Tournaments / 2013
Wells Fargo Championship
2013-05-02 · Quail Hollow Club
- Winner
- Derek Ernst
- Winning score
- -8
- Field
- 147
- Field strength
- -0.016 SG
The 2013 Wells Fargo Championship was played at Quail Hollow Club, starting 2 May 2013. Derek Ernst won at 8 under par (280). The winning card was 67, 71, 72 and 70, and the win paid $1,206,000. David Lynn finished second, and Phil Mickelson was third. 147 players started the event. The field averaged -0.016 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 90% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 147. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Derek Ernst
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- David Lynn
- Pos
- P2
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Phil Mickelson
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 281
- Lee Westwood
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 282
- Robert Karlsson
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 282
- Bo Van Pelt
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 283
- Kevin Streelman
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 283
- Kyle Stanley
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 283
- Ryan Moore
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 75
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 283
- Brian Harman
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 284
- Charles Howell III
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 284
- Nick Watney
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 284
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 284
- Ross Fisher
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 284
- Vaughn Taylor
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 284
- D.A. Points
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 285
- D.H. Lee
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 285
- George McNeill
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 76
- Total
- 285
- Henrik Norlander
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 285
- Luke List
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 75
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 285
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 81 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.201
- Top-20 hit rate
- 40%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 27.2
Grade is this event’s percentile (25th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 1st | 10th |
| Webb Simpson | 2nd | 32nd |
| Phil Mickelson | 3rd | 3rd |
| Sergio Garcia | 4th | 16th |
| Bo Van Pelt | 5th | 6th |
| Lee Westwood | 6th | 4th |
| Rickie Fowler | 7th | 73rd |
| Brendon de Jonge | 8th | 43rd |
| John Senden | 9th | 22nd |
| Ryan Moore | 10th | 6th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Ernst | 76th | 1st(−75) |
| Rickie Fowler | 7th | 73rd(+66) |
| Luke List | 77th | 16th(−61) |
| Ross Fisher | 69th | 10th(−59) |
| Scott Gardiner | 80th | 22nd(−58) |
| David Lynn | 59th | 2nd(−57) |
| Robert Karlsson | 60th | 4th(−56) |
| Kevin Stadler | 19th | 73rd(+54) |
| Zach Johnson | 12th | 65th(+53) |
| Hunter Mahan | 20th | 73rd(+53) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Wells Fargo Championship in 2013?
- Derek Ernst won the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club, finishing 8 under par.
Where was the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship played?
- The 2013 Wells Fargo Championship was played at Quail Hollow Club, starting 2 May 2013.
What was the winning score at the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship?
- The winning score was 8 under par (280 strokes), posted by Derek Ernst.
How many players were in the Wells Fargo Championship field?
- 147 players started the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.