This week the PGA Tour goes all the way to Japan for the Baycurrent Classic, returning to Yokohama Country Club. Let’s hit a winner at this no cut event!
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Course Breakdown
Par 71, 7322 yards, course is mapped around a lot of the natural contours, wide Zoysia fairways that get more narrow in the landing areas, almost no rough but vegetative grass and trees when you miss the fairways that can be difficult to get out of, both Par 5s are reachable for most of the fairway, 13 Par 4s, only three Par 3s, five of the Par 4s are over 450 yards, large and elevated, slow but firm bentgrass greens with heavy contours, weather effects the conditions here
Tournament Notes
- Last year was the first time this course hosted 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 7:45 ET on Wednesday night since it’s in Japan
Key Stats
Approach, SG: OTT, Par 4 Scoring
Field
78 golfers – Decent field strength for a fall season event in Japan
Defending Champion: Xander Schauffele (-19)
Runner Up Last Year: Max Greyserman (-18)
Players
Wyndham Clark: 10600: +1450 – One of the top golfers in the field, two time major winner now after his second win at the US Open this season, crushing it tee to green and has been playing great this year, has three wins this year, this course maps out well statistically for him, 21,1,5,MC,MC,13,5,1,11,3,1,MC,16,21,MC,MC,42,41,58,35,65,13 finishes in his last 21 events, first time playing this course, he was way better than his record at the President’s Cup especially in T2G and ballstriking, two of his wins this year came on courses with Zoysia fairways (has only played three courses this year with them), best putter in the field on easy greens, chips fantastic from the fairway, 20th in Approach, 39th in SG: OTT, 57th in Good Drives Gained, 5th in Par 4 Scoring, 1st in Par 4 Scoring 451-500 yards, 3rd in SG: ARG, 2nd in Putting, 28th in Opportunities Gained inside 15 feet, 9th in Birdie+ Gained
Doug Ghim: 9200: +3750 – Very good tee to green and improved late in the season, elite off the tee, runner up last week at the Bank of Utah, finished FINISH here last year, 2,17,19,15,MC,MC,6,15,28,31,19,30,MC,40,26,MC,59,MC,55,6,13,31 finishes in his last 22 events, first time playing this event, 14th in Approach, 1st in SG: OTT, 3rd in Good Drives Gained, 3rd in Par 4 Scoring, 14th in Par 4 Scoring 451-500 yards, 9th in SG: ARG, 32nd in Putting, 4th in Opportunities Gained inside 15 feet, 2nd in Birdie+ Gained, used a boost
Michael Brennan: 8600: +2800 – Pops in my model again this week with solid play to end the year, played really well late in the year including his win at the Wyndham Championship, 13,10,42,1,15,24,53,52,33,43,MC,6 finishes in his last twelve events, 9th in Approach, 6th in SG: OTT, 17th in Good Drives Gained, 12th in Par 4 Scoring, 29th in Par 4 Scoring 451-500 yards, 64th in SG: ARG, 8th in Putting, 5th in Opportunities Gained inside 15 feet, 3rd in Birdie+ Gained
Ben Kohles: 7900: +12000 – First in my model this week, played really well in weak fields late in the season and popped on some leaderboards, was at the top of the leaderboard a few weeks ago but crumbled on Sunday to fall to T15 at the Biltmore Championship, finished here last year, first time playing this event, 13,15,29,26,9,15,3,23,29,MC,MC,31,42,34,61,63,20 finishes in his last 19 events, 1st in Approach, 22nd in SG: OTT, 1st in Good Drives Gained, 6th in Par 4 Scoring, 25th in Par 4 Scoring 451-500 yards, 23rd in SG: ARG, 11th in Putting, 9th in Opportunities Gained inside 15 feet, 3rd in Birdie+ Gained, used a boost to double his number
Model
Approach (30%)
SG: OTT (15%)
Good Drives Gained (5%)
Par 4 Scoring (10%)
Par 4 Scoring 451-500 yards (5%)
SG: ARG (5%)
Putting (10%)
Opportunities Gained inside 15 feet (10%)
Birdie+ Gained (5%)
Stats based on past 36 rounds
Bets
Outrights
1u Wyndham Clark (+1450)
.5u Michael Brennan (+2800)
.5u Doug Ghim (+3750)
.2u Ben Kohles (+12000)
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