’s not exactly a birdie fest and we’ll look to treat this course as an average scoring tournament. Here are the top 10 golfers that have performed the best over the last 24 rounds.
While fairways are tougher to hit here at the WMPO, landing in the rough isn’t all that bad. The distance over accuracy tends to be a more dominating factor. With this in mind we’ll look at golfers that perform well off of the tee.
The greens are Tifdwarf Bermuda with an overseeding of Rye. Golfers tend to have issues putting on this surface in the past. Here are the top 10 golfers who perform the best in the field on Bermuda.
Below are the to golfers that have performed well overall three course descriptions above.
Player Fit – Back End
The toughest holes on this course are Par 4s and fall in between 450 – 500 yards. On the flip side, the easiest holes on the course are the Par 5 550 – 600 yards. Being able to perform well on these holes with both birdies and avoiding bogeys will be crucial. Most approach shots come from the 150-175 range, so looking for golfers that perform well within that proximity is a good starting point.
GIR will show up here but I believe there is a bit of noise in the stat this week. The greens are rather large so it inflates its importance for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. As always I’ll include Opportunity Gained in the stat pool when selecting my golfers.
Here are the top golfers with the 6 stat fields being evenly weighted over the last 12 rounds.
Final Recap of the WMPO
I believe driving distance could be a solid direction to lean on when selecting golfers. Players that have played the course before tend to do better than incoming course rookies.
Course Setup
Average Scoring Course
Hard to hit fairways
Bermuda Greens
Player Efficiency
Par 4 Scoring: 450 – 500 yards
Par 5 Scoring: 550 – 600 yards
Birdie or Better
Bogey Avoidance
The proximity between 150 – 175 yards
Opportunity Gained
Ball Striking
Thanks for reading and I hope this article is a great starting place for your DFS research at the Phoenix Open. Look out for the Insight Sheet dropping Wednesday. It will include my personal player pool and reasoning why each golfer was chosen. Also Wednesday night you can find me in the Win Daily Discord helping members with their lineups and last-minute questions.
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Stat Source: Fantasy National
