The birdie fests continue as we head to Silvis, Illinois, for the 2025 John Deere Classic.

Last year Davis Thompson won with a ridiculous score of 28 under. He gained 11.3 strokes tee to green and an impressive 7.4 strokes putting. CT Pan, Michael Thorbjornsen and Luke Clanton all tied for 2nd and each shot 64 or better on Sunday.

In 2023 Sepp Straka shot a 73 in the first round and then caught fire shooting rounds of 63, 65 and a nine under 62 in the final round to claim victory by two over Alex Smalley and Brendon Todd.

At the 2022 John Deere Classic, J.T. Poston gained over 13 strokes from tee to green. He shot an opening round 62 to go wire to wire and win by three strokes over Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

This field is generally one of the weakest of the year with many golfers taking the week off to prepare to go overseas. This year is no different.

The John Deere Classic is held at TPC Deere Run. Located in Silvis, Illinois, Deere Run is a 7,268 yard par 71 with Bentgrass greens.

There are four par threes, three par fives and eleven par fours on the course. As we’ve seen the past couple weeks, the par fives are the easiest holes on the course and golfers will have to take advantage of them to score well. The 561 yard 2nd hole is the easiest boasting a 50% birdie rate and 4% eagle rate. The par threes range from 158 yards to 226 with two of them being over 200 yards.

There are two par fours from 350-400 yards, five from 400-450 yards, two from 450-500 and one over 500 yards. The ninth hole and the 18th hole, both of which are par fours, are the two most difficult holes on the course which will make for interesting finishes whether starting on the front or back nine.

There’s not a ton of trouble off the tee and the fairways are fairly wide. Driving accuracy is higher than tour average here with almost 72% of fairways hit. Driving distance is also higher than tour average coming in at 285 yards. Bombing it off the tee could be a preferred strategy.

Greens are much easier to hit as well with a 71% greens in regulation percentage. Approach shot ranges are fairly even with around 20% of all approaches coming from 125-150, 150-175, and over 200 yards respectively. Obviously, with 40% coming from 125-175 yards golfers will rely on their wedges often.

This is an absolute birdie fest and basically a glorified Korn Ferry event. Ball strikers who can ride a hot putter make their way up the leaderboard each year.

John Deere Classic: The Key Stats

• Approach
• Par 5 Scoring
• Opportunities Gained
• Birdies or Better

John Deere Classic: Historical Cut Line

• 2024: -4
• 2023: -3
• 2022: -2
• 2021: -3
• 2019: -2

PREVIOUS WINNERS

• 2024: Davis Thompson -28
• 2023: Sepp Straka -21
• 2022: J.T. Poston -21
• 2021: Lucas Glover -19
• 2019: Dylan Frittelli -21