Wells Fargo Championship: SB Nation picks subsequent PGA Tour winner

Quail Hole Membership, the host of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, is among the tougher programs the PGA Tour visits every year. It requires precision from tee to inexperienced.

Humorous sufficient, this venue will host the PGA Championship once more subsequent yr, eight years after Justin Thomas received his first main championship at Quail Hole in 2017. The course additionally hosted the 2022 Presidents Cup, through which the People defeated the Internationals, 17.5 to 12.5.

Massive hitters, who may discover loads of greens, are inclined to do properly on this golf course, however accuracy can be a should, as Shane Lowry defined in his pre-tournament press convention.

With this intel in thoughts, SB Nation’s Enjoying Via employees has submitted their picks for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship:

Kendall Capps – Senior Editor

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Earlier this yr, we noticed Scottie Scheffler change into the primary back-to-back winner at The Gamers.

We are going to see extra historical past this weekend as Wyndham Clark will change into the primary participant to win the Wells Fargo in consecutive years.

He set the course file final yr, and it’s no surprise why. Clark’s recreation suits this course superbly. The reigning U.S. Open champion is among the longest hitters on tour, and with Quail Hole listed past 7,500 yards, that’s important.

However much more importantly, it is advisable be exact each off the tee and on strategy. Clark ranks within the high 15 on tour in strokes gained: off the tee, on strategy, and even placing. We’ve all seen Clark catch fireplace with the flat stick quite a few instances this yr, with no higher instance than what he did at Pebble Seaside.

One yr in the past, Clark made a reputation for himself. He has since confirmed that he’s no one-hit-wonder and can cap off some of the underrated 12 months of golf in current reminiscence this week.

DraftKings Odds to Win: +1400

Jack Milko – Workers Author

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Of these gamers with out a PGA Tour victory in 2024, no one has performed higher than Xander Schauffele, who ranks third in whole strokes gained this season.

I consider he lastly breaks into the winner’s circle this week at Quail Hole, the place he completed in solo second—4 strokes behind Wyndham Clark—at this occasion a yr in the past. Schauffele additionally tied for 14th in 2021.

The previous San Diego State Aztec ranks tenth in strokes gained off the tee and is twenty seventh in strokes gained approaching the inexperienced—each stable attributes on this difficult golf course.

The query is whether or not he could make some putts, as he routinely places himself in one of the best positions. He tied for second at The Gamers and completed solo eighth at The Masters, but when he may have holed a number of extra on the greens, these stable performances might have became memorable wins.

Alas, I’m assured Schauffele will just do that this week on these re-surfaced and smoothened placing surfaces. He’ll gallop into Kentucky filled with confidence for subsequent week’s PGA Championship, recent off his eighth profession PGA Tour victory.

DraftKings Odds to Win: +1000

Savannah Richardson – Workers Author

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Early Wednesday, Rory McIlroy mentioned how this match is certainly one of his favourite stops on the PGA Tour, and rightfully so. The Northern Irishman has triumphed at Quail Hole thrice earlier than, together with his most up-to-date victory coming in 2021.

Figuring out how a lot he loves this golf course and the way huge hitters are inclined to play properly right here, I consider McIlroy will win the Wells Fargo Championship for a fourth time.

His recreation is rounding into kind, as evidenced by his dramatic victory on the Zurich Basic of New Orleans alongside Shane Lowry.

McIlroy has demonstrated accuracy off the tee this season, too, discovering the brief grass 71.16% of the time—good for seventeenth on the PGA Tour. That may certainly assist him at this Signature Occasion, which places a premium on precision.

DraftKings Odds to Win: +700

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Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying Via. You’ll want to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.