Preview

Starts: 2nd October 2025
Course: Country Club of Jackson, MS
Par: 72
Length: 7,461 yards
2024 Champion: Kevin Yu

2025 Sanderson Farms Championship Tips

2024 Sanderson Farms Championship Course Info

Course Designer: John Fought (heavy Donald Ross influence)
Tournament played here since: 2014
Type of Course: Inland, parkland course
Fairways: Reasonably wide
Greens: Small and Tricky Bermuda greens
Par 5's: 3rd, 5th, 11th and 14th
Premium on: Driving

2025 Sanderson Farms Championship Trends

Winning Score
The ten previous editions of the Sanderson Farms Championship have been won with scores ranging between -16 and -23. 

Course Form
Of the last ten winners, only Kevin Yu (2024), Luke List (2023), Sam Burns (2021) and Sebastian Munoz (2019) had anything remotely resembling previous course form.  Prior to Luke List and Mackenzie Hughes winning, Munoz was the only winner to have made the cut in the year prior, having placed 50th in 2018.  Five of the eleven winners have been course debutants.

Recent Form
Seven of the last eleven champions had recorded at least one top 25 finish in their previous two starts. Look to those players who played well at the Procore Championship a few weeks ago.

Previous PGA Tour Winners
Seven of the last eleven winners have been first time winners on the PGA Tour.  Given we've had winners such as Peter Malnati and Cody Gribble in recent times, it's definitely an event to consider outsiders.

Korn Ferry Tour
Four of the last eleven champions had only just graduated to the PGA Tour from the Korn Ferry Tour.  Note - there were no Korn Ferry Tour graduates in 2020 due to Covid.

Age
Seven of the eleven course winners have been in their twenties.

2025 Sanderson Farms Championship Stats Analysis

Driving
Five of the past nine winners ranked inside the top 10 for Strokes Gained: Off The Tee.  Ryan Armour won in 2017 despite ranking 39th SG: Off The Tee.

Approach
Seven of the past nine winners has ranked inside the top 21 for Strokes Gained: Approach.  Kevin Yu and Luke List were the odd ones out when winning the past two years with rankings of 24th and 48th in this category.

Scrambling
Neither Strokes Gained: Around the Green nor Scrambling stats give us any insight - there have been mixed results.  Luke List was 6th in 2023 though for SG: Around The Green.

Putting
Sam Burns and Sergio Garcia won in 2020 and 2021 with modest putting displays but most winners here putt well.  Kevin Yu was 2nd last year in SG: Putting.

2025 Sanderson Farms Championship In Play Advice

Tough Holes
The 6th is the toughest on the front nine.  On the back nine, 10 and 16 are the trickiest.

Birdie Holes
The par 5s all play under par and the 15th is a driveable par 4.

Fast or Slow Start
Four of the past eleven champions have started with rounds of -3 or worse.  Cody Gribble actually started with a round of one over par in 2016 so comebacks are possible!

2025 Sanderson Farms Championship Tips