The Quicken Loans National brought us one of the best stories of the golf season as hometown hero Billy Hurley III took home his first PGA Tour title and changed his life forever. After all of his personal struggles with losing his father a year ago, it made for a very emotional win for Hurley and his family. Once again, as fantasy golf owners, the point was made abundantly clear that course history and hometown are both very relevant factors in finding players that have a chance to succeed.
Hurley, a Naval Academy graduate from the area has not played well this season and required a tournament exemption to play at Congressional. However, in two appearances, Hurley had managed two top 10 finishes. Another example of this took place with the performance of Robert Garrigus. Typically, Garrigus finds himself priced among the lowest priced players in most events. Last week, his salary took a big leap, but for good reason. Garrigus has an exceptional track record at Congressional where he had made the cut in all seven starts coming into last week's tournament. Once again, Garrigus did not disappoint and managed to finish in a tie for eighth place to continue his run of success at the course. While course history alone should not determine who makes your roster and who you leave off, often times it can point you towards a player that will get overlooked, but has shown the potential to place among the top on the leaderboard. This is incredibly relevant information to know for GPP events where finding lower owned players who perform well can often be the difference between success and failure.