The Course Report
Congaree Golf Club
About Congaree
A one stop on tour for Congaree as the course will play host to Palmetto. This tournament, as it currenlty stands, is replacing the RBC Canada for this year due to the travel restrictions in Canada due to Covid-19.
This course will play fast, unless the weather forecast holds true and softens the course up. As of right now, rain in the forecast could lead to players withdrawing due to the US Open being next week. Many might see the length of the course and immediately lock in bombers, but remember, this course is not on the Tour rotation. We have seen plenty of new courses cause little to any struggle for Tour Pros which literally leaves this field wide open.
Insight lets us know that there literally is little rough in this course. In fact, wayward tee shots are more likely to find waste areas rather than any long grass. The supposed teeth of this course is approach accuracy, and the landing your ball in the apporpriate areas. Pay attention to what is being talked up this week. If experts are going to suggest that the around the green game is at a premium I would tailor your focus toward approach and ball striking.
This weeks course has only had three months to prepare for PGA Tour pros. This is going to be a scoring a plenty, and it will be interesting to see how the course plays this weekend.
Architect: Tom Fazio
Greens: Bentgrass Greens
Green Size: Average to Larger Size
Stimpmeter: 12.5-13, greens will be fast for US Open Prep
Length: 7,655 Yards – Par 71
Water Hazards: 10
Bunkers: 0, waste areas
Weather Forecast
Past Winners
Rahm entered Sunday with a 4-shot lead and never looked back. The truth is that Muifield caused issues for every golfer in the field.
Rham, teeing off on the 9th was up 8-strokes. Only five holes later his lead was down to 3. Regardless of the difficulty, Rahm was still too good all weekend long and earned the victory.
Cantlay was bogey free on Sunday, and walked away with the victory by two strokes over Adam Scott.
Cantlay didn’t start in the final pairing on Sunday, but this did not deter him from dominating and curising to victory. The 64 at Muirfield was the lowest single round in tournament history.
This was DeChambeau’s second win tour, and it wasn’t easy. DeChambeau needed a playoff to overcome Benny An and Kyle Stanley.
It was the second the playoff hole where DeChambeau nailed a 13-footer for the win.
A common theme at Muirfield is how this course can quickly elminate big leads, and Jason Dufner almost became another victim.
Dufner lost a 5-shot lead in the thrid round, but overcame a 4-shot deficit on Sunday on the heels of two rain delays. This was Dufner’s 5th win on the PGA Tour, and he was the first Ohio naitive to win the tournament since Jack Nicklaus.
McGirt amazing bunker shot on 18 forced a playoff with Jon Curran. Was this the names that spectator’s expected to see at the end of the day? Obvioulsy not.
Yet, McGirt was solid all weekend long, and collected a win on the PGA Tour and realistically saved a few more years on his PGA Tour card thanks to the win.
Lingmerth held on against all odds. Justin Rose forced Lingmerth into a playoff and it really seemed as though Rose had luck on his side. Even in the playoff he nailed a 20-footer for par.
Lingmerth stayed positive and stayed consistant. He outlasted Rose on the thrid playoff hole with a par to lock up the win.
How Matsuyama won is still a mystery. His final 3-holes were so abysmal that he literally was only one mis-hit away from letting his lead slip away. In anger, Matsuyama even cracked the shaft of his driver.
Still, luck has a funny way of helping. A tree-struck ball landed in the fairway and it was a 7-iron that landed 5-feet away for birdie to lock up the victory in a playoff against Kevin Na.
Kuchar only missed one fairway in round 4, and ended up winning the tournament by 2-strokes.
There were plenty of demands, but Kuchar overcame all of them to add on to his impressive 2013 resume’.