For some of the game’s biggest names, the Wells Fargo Championship served as a springboard for their careers. Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, and Max Homa — who are all in the field this week — earned their first career wins at this event.
However, the regular venue is not being used this week.
Quail Hollow Country Club, the regular host track, will be staging the Presidents Cup later this year so the game’s best players are headed to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm this time around.
McIlroy, a three-time winner of the WFC, enters the week as the defending champion and betting favorite at +750. He’s among just three players in this week’s field ranked inside the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking — McIlroy, seventh, Tony Finau, 18th, and Abraham Ancer, 20th.
Golf course
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm | Par 70 | 7,160 yards
Key statistics
Driving accuracy
Strokes Gained: Approach
Strokes Gained: Off the Tee
Data Golf Information
Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. TPC River Highlands, 2. Sedgefield Country Club, 3. East Lake Golf Club
Trending: 1. Rory McIlroy (last three starts: T-33, MC, 2), 2. Sepp Straka (T-30, T-3, MC), 3. Corey Conners (T-35, T-6, T-12)
Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Rory McIlroy (5.7 percent), 2. Corey Conners (4.6 percent), 3. Matthew Fitzpatrick (4.1 percent)
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Betting odds
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list.
| Player | Odds |
| Rory McIlroy | (+750) |
| Corey Conners | (+1500) |
| Tony Finau | (+2000) |
| Tyrrell Hatton | (+2000) |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | (+2000) |
| Marc Leishman | (+3000) |
| Seamus Power | (+3000) |
| Gary Woodland | (+3000) |
| Keegan Bradley | (+3000) |
| Russell Henley | (+3000) |
| Max Homa | (+3000) |
| Abraham Ancer | (+3000) |