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Alas, it appears that had more to do with the extreme wind over the final 54 holes. That was a whopping nine shots worse than in Schauffele's 2019 win. In 2020, the Plantation Course ranked 20th hardest out of 41 tracks and Turner's winning score in a three-way playoff with former champs Schauffele and Patrick Reed was only 278 вЂ“ 14-under par. To be sure, it's still a bomber's paradise, but Coore and Crenshaw tried to add weight to the second shot, as golfers are now forced to play the angles more with their drives.

They moved tee boxes, reworked bunkers, re-grassed all the holes, made changes to the greens. Original architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw were brought back and they were, in a word, thorough. In a nutshell, they wanted to make it harder. Normally, first-timers don't excel and rarely contend at Kapalua, thanks largely to the enormous and undulating greens that take time to figure out.ДЄfter the 2019 tournament, there was a substantial renovation of the Plantation Course, maybe as big a makeover as any PGA Tour course has had in just one year. There are nine first-timers, which really shows the depth of the Tour: Burns, Joel Dahmen, Cam Davis, Talor Gooch, Lucas Herbert, Garrick Higgo, K.H. 13 Scottie Scheffler were two other non-winners and therefore are not here. 3-ranked Dustin Johnson вЂ“ that's right, he didn't win at all during 2021, only the second time that's happened in his career. There's another big name absent other than McIlroy, and that's two-time TOC winner and No. Jordan Spieth, ranked 14th and the 2016 TOC winner, makes his return to Kapalua for the first time in four years.

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10 Sam Burns, plus the defending champion, No. 1 Jon Rahm and the guy hot on his heels, Collin Morikawa. Eight of the top-10 in the world rankings are here, led by No. The 39 golfers constitute the second-largest field in tournament history, behind only last year's 45, when the Tour expanded the field in a one-time pandemic-induced modification. Even Phil Mickelson is back for the first time in more than two decades, no doubt realizing that this could very well be his final invitation to Kapalua, which was granted after his out-of-nowhere win at the PGA Championship. Of the 40 tournament winners qualified to play this week, only No.

This time around is no different, but with just one. The TOC often is plagued by some of big-name omissions, guys not quite ready to get back to work вЂ“ not only for this tournament but also the second half of the Hawaii Swing, next week's Sony Open. While many fans would prefer to watch Tiger eat a ham sandwich rather than just about any golf tournament, we're all excited that the next eight months will feature non-stop golf. Granted, this offseason was a little different and seemingly not quite as long thanks to the 'return' of Tiger Woods in the PNC Championship. The PGA Tour returns after a long six-week winter break. That's the start of the annual lid-lifter, the Sentry Tournament of Champions. 25, but rather the first Thursday of the new year. But for many golf fans, Christmas morning does not come on Dec. SENTRY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONSДў021 champion: Harris English Tournament Preview This article is part of our DraftKings PGA series.