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Davis Thompson placed on a clinic on the John Deere Basic as he gained his first PGA Tour occasion. He set the scoring report at 28-under and made 30 birdies himself.
TPC Deere Run gave up a complete of two,055 birdies via 72 holes. That’s the most birdies made within the 30 occasions thus far in 2024. The scoring common for the week was 68.77. It’s No.25 on the hardest course rating, because it performed -2.219 strokes beneath par, per the PGA Tour.
On Thursday, TPC Deere Run noticed Hayden Springer’s historic 59, nevertheless it additionally noticed 26 scores of 65 or decrease. Sixteen gamers shot 65 or higher on Sunday, together with Thompson, who signed for a 7-under 64 to win by 4 photographs. This golf course gave the gamers many scoring possibilities, and plenty of took benefit of these alternatives.
There have been 748 birdies on Thursday, 607 on Friday, 329 on Saturday and 374 on Sunday. This 2,055 complete is essentially the most birdies of the yr by 75.
To place this in perspective, let’s take a look at the birdies from the 30 tournaments this season.
Complete Birdies in every of the 2024 PGA Tour occasions
*Signature Occasions
— The Sentry *: 1,365 birdies
— Sony Open in Hawaii: 1,675 Complete
— The American Specific: 1,128 complete
— Farmers Insurance coverage Open: 991 complete
— AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am*: (54 holes bc of climate) 704 complete
— WM Phoenix Open: 1,495 complete
— The Genesis Invitational*: 909 complete
— Mexico Open: 1,542 complete
— Cognizant Basic: 1,613 complete
— Arnold Palmer Invitational*: 878 complete
— Puerto Rico Open: 1,697 complete
— The Gamers: 1,711 complete
— Valspar Championship: 1,425 complete
— Texas Youngsters’s Houston Open: 1,431 complete
— Valero Texas Open: 1,525 complete
— The Masters: 866 complete
— RBC Heritage*: 1,114 complete
— Corales Puntacana Championship: 1,622 complete
— Zurich Basic: 1,292 complete; 550 Rd. 1
— The CJ Cup Byron Nelson: 1,980 complete
— Wells Fargo Championship*: 899 complete
— Myrtle Seashore Basic: 1,495 complete
— PGA Championship: 1,731 complete
— Charles Schwab Problem: 1,116 complete
— RBC Canadian Open: 1,473 complete
— The Memorial: 750 complete
— U.S. Open: 1,007 complete
— Vacationers Championship: 1,248 complete
— Rocket Mortgage Basic: 1,803 complete
— John Deere Basic: 2,055 complete
Earlier than the John Deere Basic, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson event delivered essentially the most birdies at 1,980.
At first of the season, the Cognizant Basic noticed 1,613 birdies. There have been 11 tournaments the place gamers made 1,500 or extra birdies via 72 holes.
This event’s end result raised a pink flag as a result of 28-under is sort of too low. Individuals like to see PGA Tour gamers rating, however over 2,000 birdies is an excessive amount of. It was a marathon to see if anybody might catch Thompson. When a 62 or 63 doesn’t even get somebody near the chief, it may very well be “too simple” for the gamers.
Granted, the governing our bodies have already determined to roll again the ball, which looks like the suitable determination after seeing the sphere obliterate TPC Deere Run.
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