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We often make fun of the short PGA TOUR offseason but the true break is over the holidays.
With that hiatus out of the way, it’s full speed ahead for the 2022 campaign. Things will pick back up this week on Maui, for the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
As the name indicates, this is an exclusive event for champions. Historically it was only for PGA TOUR winners but last year they added on any golfer that made it to East Lake from the previous season. They have kept that rule in place for 2022 and it does a good job of padding the field size. At press time, we’ve got 39 golfers lined up to play this week.
Everyone who starts the week will also be guaranteed four rounds of action at Kapalua. There is no cutline to sweat this week.
Let’s jump right in and talk about the layout.
The Course
This week’s host venue is The Plantation Course at Kapalua. It’s played this role since the 1999 edition, so there is plenty of history to lean on.
The Coore and Crenshaw design stretches out to a whopping 7,596 yards and plays as a par 73 on the scorecard.
Having just three par 3s and plenty of elevation changes can explain a lot of that yardage. It’s a course where big hitters can mash away but it’s also not a course where you need to be one of the longest hitters on TOUR just to contend.
Off the tee, golfers will see very wide fairways with lots of room to roll. Some of their drives will be heavily aided by the elevation changes. We see plenty of 400+ yard drives at Kapalua, thanks to those slopes. Even if you miss the wide fairways, you aren’t heavily penalized. Golfers will land around 70% of greens in regulation at Kapalua when missing the fairway.
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