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PGA Power Rankings: The 2019 Wyndham Championship

By Chris Aliperto

GREENSBORO, NC - AUGUST 14: A general view of the course during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 14, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
GREENSBORO, NC - AUGUST 14: A general view of the course during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 14, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images) /
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BLAINE, MN – JULY 07: Matthew Wolff swings on the seventeenth tee box during the final round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities on July 7, 2019 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) /

PGA Power Rankings: The 2019 Wyndham Championship

10. Matthew Wolff – (125)

With his win at the 3M Open, and a T-24 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Matthew Wolff has found his way into the FedEx Cup playoff race, currently in 72nd place. He is just outside that top-70 threshold to qualify for the BMW Championship, and just 10 points away from creeping inside the mark. Because he has won already, he deserves to crack the top-ten, but I am not sure his game really fits well here at Sedgefield Country Club.

While his all-around game is no doubt solid, Wolff is primarily a bomber off the tee crushing 340-yard drives, and I am not sure that will help him here. My gut says out of the trio of hot rookies, Wolff struggles the most this week, but his recent play certainly makes him worthy of a top-ten ranking in this week’s PGA Power Rankings.

9. Billy Horschel – (41)

Like many others before him this week it seems, Horschel is another veteran who comes into Sedgefield playing some of his best golf of the year as of late, and he has been pretty consistent over the course of the season as well. He missed the cut at the 148th Open Championship, but he was able to bounce back in the stiff competition that was the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational last week, and sneak inside the top ten with a T-9 finish. Horschel has missed just two cuts in 2019 in 17 total events, and he has four top-20’s in his last six starts.

The 32-year-old Horschel is a staple here at the Wyndham Championship, having played this event seven times in the last eight years. He did not have a good finish here until he T-5 in 2016 when he finished 14-under par, and he slipped a bit the following year with a T-60 finish. He bounced back last year, just missing the top ten with a T-11 finish.

8. Chez Reavie – (28)

This might be a generous ranking for Chez this week, but he was able to somewhat hold his own with a respectable T-27 finish last week at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in the field of 64. He had missed consecutive cuts at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the Open Championship and seems to be regressing quickly after his hot run at the end of June. Reavie T-3 at the U.S. Open and followed it with his victory at the Travelers Championship before things started to turn south.

Reavie has teed it up here at Sedgefield Country Club for the Wyndham Championship seven times in the last ten years, but he has not had a good finish since 2011 when he T-9 at 12-under par. He did not play here last year, and T-34 in 2017 after missing three cuts in a row. Reavie has a shot at finishing inside the Wyndham Rewards Top 10, as he is currently 14th in the FedEx Cup standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

7. Brandt Snedeker – (48)

I am a noted proponent of course history, and even more so on a short, plotter’s track like Sedgefield Country Club. Snedeker won for the second time at the Wyndham Championship last year, 11 years after his first win here in 2007. In between, he notched four additional top-tens, with his best finish coming in 2016 when he T-3. While he is easily among the best in this aspect this week, his recent form is a little shaky coming in.

Snedeker was among the group that finished 3-under par at TPC Southwind last week and T-27, and the week prior, he missed the cut at the Open Championship. He has been up-and-down pretty much all of 2019, with his best finishes coming at the RBC Canadian where he T-4 and at the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic where he T-5. Snedeker is just outside qualifying for the TOUR Championship, as he currently sits in 32nd place in the FedEx Cup standings.

6. Jordan Spieth – (37)

When I first saw the field this week, it was sort of what I expected after the abundance of quality golf we were treated to the last two weeks. Then sort of unexpectedly, Jordan Spieth decided to join the fun for one last chance to move up a bit in the final FedEx Cup standings. My first thought was he would easily crack the top-five this week in the PGA Power Rankings, but he ended up coming up just short. Spieth is currently 67th in the FedEx Cup standings.

After he missed the cut at the Travelers Championship, Spieth has been playing pretty solid again over the last couple of weeks. A 77 on Sunday in the wind led to a T-20 at the Open Championship and he followed that with a T-12 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational last week. Spieth is still mostly just struggling off-the-tee, and that should not come into play this week on a shorter, easier track. I expect him to be in contention this week.

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