Form drives the leaderboard — history crowns the winner
Scoring difficultyModerate Test · +0.27/round
Putting ContestEasyModerate TestDifficultCarnage
Field strengthWeak · avg OWGR 310
WeakBelow AverageAverageStrongMajor-caliber
Off-the-tee biasSlight distance premium
Accuracy
Distance
Tournament weatherThu–Sun · Open-Meteo
THU 10/22
78°
24%drizzle
20 mph from W
FRI 10/23
74°
54%steady rainfall
23 mph from N
SAT 10/24
74°
33%intermittent showers
26 mph from NE
SUN 10/25
74°
67%heavy rainfall
35 mph from NE
Comp courses
Courses that play like this one — scored on yardage, agronomy, scoring difficulty, skillset fit, and course features, with bonuses for shared winners and contenders. Skillset fit is scored neutral this week: the round database carries no SG-category splits for Port Royal.
Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course)
8.01
Sedgefield Country Club
7.06
TPC Southwind
6.62
Waialae Country Club
6.41
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course)
6.35
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Course
Score
Yards
Agro
Difficulty
Skill
Features
Crossovers
1
Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course)
8.01
7.4
10.0
5.0
5.0
5.5
W0 T5=9
2
Sedgefield Country Club
7.06
5.6
10.0
7.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=8
3
TPC Southwind
6.62
3.3
10.0
9.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=5
4
Waialae Country Club
6.41
6.8
10.0
7.8
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=3
5
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course)
6.35
1.1
10.0
7.3
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=9
6
PGA National - Champion Course
6.34
4.2
10.0
8.4
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=2
7
Harbour Town Golf Links
6.33
3.9
10.0
6.2
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=6
8
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
6.28
2.3
10.0
9.7
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=6
9
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)
6.20
2.3
10.0
9.5
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=2
10
Pebble Beach Golf Links
6.17
7.6
2.0
3.8
5.0
5.5
W0 T5=8
11
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course)
6.10
1.0
2.0
9.0
5.0
10.0
W0 T5=6
12
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge
6.07
1.0
10.0
8.9
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=4
13
Colonial Country Club
6.02
3.2
10.0
8.9
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=7
14
Pete Dye Stadium Course
6.01
4.4
10.0
5.7
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=3
15
Plantation Course at Kapalua
5.82
1.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
5.5
W0 T5=5
16
TPC Craig Ranch
5.75
5.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=1
17
TPC River Highlands
5.72
9.8
2.0
3.9
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=7
18
East Lake Golf Club
5.65
1.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=3
19
TPC Louisiana
5.54
1.2
10.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=5
20
Augusta National Golf Club
5.35
5.0
6.0
8.7
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=2
21
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course)
5.34
3.7
6.0
7.8
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=4
22
Quail Hollow
4.97
5.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=0
23
Muirfield Village Golf Club
4.89
1.0
2.0
8.9
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=7
24
La Quinta Country Club
4.83
6.6
10.0
1.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=3
25
Detroit Golf Club
4.76
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=5
26
The Riviera Country Club
4.31
1.9
2.0
6.6
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=2
27
TPC Deere Run
4.30
2.7
2.0
5.7
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=8
28
TPC Summerlin
3.96
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=5
29
TPC Twin Cities
3.88
1.2
2.0
5.8
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=6
30
Silverado Resort (North Course)
3.74
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=2
31
Nine Bridges
3.67
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=1
32
Olympia Fields North
3.67
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=1
33
Caves Valley Golf Club
3.67
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=1
34
Keene Trace
3.60
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
W0 T5=0
Distinguishing characteristics
What defines this course — from verified course data and the Port Royal dossier.
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Links-style
Oceanfront and wind-exposed; the ground game matters
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Wind dial
Calm weeks go to −24, windy weeks to −12–−15
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Shortest on Tour
6,828 yards — the shortest track on the schedule
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Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Architectural DNA shapes strategy
What the data says
Winners here arrive with course history — it is the strongest course-history signal in the entire model library (about 45% of the winner profile). They also overpower the short track off the tee — and then scramble and putt the lights out on TifEagle Bermuda greens.
What the players are saying
Course intel straight from the players — via ASAP Sports interview transcripts.
“I grew up in the South on bermudagrass, I love bermuda greens. It’s not a long golf course. It’s a golf course where I get a lot of short clubs and you can’t really overpower the golf course.”
— Brian Gay 2020 champion, on Port Royal’s bermuda greens and short layout
“I love playing when it’s really hard. It just eliminates the guys who maybe aren’t as good at hitting shots that don’t get affected by wind or rain as much.”
— Lucas Herbert 2021 champion, on Port Royal’s brutal wind
“On some spots on the course it was really blowing, but the greens were much better than I thought. I thought it was going to be very difficult to putt with the strength of the winds.”
— Seamus Power 2022 champion, on putting at Port Royal in the wind
Past champions
Seven years at Port Royal — longshot capital of the PGA Tour: six of seven champions opened at +6000 or longer. Odds = consensus pre-tournament price.
Year
Champion
Odds
Score
Median
2025
Adam Schenk
+12000
−12
-1
2024
Rafael Campos
+23500
−19
-7
2023
Camilo Villegas
+11500
−24
-12
2022
Seamus Power
+2000
−19
-10
2021
Lucas Herbert
+6000
−15
-5
2020
Brian Gay
+21000
−15
-5
2019
Brendon Todd
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−24
-9
Course horses
Best history at this event — SG/round at Port Royal, last 5 years.
The 2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship — a trip down memory lane.
01Pre-Tournament
The books liked Rico Hoey (+1600), Kevin Yu (+1900), Thorbjorn Olesen (+2200). The tipsters liked someone else entirely — the Golf Tips Checker consensus (282 tips, 50+ sources) ranked Justin Lower most-tipped, then Adam Svensson and Seamus Power. And the chatter around the eventual winner? There wasn't any. Adam Schenk was +12000. Nobody had him.
Ranked 246th in the world and 134th in the FedEx Cup, he'd missed 15 cuts on the season. As @Golfbet put it once the trophy was lifted: “Betting golf is hard.”
Chart: @GolfTipsChecker — 282 tips from 50+ sources. Justin Lower the most-tipped player.
02In-Tournament
The one-handed putter. Schenk picked up the tip from CBS analyst Mike Hulbert at the 3M Open in July. Mid-tournament at Port Royal, after missing “another five-footer, right to left,” he made the switch — and rehearsed it the night before on the carpet of his room at the Hamilton Princess.
The wind. Sustained 25 mph, gusts to 40 and beyond. Thursday's opening round was suspended for darkness. On Sunday, Schenk hit quarter-swing driver stingers all day — on the par-4 12th, 131 yards out, he needed a 5-iron and still came up short.
Schenk shot an even-par 71 on Sunday to finish −12, one clear of Chandler Phillips. On the 18th, his approach sailed over the green — he putted through six feet of fringe, watched the wind push it five feet short, and holed the par putt to win. Takumi Kanaya's four-foot par putt lipped out on 18, costing him a FedEx Cup jump from 120th to 83rd. And 54-hole co-leader Braden Thornberry shot 80 and vanished.
04Post-Round
“I've putt for PGA Tour wins so many times in my barn. To see one go in is something I'll never forget.”
Adam Schenk — his family owns a sod farm in Indiana
“When we finished, me, Max [McGreevy] and Adam were walking back and we all agreed that this was probably the hardest round of golf I've ever played in my life.”
Chandler Phillips
“I can't believe it's over. It seemed like the longest day ever.”
