This week the PGA Tour heads to Yokohama Country Club in Japan for the first time for the Baycurrent Classic, a no cut fall swing season event.
Course Breakdown
Par 71, 7315 yards, wide Zoysia fairways that get more narrow in the landing areas, almost no rough but vegetative grass and trees when you miss the fairways, both Par 5s seem reachable for most of the fairway, five of the Par 4s are over 450 yards, large and elevated, slow but firm bentgrass greens with heavy contours
Tournament Notes
- This is the first time this course is hosting a PGA Tour tournament
- Co-sanctioned event with the Japan Golf Tour
- This tournament used to be the Zozo Championship
- No cut event
- Starts at 5:45 ET on Wednesday night since it’s in Japan
Key Stats
Approach, SG: OTT, Par 4 Scoring
Field
77 golfers – pretty lousy field strength outside of Xander, Hideki, and Morikawa
Defending Champion (Zozo Championship at Narashino Country Club): Nico Echavarria (-20)
Players
Hideki Matsuyama: 10400: +1800 – One of the top golfers in the field, 26,17,19,16,13,30,42,38,36,MC,17,21 finishes in his last twelve events, 2nd in Approach, 72nd in SG: OTT, 25th in Good Drives Gained, 9th in Par 4 Scoring, 30th in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 6th in SG: ARG, 31st in Putting, 12th in Opportunities Gained, 19th in Birdie+ Gained
Chris Gotterup: 9900: +2200 – Hasn’t played since the BMW Championship in August, one of the top golfers off the tee this season in every facet of driving, 33,54,10,3,1,21,26,23,MC,28,15,MC,18 finishes in his last 13 events, 34th in Approach, 1st in SG: OTT, 29th in Good Drives Gained, 3rd in Par 4 Scoring, 2nd in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 24th in SG: ARG, 61st in Putting, 11th in Opportunities Gained, 12th in Birdie+ Gained
Kurt Kitayama: 9400: +2600 – First in my model, won this season at the 3M Open, 19,9,31,1,5,51,MC,22,MC,5,MC,39,MC,33 finishes in his last 14 events, 1st in Approach, 6th in SG: OTT, 51st in Good Drives Gained, 25th in Par 4 Scoring, 10th in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 22nd in SG: ARG, 56th in Putting, 5th in Opportunities Gained, 13th in Birdie+ Gained
Michael Thorbjornsen: 9100: +3000 – Gained on approach and OTT in six of his last seven events, playing solid golf lately with 29,13,38,MC,21,4,41,54,33,MC,39 finishes in his last eleven events, 11th in Approach, 5th in SG: OTT, 11th in Good Drives Gained, 40th in Par 4 Scoring, 36th in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 69th in SG: ARG, 44th in Putting, 7th in Opportunities Gained, 8th in Birdie+ Gained
Emiliano Grillo: 8100: +5000 – Has gained on approach in ten of his last twelve events and OTT in 13 of his last 16 events, MC,4,50,44,22,2,73,19,24,16,MC,17,47,22 finishes in his last 14 events, 6th in Approach, 19th in SG: OTT, 2nd in Good Drives Gained, 21st in Par 4 Scoring, 5th in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 63rd in SG: ARG, 11th in Putting, 9th in Opportunities Gained, 37th in Birdie+ Gained
Kevin Roy: 6800: +7000 – Has been very good on approach and off the tee, 18,MC,MC,28,MC,3,8,18,46,15,40 finishes in his last eleven events, 17th in Approach, 25th in SG: OTT, 15th in Good Drives Gained, 1st in Par 4 Scoring, 1st in Par 4 Scoring (450–500 yards), 33rd in SG: ARG, 7th in Putting, 53rd in Opportunities Gained, 22nd in Birdie+ Gained
Model
Approach (30%)
SG: OTT (20%)
Good Drives Gained (5%)
Par 4 Scoring (10%)
Par 4 Scoring (450-500 yards) (5%)
SG: ARG (5%)
Putting (10%)
Opportunities Gained (10%)
Birdie+ Gained (5%)
Stats based on past 36 rounds
Bets
Outrights
.6u Hideki Matsuyama (+1800)
.5u Chris Gotterup (+2200)
.4u Kurt Kitayama (+2600)
.4u Michael Thorbjornsen (+3000)
.2u Emiliano Grillo (+5000)
.2u Kevin Roy (+7000)
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