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 12 months, eight years after Justin Thomas received his first main championship at Quail Hole in 2017. The course additionally hosted the 2022 Presidents Cup, by which the People defeated the Internationals, 17.5 to 12.5.

Massive hitters, who may also discover loads of greens, are likely 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 By way of employees has submitted their picks for the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship:

Kendall Capps – Senior Editor

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Earlier this 12 months, we noticed Scottie Scheffler develop into the primary back-to-back winner at The Gamers.

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

He set the course report final 12 months, and it’s no surprise why. Clark’s sport 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, you want to be exact each off the tee and on strategy. Clark ranks within the prime 15 on tour in strokes gained: off the tee, on strategy, and even placing. We have now all seen Clark catch hearth with the flat stick quite a few occasions this 12 months, with no higher instance than what he did at Pebble Seashore.

One 12 months in the past, Clark made a reputation for himself. He has since confirmed that he’s no one-hit-wonder and can cap off probably the most 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 complete strokes gained this season.

I imagine 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 12 months 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 might have holed just a few extra on the greens, these stable performances might have became memorable wins.

Alas, I’m assured Schauffele will do exactly 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, contemporary 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 event is one in every 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.

Realizing how a lot he loves this golf course and the way massive hitters are likely to play properly right here, I imagine McIlroy will win the Wells Fargo Championship for a fourth time.

His sport is rounding into type, 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 can absolutely 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 By way of. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.