I’ll tell you what, this wrap around schedule still throws me off. I should be used to it by now but it’s still crazy to me that golf is considered a year round sport but here we are in mid-November breaking down another event. The benefit of this time of year is you get to see more of the young players and grinders on the PGA Tour before the meat of the season begins. Most of these players are on the lower tier having to grind through the fall and winter while the top dogs can pick and choose the events they wish to attend, usually because of sponsorship responsibilities.
The RSM Classic will be the last full field event of the 2021 calendar year. The only events remaining before we ring in 2022 is the Hero World Challenge and the QBE Shootout. Both of those events have small fields with no cuts..
This tournament is played on two courses at the Sea Island Golf Club. First, we have the Seaside course which is a par 70 and measures out to just 7,005 yards from the championship tees. Then the Plantation course, a par 72, that stretches out to 7,060 yards. Both of these courses are played on really fast Bermuda grass and they are true ocean tracks on the southern tip of the island. You’ll see all the traditional links course staples like ocean vistas, tidal creeks, dunes and salt marshes throughout the course. Each of the players will play both the Plantation and Seaside courses over Thursday and Friday but then the tournament will be decided on the Seaside course over the weekend.
When you have short tracks like these, accuracy is usually the first thing I’m looking for when selecting my players. The history of success at the RSM has not shown distance off the tee to be as important as other statistical markers. For example, I will look closely at Strokes Gained: Approach and Scrambling. We want these guys to fire the ball in there nice and tight but when they do miss, they need to be able to get themselves out of trouble. These players will go low this weekend, the winners over the last three years have all been 19 under par. The factors I’ll be looking at when picking players this weekend, course history, current form, Strokes Gained: Approach, Greens in Regulation, Birdie or Better Percentage, Scrambling, and Strokes Gained: Putting.
The weather looks to be pretty good this weekend with weather in the mid to upper 60s. There is no rain in the forecast but we will see wind and it will be a factor. We could see gusts into the 20s early in the week. I definitely target players who have a good history on island and windy courses.
Good luck this weekend.
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