Tournaments / 2017-2018
John Deere Classic
2018-07-12 · TPC Deere Run
- Winner
- Michael Kim
- Winning score
- -27
- Field
- 150
- Field strength
- -0.104 SG
The 2017-2018 John Deere Classic was played at TPC Deere Run, starting 12 July 2018. Michael Kim won at 27 under par (257), 8 strokes ahead of Bronson Burgoon. The winning card was 63, 64, 64 and 66, and the win paid $1,044,000. Bronson Burgoon, Francesco Molinari, Joel Dahmen and Sam Ryder tied for second. 150 players started the event. The field averaged -0.104 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 73% 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 150. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Michael Kim
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 257
- Bronson Burgoon
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 62
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 265
- Francesco Molinari
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 265
- Joel Dahmen
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 265
- Sam Ryder
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 265
- Harold Varner III
- Pos
- 6
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 266
- Andres Romero
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Chad Campbell
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 268
- John Huh
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 268
- Keith Mitchell
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Kevin Streelman
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 268
- Matt Jones
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 269
- Scott Brown
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Steve Wheatcroft
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 269
- Tyler Duncan
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 269
- David Hearn
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 270
- Johnson Wagner
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 270
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 270
- Seamus Power
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 270
- Whee Kim
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 270
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
- +0.214
- Top-20 hit rate
- 30%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 31.1
Grade is this event’s percentile (29th) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco Molinari | 1st | 2nd |
| Zach Johnson | 2nd | 16th |
| Ryan Moore | 3rd | 55th |
| Steve Stricker | 4th | 43rd |
| Kevin Streelman | 5th | 7th |
| Chris Kirk | 6th | 23rd |
| David Lingmerth | 7th | 72nd |
| Bill Haas | 8th | 72nd |
| Andrew Landry | 9th | 55th |
| Seamus Power | 10th | 16th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| David Lingmerth | 7th | 72nd(+65) |
| Bill Haas | 8th | 72nd(+64) |
| Sam Ryder | 65th | 2nd(−63) |
| Ryan Palmer | 19th | 77th(+58) |
| Andres Romero | 64th | 7th(−57) |
| Andrew Putnam | 26th | 79th(+53) |
| Ryan Moore | 3rd | 55th(+52) |
| Chesson Hadley | 20th | 72nd(+52) |
| Derek Fathauer | 75th | 23rd(−52) |
| Joel Dahmen | 53rd | 2nd(−51) |
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 TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the John Deere Classic in 2017-2018?
- Michael Kim won the 2017-2018 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run, finishing 27 under par.
Where was the 2017-2018 John Deere Classic played?
- The 2017-2018 John Deere Classic was played at TPC Deere Run, starting 12 July 2018.
What was the winning score at the 2017-2018 John Deere Classic?
- The winning score was 27 under par (257 strokes), posted by Michael Kim.
How many players were in the John Deere Classic field?
- 150 players started the 2017-2018 John Deere Classic. 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.