Tough course and big purse (7,000,000)
Lots of top players
Some guys play well here and I'm going with those guys.
Some guys don't play well here and I'm going against those guys.
I went back last 4 years. All scores below are most recent (2016) then going back each year
Jaidee -155 Oleson
Jaidee has made the cut all 4 years. T52 +4/T2 -15/T38 E/T40 -1
Oleson has MC 3 of 4 years. MC+3/MC+6/T54 +2/MC+6
Sullivan -115 Li
Sullivan made cut last 3 years, MC 4 years ago.
Sullivan T22 -2/17th -7/T26 -3/MC +4
Li T27 -1/MC +3/ didn't play event before 2015
Lowry -145 v Poulter
Poulter doesn't do well here. Played this event 13 times and only made the cut 5 times
Lowry last 4 years finished
2016 MC +3
2015 T6 -11
2014 2nd -13
2013 T12 -6
Westwood +110 v Fisher
Westwood made the cut all of the last 4 years
Westwood T15 -3/T38 -2/T35 -1/T9 -7
Fisher MC last 3 years here
Fisher MC +2/MC +2/MC +3/T32 -3
Grace -115 v Fitzpatrick
Grace didn't play this event 2016 but made all 3 cuts the prior years finishing
2015 T11 -8
2014 T61 +4
2014 T24 -4
Fitzpatrick only played this last year and was T47 +3.
I think Grace is the better player too
Hatton -140 v Pieters
Hatton finishes
2016 T7 -5
2015 T46 -1
2014 T38 Even
Pieters
2016 T27 -1
2015 DNP
2014 MC +12
Big juice but Hatton has been a Top 15 machine
An +125 v Weisberger
An +110 v Noren
Playing 1/2 on each. A split = plus $$
An playing well recently bodes well.
He won this event as a rookie in 2015 at -21!! -21 is pretty good
Last year 2016 he finished T33 at Even
Weisberger has been very solid this year and has been decent here last 4 years
2016 T15 -3
2015 MC +7
2014 T46 +1
2013 T12 -6
Noren decent here too
2016 T43 +2
2015 T8 -10
2014 WD +4
2013 T32 -3
Molinari +110 v Stenson
Stenson game has been off.
He was quoted this week as follows
"I keep on working on my game. I haven't been that happy with my long game in particular the last couple of months or even longer that that. There's some work in progress but overall I don't think we're in a bad spot and it would be nice to pick up some form this week. We're getting closer, I wouldn't say we're 100 per cent but we're heading in the right direction. I think I'm hitting more good shots and the bad ones are a little bit closer to where they need to be as well."
Molinari has a terrific history here
2016 T55 +5
2015 5th -12
2014 T7 -8
2013 T9 -7
3 top 9s in 4 years and plus $$.
Good luck