Martin Laird betting profile: Charles Schwab Challenge
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Martin Laird looks to improve upon his 53rd-place finish in 2019's tournament when he hits the links 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
- Over his last three trips to the Charles Schwab Challenge, Laird has an average score of 4-over, with an average finish of 53rd.
- Laird finished 53rd (with a score of 4-over) in his most recent appearance at the Charles Schwab Challenge (in 2019).
- 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), Emiliano Grillo won this tournament in 2023.
- Grillo averaged 283.1 yards off the tee (66th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of % (), and attempted 27.25 putts per round (18th) in that victory a year ago.
Laird's recent history at the Charles Schwab Challenge
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
5/23/2019 | 53 | 72-69-68-75 | +4 |
5/24/2018 | MC | 70-73 | +3 |
Laird's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Laird has an average finish of 46th.
- He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Over his last five appearances, Laird has carded a score that's better than average in one of those outings.
- He has carded an average score of 5-under over his last five events.
- Martin Laird has averaged 289.1 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Laird has an average of 1.699 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Laird has an average of 0.979 in his past five tournaments.
Laird's advanced stats and rankings
- Laird has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.361 this season (158th on TOUR). His average driving distance (286.7 yards) ranks 168th, while his 61.9% driving accuracy average ranks 98th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Laird ranks 123rd on TOUR with a round-by-round average of -0.172. Additionally, he ranks 23rd with a Greens in Regulation mark of 69.12%.
- On the greens, Laird's 0.272 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 45th this season, while he averages 29.00 putts per round (118th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 168 | 286.7 | 289.1 |
Greens in Regulation % | 23 | 69.12% | 69.14% |
Putts Per Round | 118 | 29.00 | 28.8 |
Par Breakers | 98 | 25.16% | 23.15% |
Bogey Avoidance | 36 | 13.07% | 12.35% |
Laird's best finishes
- Although Laird has not won any of the 12 tournaments he has played this season, he has secured two top-10 finishes.
- In those 12 events, he made the cut seven times.
- Currently, Laird ranks 131st in the FedExCup standings with 155 points.
Laird's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Laird's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, as he ranked in the field with a mark of 0.302.
- Laird's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open, where he ranked 12th in the field with a mark of 4.889. He finished 51st in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Laird produced his best performance this season at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (February 2024), ranking second in the field with a mark of 5.607.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Laird posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 3.943, which was his best so far this season. That ranked 18th in the field.
- Laird posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.627) at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, a performance that ranked him ninth in the field.
Laird's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 158 | -0.361 | -1.303 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 123 | -0.172 | -0.349 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 18 | 0.367 | 0.929 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 45 | 0.272 | 1.699 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 94 | 0.106 | 0.979 |
Laird's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 71-75 | +2 | -- |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 69-70 | -1 | -- |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 70 | 70-68-72-72 | -6 | 3 |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 70-69 | -3 | -- |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | 2 | 68-68-67-64 | -17 | 208 |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 58 | 66-72-68-72 | -2 | 5 |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 19 | 70-69-72-68 | -9 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 56 | 68-68-72-74 | -6 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 72-69 | -1 | -- |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 31 | 69-69-69-65 | -16 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 59 | 67-69-69-70 | -9 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 75-68 | +3 | -- |
January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 69-70-68 | -9 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 76-72 | +4 | -- |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 53 | 69-69-73-69 | -4 | 6 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 9 | 68-69-66-69 | -12 | 66 |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 10 | 67-68-70-68 | -15 | 35 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 70-73-70-73 | -2 | 9 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 31 | 69-71-68-68 | -4 | 24 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 51 | 71-71-73-73 | E | 7 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 48 | 67-66-72-67 | -12 | 9 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Laird as of the start of the Charles Schwab Challenge.
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