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PGA TOUR Power Rankings: 2019 Sanderson Farms Championship

By Mike Randleman

JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 30: The trophy during the Final Round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on October 30, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
JACKSON, MS - OCTOBER 30: The trophy during the Final Round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson on October 30, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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JACKSON, MS – OCTOBER 28: Lucas Glover plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 28, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Matt Sullivanl/Getty Images)
JACKSON, MS – OCTOBER 28: Lucas Glover plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 28, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Matt Sullivanl/Getty Images) /

Among those in my top 10 this week, Glover’s about the most experienced at the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Clemson graduate is 4-for-4 in cuts made at the Country Club of Jackson and has been in the top 40 each time. A T-5 (66-69-68-70) in 2016 was his best result where he was a shot out of second.

Last year, Glover posted 68-72-67-69 to tie for 14th.

Glover has had some trouble on the greens at this course in the past, but ultimately he feels playing on this week’s surface.

“It’s an old-school southern golf course and some of the best Bermuda greens I’ve ever played,” Glover said in 2016.

The 39-year-old is one of four players in this week’s field who qualified for the 30-player Tour Championship last month.

He had to advance through the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour Finals and made the most of it with five straight top-20s to open the 2018-19 season. He had seven top-10s including T-7 at the BMW Championship in the FedEx Cup Playoffs and a high T-4 finish at the Honda Classic.

Aside from a marginal drop off in strokes gained off the tee (18th to 37th), Glover saw improvements in all strokes gained categories from 2017-18 to 2018-19. He was 37th off the tee (.337), 43rd in approach (.330), 53rd around the green (.145) and 57th putting (.164). That made him one of the Tour’s more well-rounded players and has him in position to perhaps pick up his first win since the 2011 Wells Fargo Championship.

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