Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper
Course Insight
Robert Trent Jones Jr. created a course that exemplifies the Ozarks, utilizing the dogwood, elm, maple and walnut trees found on the property to produce a layout with rolling hills, local foliage and streams that flow across the land. The toughest stretch of holes is Nos. 12, 13 and 14, all of which play along water. The par-72 layout does provide scoring opportunities, particularly on the par 5s, all four of which are reachable in two shots. But danger lurks on the par-5 18th with its peninsula green, with it producing more double bogeys or worse than all but one other hole in 2015.
“I feel very fortunate. I didn’t think it was going to be enough. Everything was just a little bit off, but I’ll take it.”
- Dawie van der Walt
How Dawie van der Waldt Won 2015
South Africa’s Dawie van der Walt built a four-stroke lead with opening rounds of 63-65-65 and managed to hold on in the final round with a 72 that was good for a two-stroke victory. The 32-year-old Van der Walt didn’t have a bogey in the first two rounds, and finished the week with only three bogeys as he posted a 23-under 265 total. He had only two birdies to go with two bogeys in the final round, but his closest pursuers, Smylie Kaufman and Martin Piller, couldn’t make up much ground as they shot 70 and 71, respectively. Kaufman pulled within one of the lead with an eagle on the 11th, but bogeyed two of the next three and settled for second place.- Van der Walt’s 23-under 193 total for 54 holes broke the tournament record by two strokes (Tom Scherrer, 2007).
