Don’t expect another birdie-fest at Caves Valley Golf Club this week. Four years ago, the course was torched by the field of 50 at the BMW Championship. The field averaged nearly 3 strokes under par per round with both Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau shooting a remarkable 27-under-par 261.

The last time the BMW Championship was played here, Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau tied atop the leaderboard with a staggeringly low score of 27 under par. They needed six playoff holes on a sweltering Sunday for Cantlay to claim the title.

Kyle Steidel would forgive anyone had they walked onto Caves Valley Golf Club’s first tee, stared down the fairway corridor and questioned w