2022 Wyndham Championship: Top 10 Power Rankings at Sedgefield
After a six-year Wyndham Championship hiatus, Adam Scott looked like a Sedgefield Country Club member last year. The Aussie fired rounds of 66-70-64-65 to earn his way into the massive six-hole playoff won by Kevin Kisner.
Scott led the field in birdies (26) and was third in total strokes gained approaching the green (6.847).
“I’ve just heard good reports over the last few years about Sedgefield, and the work they’ve done on the greens looks great,” Scott was transcribed by Tee Scripts in his 2021 pre-tournament presser. “It’s a classic golf course and I’ve enjoyed a couple days out there so far. It’s a good test. Definitely want to be playing from the short grass this week and hitting plenty of greens.”
Scott’s other results in Greensboro were a missed cut in 2009 and T-63rd in 2015.
The 42-year-old is on a streak of four made cuts in a row highlighted by T-14th at the U.S. Open and T-15th at The Open Championship. This is Scott’s second straight week of competition after T-37th last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
He’s kept a light schedule in 2022 as prone to do.
That leads me to believe he’ll be fresher than most of the guys in the field who are ground down from the grueling season and who are fighting for their playoff lives.
Scott is safely in The FedEx St. Jude field next week. He can play with the simple goal of helping his cause to qualify for the BMW Championship, as well as keep himself inside the coveted top-50 in the world ranking heading into 2023.
This season on the PGA Tour, Scott ranks 29th in strokes gained approaching the green (.492). He’s lost some of his driving prowess, but the iron game is still strong most weeks.
Scott’s clutch putting remains shaky. Most of the time, though, the broomstick has been a weapon. After finishing 165th (-.285) in SG putting in 2017-18, he’s been inside the top 50 every season and is on the doorstep now at 53rd (.233).
Scottie didn’t have a great time on Sedgefield’s greens last year. That was six years after his last appearance, which came six years after the one prior.
With some more familiarity and nice showings at majors to fall back on, I see Scott in the mix again on Sunday.