Dell Technologies Championship

[Bamford]

A familiar tournament on a course we all know. That's till 2019 when this tournament disappears on a Playoffs rota-basis but we digress. TPC Boston is one of those courses where power and top-level ball-striking certainly helps. This course can be bullied, but the make-up of the scoring is interesting. Take Justin Thomas last year where his -17 total was made up at -14 on par-4s and -4 across the 12 looks at the par-5s. Or 2016 when Rory McIlroy shot Level on the par-4s and -12 on the par-5s! In-essence the 3 par-5s as a group are some of the hardest on the PGA Tour each-year, whereas the par-4s open up opportunities. Powerful sorts then are at an advantage as they have the armoury to unlock the par-5s with aggressive - Going for the Green operators tending to eventually triumph here. Greens are Bentgrass, with the inland-links course also likely to benefit from some cut in the fairways and relatively light winds for a course where the wind can seriously affect scoring. 

 

I'm on Koepka 14/1, Woods 22/1, Rahm 25/1 and Horschel 45/1. 

[claretkid78]

It's Labour Day in the US on Thursday so this tournament starts Friday with a Monday finish.

[cluelessG]

In the US they always celebrate Labour Day on the first Monday of September.

[claretkid78]

Just one selection for me this week. Although favourite I think Dustin Johnson is a nice price and I expect him to go very close.