The 2023 John Deere Classic is set to get underway from TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois this week. It’s a fun event that tends to cede a lot of birdies, much like what we just witnessed during Rickie Fowler’s impressive comeback win in a three-man playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Ball strikers are always a commodity at courses with small green surface areas, especially with the number of sand bunkers placed along the fairways and around the greens.
J.T. Poston will attempt to defend his title from last year, where he started -9-under-par to become the third wire-to-wire champion at the John Deere Classic since its inception. It’s been a mediocre year at best for Poston, who has not cracked a T25 finish since going T10 at Valspar back in mid-March. This means other players will have a lot of opportunities, especially in a particularly loaded field. Nine of the top 50 ranked golfers in the world will be competing at TPC Deere Run this week, which is the most in over a decade.
