The PGA Tour returned to Utah for the first time in 61 years last season with the inaugural staging of the Bank Of Utah Championship and it returns again with young lefty Matt McCarty back to defend his crown.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Birdie or Better  Strokes Gained: Putting  Putting Average  Three-Putt Avoidance  Strokes Gained Tee To Green  Par 4 Scoring  The Black Desert Golf Course is a Tom Weiskopf – his last design – that has wide open fairways that only the most stray of drives will have trouble with. Once again we are in for a birdie fiesta…

The DP World Tour returns to Korea for the second straight season with regular Korea Open course Woo Jeong Hills Country Club hosting this year’s edition of the Genesis Championship with Benny An looking to defend his crown.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  GIR  Strokes Gained: Approach  Putting Average  Strokes Gained: Putting  Driving Distance  Bogey Avoidance  Woo Jeong Hills Country Club hosts this tournament for the first time but is well exposed having hosted the Korea Open for a long time. It is a long, difficult course that requires a precise iron game, an ability to avoid trouble and a hot…

The inaugural India Championship joins the DP World Tour this week and it has attracted some major talent with Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood, Ben Griffin and Shane Lowry looking to win in one of golf’s outposts.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Putting Average  Strokes Gained: Putting  Scrambling  Strokes Gained: Around The Green  Driving Accuracy  Delhi Golf Club opened in 1951 and was renovated by Peter Thomson in 1977 before Gary   Player’s team undertook another renovation in 2019. It is a tight track bordering on claustrophobic. The key to success on this deck is scrambling well when missing the small…

The PGA Tour heads to Japan this week for the staging of the Baycurrent Classic, formerly known as the Zozo Championship, arguably the highlight of the fall schedule with the limited 78-man field featuring major winners Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Hideki Matsuyama.  Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Driving Accuracy  Ball Striking  Strokes Gained: Approach  Strokes Gained: Putting  Par 4 Scoring   Yokohama Country Club is the new venue for this newly renamed event that was launched in an attempt to showcase the PGA Tour as a global brand. This is a new venue so data is limited. It is tree-lined so…

The Open de Espana is an event that traces its roots back to 1912, won by the great Arnaud Massey at its first staging. Since the likes of Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and the greatest Spaniard of all Seve Ballesteros all won the event over the next century. Over the last decade Jon Rahm has won his national open three times.   Key Stats/Skill Set Required  Birdie or Better  Strokes Gained: Tee To Green  GIR  Par 5 Scoring  Driving Distance  Scrambling  Club de Campo Villa de Madrid has hosted this event since 2021 and it is a…