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2024 Genesis Championship Tips

Event Info

Starts: 24th October 2024
Course: Jack Nicklaus GC
Par: 72
Length: 7,470 yards
2023 Champion: Pablo Larrazabal

Course Info

Course Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Par 5's:  3rd, 7th, 15th and 18th
Hosted Since: 2023

Weather Forecast

Thursday
Partly Sunny.  Wind 8-12mph.

Friday
Sunny.  Wind 8-12mph.

Saturday
Sunny.  Wind 5-10mph.

Sunday
Partly Sunny.  Wind 5-10mph.

Significant Info To Be Aware Of
- The Jack Nicklaus GC has been a regular host course on the Korean Tour, hosting the Genesis Championship.

- The course also hosted the 2015 Presidents Cup.  Videos of that event are available on YouTube if you'd like to familiarise yourself further with the course.

Trends

Winning score
Winning scores for the last five Genesis Championships held at Jack Nicklaus GC have been between -6 and -14, whilst Pablo Larrazabal won here with -12 last year. Expect a similar score this week. 

Winning Profile
Larrazabal had won twice in 2022 and also went on to win the KLM Open a few weeks after his victory here.  

Course Form
N/A as course was making it's debut.

Recent Form
Larrazabal had missed his cut on his previous start but was 10th the week prior to that in India.

2024 Genesis Championship Stats Analysis

We will analyse the top 2 of 2023 leaderboard.

SG: Off The Tee
41-13.  Strong drivers of the golf ball are preferred but not essential.

Driving Accuracy
41-48.  Driving accuracy isn't essential this week.

Driving Distance
69-3.  Distance over accuracy slightly.

SG: Approach
8-1.  Strong iron play was essential here.

SG: Tee to Green
2-1. Key Stat this week.

SG: Around The Green
3-42. A tidy short game will help.

SG: Putting
45-69. Not essential.

2024 Genesis Championship In-Play Tips

Tough Holes
The 11th, 6th and 8th were the toughest holes.

In-Play

Larrazabal was five back after the first round, two back at halfway and one back with one round to go.

Jack Nicklaus GC Player Quotes

"The greens are very tricky. It will be very difficult making putts and trying to get the ball in the right positions, but beautiful place." Bubba Watson, 2015

"I guess it's not a traditional Korean golf course. It's kind of tighter. Out-of-bounds, kind of everywhere and then the greens are elevated a little bit. Here it's more traditional; it feels like America with how the layout is. It's definitely long. I mean, it's traditional kind of Nicklaus course where it's a little forgiving off the tee box, a little more forgiving off the tee box, and kind of deadly if you short-side yourself. So it's position, second shots is crucial, into these kind of greens, because it is -- there's a lot of undulation on the greens and they are very difficult. So it's going to be hard if you're not hitting it straight." Jason Day, 2015

"You can hit it out there and be pretty aggressive, which is fine. That's fine, especially with match play and this kind of format. The green complexes certainly are the course's defense in my opinion." Zach Johnson, 2015

"I think it's great for long hitters. You've got some pretty big fairways and you can definitely attack it with your irons." J.B. Holmes, 2015

"Off the tee, I think it's a second-shot golf course. Off the tee it's easier than what we are used to seeing, wide fairways and soft fairways. From there, it's about the approaches. The greens have a lot of different shelves and almost different greens within the greens, three or four small greens within a green with the ridges. So it's a matter of trying to place your second shot where it's the easiest to putt from. Almost I think it's a second shot type of course. I think you're going to see a lot of birdies this week." Jordan Spieth, 2015.

"The challenge of the golf course is setting yourself up on the greens. It seems to be a lot of second shot driven. So I think it's about giving yourself the best chance to make birdie, especially on -- because you can have some serious little breakers here on the golf course. So you want to be very conscientious of where you're leaving the golf ball on the green." Jimmy Walker, 2015

"It reminds me a lot of Dove Mountain. I've had some good success at Dove Mountain, so I'm excited to be here. The tricky part around here are the greens. You're not going to miss many fairways. They're quite generous fairways. The fairways are soft so it will be hard to miss the fairways. The keys are approach shots and putting. Well, with the wide fairways, I think you give the long guys an advantage. That being said, that was most of the MO at Dove Mountain, and a couple short hitters did well, myself, Luke Donald have won there. So it's always an advantage to hit the ball far. It's never a disadvantage. But you still got to get the ball in the hole and around these greens. It's important to position yourself in the right spots." Matt Kuchar, 2015

2024 Genesis Championship Tips