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Picks and Preview: AT&T National
The big stories entering the AT&T National involve who’s not teeing it up at Congressional this week. Tournament host Tiger Woods, of course, is out with an elbow injury, and U.S. Open champion Justin Rose has withdrawn due to (entirely understandable) fatigue.
Regardless, there will be plenty of talent competing for the $1.17 million winner’s share this week, including Masters champion Adam Scott. And talent will be needed to conquer the Deveraux Emmett design, where the scoring average was 73.046 for last year’s field, 2.046 strokes above par.
Indeed, when the PGA Tour returned to the 7,569-yard, par-71 layout after two years at Aronimink (2010-11), the course had become something of a bully. Last year’s winning score (8-under) was the highest in the history of the competition.
At Congressional, golfers must hit greens, as scrambling is difficult at the track. Unfortunately, finding greens in regulation is a tall order, as well — the field average was 59 percent last year. Putting can be nightmarish close to the hole, too. Thus, the PGA Tour’s best will have to be at their best this week.
Here are a few players who could win the Tiger-less AT&T National.
Adam Scott: 10-1 odds
The Masters winner is the best bet (according to the oddsmakers) to capture his 10th PGA Tour title this week. He finished third at Congressional last year and has finished inside the top 20 twice since donning the green jacket. Were it not for a lackluster performance at the U.S. Open (T45), the Aussie would present with even better odds.
Jason Day: 12-1 odds
Another Australian who has been in fine form this year, Jason Day finished inside the top 10 at last year’s AT&T National. Not only is the golfer adept at handling the Bethesda, Md., layout, he’s coming off a standout performance at the U.S. Open, where he finished tied for second. He finished second in the U.S. Open at Congressional in 2011, too.
Brandt Snedeker: 16-1 odds
Now receiving injections to combat the bone condition, which has led to his recurrent rib injuries, Brandt Snedeker, and his golf game, appear to be on the mend. Following a top-20 finish at the U.S. Open, Snedeker has righted the ship after two missed cuts. Certainly, he has all the tools to win this week and appears to be well enough to do so.
Hunter Mahan: 16-1 odds
Although he couldn’t ride the momentum of his blistering opening-round 62 at last week’s Travelers Championship to victory, Hunter Mahan played well throughout the rest of the tournament. He is comfortable at Congressional, and he finished inside the top 10 at the National last year. One of the best drivers of the golf ball on Tour, Mahan has a great shot at winning this week.
Billy Horschel: 20-1
The octopus-pants clad Horschel played well in the final round of the U.S. Open en route to a T4 finish. Really, anything other than a meltdown would have been a victory for Horschel in his first major as a professional. He’s a quality driver of the ball and hits nearly 68 percent of greens in regulation, and is adaptable to new venues (as his play at Merion suggests).
Rickie Fowler: 20-1
Rickie Fowler finished off the Travelers Championship with an impressive final-round 64. If he can keep his quality play from last week and the U.S. Open up, he hits the ball straight enough (64 percent of fairways) to contend this week.
Bo Van Pelt: 25-1
Outdone by Tiger Woods on Sunday last year, Bo Van Pelt hasn’t been great this year. The Indiana native is, however, a horse for the course and could reprise his fine play from 2012.
Graham DeLaet: 28-1
Fresh off last week’s third-place finish at the Travelers Championship, the Canadian returns to a venue where he made the cut last year. DeLaet is leading the Tour in greens in regulation. He’s ninth in driving distance, which will help him considerably at one of the longest tracks on Tour.
Jim Furyk: 33-1
After a miserable missed cut at the U.S. Open, the 5-Hour Energy pitchman is due for a rebound at Congressional where he finished tied for 34th last year. Certainly, Furyk is accurate enough to contend, even though he averages only 275 yards off the tee. If his putter — which has been his undoing over the past couple of seasons — holds up, the 43-year-old could make a run at victory.
Bill Haas: 40-1
Haas, who has missed three of his last four cuts, hasn’t been on the best of streaks lately. However, he hits a lot of greens in regulation and is an adept scrambler when he doesn’t. A proven winner at tough venues, Haas could fly under the radar to victory this week.
Charles Howell III: 50-1
A dark horse pick this week: Charles Howell III. Chucky Three Sticks blew up at Congressional last year, shooting a final-round 80. Prior to that, though, he’d played quality golf. His accuracy off the tee will be an issue this week, as he hits little more than 50 percent of fairways. However, he’s 10th in strokes gained-putting and second in scrambling. CH III could surprise at Congressional.
*odds according to Bovada
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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