Dylan Frittelli Wins First PGA Tour Event With Maybe The Worst Strength Of Field Ever
Dylan Frittelli won his first PGA Tour event yesterday by capturing the John Deere Classic. The South African became the third straight player to make the JD his first Tour victory. He’ll receive all the goodies including an immediate trip to this week’s Open Championship, a 2-year exemption and an invite to the Masters. His bogey-free 64 final round sealed the win.
Good stuff Mr. Frittelli.
And yes, someone had to win, but whoa, the John Deere’s Strength of Field point total was, uh, let’s say embarrassing at 76 points?!?!
That is the worst of any non-alternate event on the Tour–in fact, none of them has less than 200 points.
Look at the four majors’ SoF totals.
PGA 901
U.S. Open 838
Masters 796
The Open Won’t know until event officially begins on Thursday
The best non-majors:
PLAYERS 882 Only beaten by the PGA
WGC-Dell 781
WGC-Mexico 720
Memorial 596
Arnold Palmer 545
Genesis Open 542
RBC Heritage 460
And how did our Texas-based events (besides the WGC-Dell Match Play in Austin)
Charles Schwab 377
Nelson 219
Valero 215
So, even though us Dallasites lamented the SoF of the Nelson, it was still 3x better than the JD. And Frittelli receives all the normal perks of a PGA Tour winner.