{"id":3527,"date":"2022-06-27T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3527"},"modified":"2022-06-28T03:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T03:19:55","slug":"2022-john-deere-classic-tpc-deere-run-course-preview","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/article\/2022-john-deere-classic-tpc-deere-run-course-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 John Deere Classic \u2013 TPC Deere Run Course Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a couple of weeks in the Northeast, the PGA Tour heads to the Midwest along the banks of the Rock River near the Illinois and Iowa border for the John Deere Classic played at TPC Deere Run. Beginning in 1971 as the Quad Cities Open, the event moved to its current home, TPC Deere Run, in 2000. Other than the Covid-affected year of 2021, the event has been a consistent presence on the Tour schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In what typically ends up as a putting contest that culminates in a shootout, TPC Deere Run is a course with wide fairways, receptive greens, and relatively simple putting surfaces. It is very scoreable for players who excel at managing their way strategically around the course instead of trying to overpower it. It&#8217;s no surprise then to see that winners have eclipsed the 18-under mark in each of the last 12 tournaments. Players should be ready to make birdies from their opening hole or prepare to trunk-slam their way out of Illinois by Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The strength of the field is usually among the weakest on Tour given the event&#8217;s traditional place on the schedule the week before the Open Championship. That has been worsened even further this year after the 2022 schedule was adjusted to include the Scottish Open the week before the Open Championship as a co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour. With most of the top players choosing to rest for a week before heading overseas, combined with the ever-growing LIV Tour&#8217;s roster, the cupboard is very empty for the John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Berger stands alone as the only world top-25 player in the field. After Berger, Webb Simpson checks in at 58th, followed by Sahith Theegala at 66th and Christiaan Bezuidenhout at 75th. Those are the four players in attendance from the OWGR top-75. Past winners of this event in the field include last year&#8217;s champion, Lucas Glover, Dylan Frittelli, Ryan Moore, Zach Johnson and Steve Stricker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Deere-Scorecard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Deere-Scorecard.jpg 961w, https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Deere-Scorecard-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Deere-Scorecard-768x225.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When descendants of the John Deere family donated the land to serve as the annual host of the John Deere Classic, course designer D.A. Weibring was the perfect architect for building the course. As an Illinois native and three-time PGA Tour champion of the Quad Cities Open, Weibring left the natural environment undisturbed as much as possible and at the same time incorporated a great mix of challenge and playability to all 18 holes. When looking back on the course he created, Weibring remarked, &#8220;It has all the things I think you\u2019d like to have in a golf course. There are elevation changes, great views and scenery, hardwood trees. You have the Rock River complemented with small ponds and deep ravines\u2026 and best of all, there\u2019s no real estate.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until last year&#8217;s small renovation that any changes had been made to TPC Deere Run. The course underwent a comprehensive bunker renovation and competitive enhancement project. Bunkers were completely rebuilt with new grass surrounds, drainage, liners, and sand, which also included reducing overall square footage by 30% and repositioning as needed to increase course strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive course preview of TPC Deere Run, host course for the 2022 John Deere Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3530,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"bs_types":[14,15],"bs_tags":[29,73,120],"class_list":["post-3527","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","bs_type-betting","bs_type-fantasy","bs_tag-golf-betting","bs_tag-golf-dfs","bs_tag-john-deere-classic"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/TPC-Deere-Run-aerial-4th-approach.jpg","tags_list":[{"id":29,"name":"Golf Betting","slug":"golf-betting"},{"id":73,"name":"Golf DFS","slug":"golf-dfs"},{"id":120,"name":"John Deere Classic","slug":"john-deere-classic"}],"types_list":[{"id":14,"name":"Betting"},{"id":15,"name":"Fantasy"}],"bs_author":{"name":"Ron Klos","profile_image":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ron-Klos-150x150.jpg"},"bs_term_name":null,"is_paid":"true","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bs_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bs_types?post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"bs_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bs_tags?post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}