Power rankings: Wells Fargo Championship
The PGA Tour moves into the Tarheel State this week for the Wells Fargo Championship. Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club has typically been the host to The Players precursor, but that’s not the case this year.
World No. 1 Rory McIlroy, who won the WGC-Cadillac Match Play, is looking for a second win in three starts and is coming off a modest, if not bored, performance at TPC Sawgrass. J.B. Holmes is the defending champion here, earning a one-shot win last year over Jim Furyk.
Quail Hollow takes on more importance for many of the top players as it will host the 2017 PGA Championship.
Here are our top five players for this week:
1. Rory McIlroy — The world No. 1 has been in the top 10 in his last two Quail Hollow starts, he won the Match Play and finished in the top 10 at The Players without his best stuff, bored half the time. Obvious pick here.
2. J.B. Holmes — The defending champion is riding an odd streak of alternating good tournaments with bad ones: 2nd-MC-WIN-MC-T9-T51. So a good one here?
3. Jim Furyk — Furyk faded pretty hard on the weekend at The Players, but he never seems to do well at that home game. He was runner-up here last year and is in good form overall.
4. Hideki Matsuyama — Matsuyama made the cut here last year, but he’s so much more than that now. He faded quickly after a Day 1 lead at The Players, but this course should suit his eye.
5. Kevin Kisner — Don’t be shocked if Kisner gets a huge rub from losing to the better player that day, Rickie Fowler, at TPC Sawgrass. He’s been in two playoffs, at The Players and Harbour Town, played six playoff holes in 2 under and lost both. He was T-6 here last year.
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