Tournament Preview - Wells Fargo Championship

Tournament Preview - Wells Fargo Championship

Hello members,

After a week of relaxing (I wish), One Putts is back for another designated event! Last week, Tony Finau took down the Mexico Open with Jon Rahm ending up in second.

Looking towards this week, the Wells Fargo Championship is hosted by Quail Hollow in Charlotte, NC. The elevated purse is $20m with the winner’s share being $3.6m. Most of the big names are back, like Rory who confirmed why he missed the RBC Heritage, with the exceptions of Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, and Hideki Matsuyama.

Excited for the golf this weekend on a course that is known for being a top destination on Tour.

Weather

Unseasonably cool right now in North Carolina. No one is complaining though. With the exception of Saturday, it should be a very pleasant weekend for golf.

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website.

ESPN Plus starting at 6:45am through 2:00pm EST
Golf Channel starting at 2:00pm through 6:00pm EST

The full field was announced this weekend and can be found here. 156 players with a few big names missing. Since this is a designated event, players can miss one before consequences start. With the season being halfway through, it makes sense why some players would want to take a break.

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Max Homa - 2022, 2019

  • Rory McIlroy - 2021, 2015

  • Jason Day - 2018

  • Brian Harman - 2017

  • James Hahn - 2016

  • J.B. Holmes - 2014

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)

Some notable players to consider:

• Max Homa - +2200 - previous 2x winner

• Cameron Young - +1600 - feels like he plays well in the biggest events and has to get his first win soon.

• Corey Conners - +7000 - longer shot but deserves to be picked with his solid play this year so far

• Quail Hollow is a private club in Charlotte and pretty exclusive. Some notable members are David Tepper, Webb Simpson, Harold Varner III, and some other business leaders.

• The club has hosted the PGA Championship in 2017 (and will again in 2025) and the President’s Cup last year in 2022.

• Membership costs are reportedly $100,000 initiation and $800 in monthly dues.

• The course is a Par 72 and around 7,600 yards long. The notable holes are 16 through 18 and known as “The Green Mile”.

Notes and News

• Biggest news is that Tiger Woods’ caddy, Joe LaCava, has moved on from Tiger to Patrick Cantlay (twitter and twitter)

• Interesting thread between Colt Knost and Phil Mickelson on whether LIV should be granted OWGR points or not (twitter)

• Adam Sandler is joining Will Ferrell in their sitcom comedy about a rival golf league (twitter)

• Bryson DeChambeau is looking thin (twitter)

• Jon Rahm has made more money this year through April than any PGA Tour player in history (article)

• Tony Finau won last week and ended up at a Par 3 with his kids #dadlife (twitter)

• Talor Gooch described his conversation with Tiger Woods about LIV (article)

• The feeder leagues for the PGA Tour aka the LatinoAmerican Tour and Canadian Tour join forces to create one tour (twitter)

• Jack Nicklaus discusses his opinion on Tiger’s injury and comeback (twitter)

• This dude is practicing his putting celebrations and it’s awesome (twitter)

Twitter Roundup

May your rounds be filled with #oneputts.

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