Top of the heap

The top eight players (per the Hawley Ratings) among this event’s entries.

Player	Rank	Rating
Tom Kim	60	950.8
Taylor Moore	63	938.4
Lee Hodges	66	912.5
Patrick Rodgers	69	882.9
Seamus Power	75	806.4
Beau Hossler	76	796.7
Ryo Hisatsune	83	744.2
Nicolai Hojgaard	84	723.4

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Sorry, can’t make it

The top four players (per the Hawley Ratings) who are not playing this event.

Player	Rank	Rating
Scottie Scheffler	1	3199.9
Rory McIlroy	2	2626.2
Xander Schauffele	3	2389.2
Collin Morikawa	4	2203.0

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Ooh, that’s hot

Players are ranked by performance in their last four appearances in comparison with their current Hawley Rating.

Player	Upward change
Chad Ramey	1119.0
Chandler Phillips	1110.3
Henrik Norlander	1094.6
Mac Hughes	900.7
Ryo Hisatsune	886.2
Sami Valimaki	835.4
Chris Gotterup	770.5
Taylor Dickson	591.8

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Brr, that’s cold

Players are ranked by performance in their last four appearances in comparison with their current Hawley Rating.

Player	Downward change
Beau Hossler	-760.9
Tom Kim	-729.1
Taylor Moore	-715.2
Seamus Power	-682.1
Alex Smalley	-635.2
Ryan Fox	-584.4
Sam Ryder	-561.2
Lee Hodges	-526.2

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Certain skills required

Among a set of 10 PGA Tour and DP World Tour statistics that reflect physical characteristics of the Dunes Golf and Beach Club course, this table shows the four that have the highest unique correlation with player performance. This reflects last year’s inaugural playing of the event. In mathematical terms, the number shown is the partial correlation coefficient.

Stat value	Statistic
0.25	Scrambling
0.21	Greens in regulation
0.20	Driving accuracy
0.11	Sand saves

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Location, location, location

Event entrants ranked by predicted score per 18 holes based solely on “course fit” — i.e. based on the player’s current percentile standing in each of the four statistics shown above.

Course fit	Player
Matteo Manassero	69.07
Brandt Snedeker	69.18
Henrik Norlander	69.26
Alex Smalley	69.31
Mac Meissner	69.34
Patrick Rodgers	69.36
Lee Hodges	69.37
Rikuya Hoshino	69.43

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Anyplace but here

Event entrants ranked by worst predicted score per 18 holes based solely on “course fit” — i.e. the player’s current percentile standing in each of the four statistics shown above.

Course fit	Player
Tim Widing	70.9
Trevor Cone	70.9
Cristobal Del Solar	70.8
Niklas Norgaard	70.7
Nicolai Hojgaard	70.7
Nick Hardy	70.6
Thriston Lawrence	70.6
Antoine Rozner	70.6

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Staying close to home

Exempt entrants ranked by miles between their listed residence as of January 2025 and Myrtle Beach SC,the event host city.

Player	Residence	Distance
Tommy Gainey	Bishopville, SC	75
Webb Simpson	Charlotte, NC	150
Trace Crowe	Charlotte, NC	150
Trevor Cone	Charlotte, NC	150
Kevin Kisner	Aiken, SC	175
Taylor Dickson	Gastonia, NC	175
Alex Smalley	Greensboro, NC	175
Luke List	Augusta, GA	175
Henrik Norlander	Augusta, GA	175

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Mathematically speaking

The following table shows the correlations between player ranking in the above tables and their actual finish positions. In other words, to what extent does the ordering of players in the table correspond to the order of finish.

Statistic	Correlation to results
Top of the heap	0.374
I love this place	0.180
Ooh, that’s hot	0.119
Location, location, location	0.011