The site is big and steep. According to the PGA Tour's course guide, the land falls 240 feet over the mile from the 17th tee to the third fairway, on a steady 4% grade, and the area gets about 6 inches of rain a year, so the paspalum usually plays firm and fast. Fairways are wide. In the first year Adam Long hit every one of them for the week. Trouble comes from the sandy arroyos running beside the holes and from wind that can switch direction from one day to the next.
Three Sundays, three 63s
- 2023, Erik van Rooyen (27 under). He played the back nine in 28 and holed a 16-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th to beat Matt Kuchar and Camilo Villegas by two. Kuchar had been six ahead during Saturday's round before a quadruple-bogey 8 at the 15th.
- 2024, Austin Eckroat (24 under). He made 11 birdies in his closing 63 and won by one over Justin Lower and Carson Young. Eckroat calls Woods his idol.
- 2025, Ben Griffin (29 under). His 63 gave him a two-shot win over Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki and capped a three-win season. The 29 under is the tournament scoring record.
Van Rooyen and Eckroat both started the final round one shot behind. Every winner here has had to go low on Sunday.
Who is coming
Griffin leads a field that includes Ryan Gerard, No. 23 in the world and the highest-ranked player entered, Tony Finau on his eighth start in the event, and rookie Jackson Koivun, who won this summer in his third career start. Luke Donald, the tournament's ambassador, is back for a third straight year. Past champions Patton Kizzire, Matt Kuchar, Brendon Todd, van Rooyen and Eckroat are also committed.
