Palm Reading ✋🏻
We start the multi-course chaos of the PGA TOUR schedule. Three of the next four tournament venues utilize multiple courses. The first stop is the Palm Desert in California, and The American Express. The AMEX is a 54-hole cut event where the top 65 and ties are cut after Saturday. The reason? Each player has to play three different courses: the Pete Dye Stadium Course, Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course, and La Quinta Country Club. The average cutline over the last five years is seven under par. Makes sense for a Saturday cut, but it also succinctly shows the real key in Palm Springs, scoring. The average winning score for the AMEX is 25 under par over that same time period. The winners averaged 28 sub-par scores on their way to victory. As we build out a blueprint for the winner, the priority is creating an obscene number of birdie chances, like 30+ of them!
