A Look at the Quicken Loans National
It seems unlikely that the Quicken Loans National has evolved as Tiger Woods dreamed when the event was born as the AT&T National in 2007. What we will see this weekend at TPC Potomac is the weakest field on the PGA Tour since the 2017-‘18 season began with the Safeway Open in October.
It’s not hard to pick a favorite. Rickie Fowler, who has Quicken among his sponsors, is the only player in the current Hawley Ratings top 10 who is in the field, and he’d also be the only one from the top 20 were it not for Woods himself at no. 20.
It wasn’t always like this. In the inaugural 2007 season, the National had six of the world’s top 10 in its field, and plenty of other top names. Here’s what the field has looked like over a sampling of years:
- 2007 – Six of the top 10, 10 of the top 20, 28 of the top 50.
- 2010 – Two of the top 10, six of the top 20, 22 of the top 50.
- 2018 – One of the top 10, two of the top 20, 10 of the top 50.
If you want to go with who is playing well lately, Jimmy Walker, no. 50 in the ratings, might be the guy. The TPC runner-up made the top 10 in the Nelson and the top 20 in the Colonial, but Read more