Ben Martin betting profile: Charles Schwab Challenge
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Ben Martin looks to improve upon his 57th-place finish in 2023's tournament when he begins play in the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club May 23-26.
The Charles Schwab Challenge tournament and course info
- Date: May 23-26, 2024
- Location: Fort Worth, TX
- Course: Colonial Country Club
- Par: 70 / 7,289 yards
- Purse: $9.1M
- Previous winner: Emiliano Grillo
At the Charles Schwab Challenge
- Martin's average finish has been 49th, and his average score 2-over, over his last three appearances at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
- In 2023, Martin finished 57th (with a score of 5-over) in his most recent appearance at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
- Emiliano Grillo won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 0.844 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (24th in field), 4.349 in SG: Approach the Green (eighth), and 7.439 in SG: Putting (second).
- Grillo's average driving distance was 283.1 (66th in field), he hit % of greens in regulation (), with 27.25 putts per round (18th) en route to his win last year.
Martin's recent history at the Charles Schwab Challenge
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
5/25/2023 | 57 | 69-69-68-79 | +5 |
5/24/2018 | 32 | 66-71-68-70 | -5 |
Martin's recent performances
- Martin has finished in the top 10 once over his last five events.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Martin has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five events.
- He has an average score of 5-under across his last five events.
- Ben Martin has averaged 295.3 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Martin has an average of 0.434 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Martin is averaging 1.318 Strokes Gained: Total.
Martin's advanced stats and rankings
- Martin has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.038, which ranks 100th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (292.5 yards) ranks 135th, and his 62.4% driving accuracy average ranks 92nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Martin owns a 0.367 mark (41st on TOUR).
- On the greens, Martin has registered a 0.214 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 57th on TOUR, while he ranks 76th with a putts-per-round average of 28.64. He has broken par 24.69% of the time (107th on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 135 | 292.5 | 295.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 62 | 67.13% | 64.81% |
Putts Per Round | 76 | 28.64 | 28.4 |
Par Breakers | 107 | 24.69% | 20.99% |
Bogey Avoidance | 47 | 13.58% | 12.96% |
Martin's best finishes
- While Martin hasn't won any of the 13 tournaments he has played this season, he has secured one top-10 finish.
- In those 13 events, he made the cut eight times.
- Currently, Martin has 167 points, ranking him 125th in the FedExCup standings.
Martin's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Martin's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open, where he ranked 22nd in the field with a mark of 2.351. He finished seventh in that tournament.
- Martin's best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season came at the Valspar Championship in March 2024, as he delivered a 4.653 mark, which ranked him 11th in the field. He finished 67th in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Martin's best effort this season was at the Valero Texas Open, where his 1.179 mark ranked 32nd in the field.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Martin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 4.080, which ranked him 15th in the field. He finished 31st in that tournament.
- Martin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (9.154) at the Valero Texas Open (April 2024), which ranked him seventh in the field. He finished seventh in that event.
Martin's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 100 | -0.038 | 0.597 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 41 | 0.367 | 1.247 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 150 | -0.279 | -0.960 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 57 | 0.214 | 0.434 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 70 | 0.265 | 1.318 |
Martin's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 57 | 69-69-68-79 | +5 | 5 |
June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 74-73 | +3 | -- |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 63 | 67-68-69-72 | -4 | 4 |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 71-73 | E | -- |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 69-70 | -3 | -- |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 42 | 70-67-67-73 | -3 | 10 |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 73-70 | +1 | -- |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 70-72 | +2 | -- |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | MC | 73-72 | +1 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 70-68-72-66 | -12 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 72-68 | -2 | -- |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 27 | 65-70-66-69 | -14 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 70-71 | -1 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 70-69 | -1 | -- |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 56 | 68-64-67-75 | -14 | 5 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 37 | 73-67-72-72 | -4 | 17 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 69-73 | E | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 70-71 | -1 | -- |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 42 | 70-69-70-69 | -10 | 7 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 31 | 72-71-71-67 | -7 | 38 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 67 | 68-71-76-73 | +4 | 3 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 7 | 71-71-70-68 | -8 | 85 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 55 | 67-70-71-75 | -5 | 4 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 48 | 67-69-71-65 | -12 | 9 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 73-70 | +1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Martin as of the start of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
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