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Black Desert Resort
Ivins, Utah
Field: 120 Players
Defending Champion: Michael Brennan
Both former champions return: Brennan (2025) & Matt McCarty (2024)
Format: 72 Hole Stroke Play
Cut: Top 65 and Ties
Purse: $6,000,000 | FedExCup Points: 500
Course Designer: Tom Weiskopf & Phil Smith (2023)
Weiskopf’s final course design
Par 71 | 7,421 Yards PGA Tour
Plays shorter at roughly 3,000 feet of elevation
Desert-style course surrounded by black lava rock, wide fairways, large greens & elevation changes
Plenty of room off the tee, but misses into the lava can quickly become costly
Three Par 5s + two drivable Par 4s
Five key scoring holes put a premium on Birdie or Better and taking advantage of opportunities
Go Low or Get Left Behind
Winning Scores: -23 (2024) | -22 (2025)
Both champions won by 3+ shots
Approach Play Matters
61% of approaches came from 125–200 yards in 2025
150–175 and 175–200 yards were the two most common ranges
Course History Showing Repeatability
McCarty: WIN (2024) → T3 (2025)
Jaeger: 2nd (2024) → T11 (2025)
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Recent Tournament History
2025: Michael Brennan -22 (67-65-64-66); 4 Stroke Victory over Rico Hoey
2024: Matt McCarty -23 (62-68-64-67); 3 Stroke Victory over Stephan Jaeger
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Key Stats
Tier 1
Strokes Gained: Tee-To-Green
Strokes Gained: Approach
Birdie-or-better %
Shots Gained: Approach 125-200
Tier 2
Total Driving
Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee
Greens-in-Regulation
Strokes Gained Putting: Bentgrass
Tier 3
Shots Gained: Around-the-Green
Bogey Avoidance
Par 4 Scoring
Par 5 Scoring
Champ’s Course Comps
La Quinta Country Club
Golf Club of Houston
TPC Scottsdale
Tournament Trends
Odds
Winner
0-25: 0
26-50: 1
51-100: 1
101+: 0
Top 5
0-25: 0
26-50: 8
51-100: 1
101+: 4
Top 10
0-25: 0
26-50: 10
51-100: 3
101+: 7
Betting Favorites (Odds: Result)
0-15: MC
15-20: 15/37/MC/MC
20+: 11/11/25
Winner’s Strokes Behind Leader By Round
R1: 2/2 (100%) within 2 shots (0/2 led)
R2: 2/2 (100%) within 2 shots (1/2 led)
R3: 2/2 (100%) led after 54 holes
Winner’s Lead-In Form
2/2 (100%) at least 2 Top 5 finishes in last 4 starts
2/2 (100%) with a WIN in their last 4 starts
1/2 (50%) Top 5 finish in their last start
Winner’s Tournament History
2/2 (100%) WON on DEBUT
First Round Leader Splits
AM: 2025
PM: 2024
Early Models
Early Top 10
Doug Ghim
Kevin Yu
Davis Thompson
Jackson Suber
Beau Hossler
Zecheng Dou
Jordan Smith
Seamus Power
Davis Chatfield
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
