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May

A look at the Myrtle Beach Classic

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Top of the heap

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

Player Rank Rating
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 60 876.9
Beau Hossler 64 810.7
Ben Griffin 69 737.5
Billy Horschel 71 724.1
Maverick McNealy 72 721.9
Taylor Pendrith 78 697.7
Ryan Fox 84 677.8
KH Lee 85 672.8

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 3066.1
Xander Schauffele 2 2279.8
Rory McIlroy 3 2190.0
Patrick Cantlay 4 2038.6

Ooh, that’s hot

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

Player Upward change
Nico Echavarria 1521.0
Patrick Fishburn 1403.4
Chad Ramey 1325.7
Ryan Brehm 1255.1
Kevin Tway 1245.6
Paul Barjon 1190.9
Max Greyserman 1119.6
Sam Stevens 964.4

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 -793.4
Maverick McNealy -642.1
Sam Ryder -618.2
JJ Spaun -536.9
Justin Suh -532.4
Billy Horschel -519.5
Doug Ghim -502.9
Kevin Yu -484.3

Exempt entrants ranked by miles between their listed residence as of January 2024 and Myrtle Beach SC, the event venue.

Player Residence Distance
Ben Martin Kiawah Island, SC 100
Chesson Hadley Raleigh NC 150
Trace Crowe Charlotte, NC 150
Matthew NeSmith Aiken, SC 175
Kevin Kisner Aiken, SC 175
Alex Smalley Greensboro, NC 175
Henrik Norlander Augusta, GA 175
Jacob Bridgeman Greenville, SC 225
Bill Haas Greenville, SC 225

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 0.177
Ooh, that’s hot 0.140
Location, location, location 0.050
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