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Jason Day betting profile: FedEx St. Jude Championship
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Jason Day plays his shot from the sixth tee during the first round of the 2024 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Jason Day looks for a higher finish in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship after he placed 52nd shooting 2-under in this tournament in 2023.
Latest odds for Day at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Aug. 15-18, 2024
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Course: TPC Southwind
- Par: 70 / 7,243 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Lucas Glover
At the FedEx St. Jude Championship
- Day's average finish has been 26th, and his average score 5-under, over his last seven appearances at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
- Day finished 52nd (with a score of 2-under) in his most recent appearance at the FedEx St. Jude Championship (in 2023).
- Lucas Glover finished with 0.986 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (31st in the field), 2.227 SG: Approach the Green (18th), and 3.058 SG: Putting (12th) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- Glover's average driving distance was 300.9 (37th in field), he hit 63.89% of greens in regulation (37th), with 26 putts per round (fifth) en route to his win last year.
Day's recent history at the FedEx St. Jude Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | 52 | 68-72-72-66 | -2 |
| 8/11/2022 | MC | 65-74 | -1 |
| 8/19/2021 | MC | 73-73 | +4 |
| 8/20/2020 | MC | 70-75 | +3 |
| 8/8/2019 | MC | 72-70 | E |
| 8/23/2018 | 20 | 71-66-68-71 | -8 |
Day's recent performances
- Day has finished in the top 20 twice over his last five events, finishing as high as the top 10 in one of those outings.
- Over his last five events, Day has carded a score that's better than average in three of those outings.
- He has an average score relative to par of 8-under in his last five appearances.
- Off the tee, Jason Day has averaged 296.7 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Day is averaging 1.704 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Day has an average of 0.458 in his past five tournaments.
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Day's advanced stats and rankings
- Day owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.128 (78th) this season, while his average driving distance of 299.8 yards ranks 84th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Day sports a -0.374 average that ranks 145th on TOUR. He ranks 149th with a 63.48% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Day has delivered a 0.614 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him seventh on TOUR. In addition, he ranks sixth with a putts-per-round average of 27.92, and he ranks 49th by breaking par 26.50% of the time.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 84 | 299.8 | 296.7 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 149 | 63.48% | 52.47% |
| Putts Per Round | 6 | 27.92 | 29.1 |
| Par Breakers | 49 | 26.50% | 22.22% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 30 | 13.84% | 12.96% |
Day's best finishes
- Day has participated in 19 tournaments this season, and he has come away with one top-five finish and five top-10 finishes.
- In those 19 events, he made the cut 16 times (84.2%).
- With 1345 points, Day currently sits 26th in the FedExCup standings.
Day's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Day's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in March 2024 at the Texas Children's Houston Open, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.874. He missed the cut in that event.
- Day's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came in February 2024 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked 14th in the field with a mark of 2.449. He finished sixth in that tournament.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Day's best performance this season was at the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2024, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 4.994.
- At the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday in June 2024, Day recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.812, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him fourth in the field (he finished 33rd in that event).
- Day posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.926) at the Wells Fargo Championship (which ranked him fourth in the field). In that tournament, he finished fourth.
Day's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 78 | 0.128 | 0.384 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 145 | -0.374 | -1.324 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 34 | 0.223 | -0.305 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 7 | 0.614 | 1.704 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 44 | 0.592 | 0.458 |
Day's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 45 | 69-74-74-70 | +7 | 43 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 28 | 67-70-74-73 | +4 | -- |
| November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 11 | 71-69-66-74 | -8 | -- |
| December 8-10 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 1 | 58-66-66 | E | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 10 | 65-69-67-67 | -24 | 170 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 34 | 68-66-68-68 | -18 | 20 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 74-71 | +1 | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 6 | 69-71-63 | -13 | 238 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 9 | 65-69-69-72 | -9 | 200 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 36 | 70-74-73-73 | +2 | 21 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 35 | 67-71-72-72 | -6 | 22 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 72-70 | +2 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 30 | 75-73-76-69 | +5 | 40 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 18 | 68-69-72-66 | -9 | 88 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 59 | 66-70-71-68 | -9 | 5 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 4 | 68-67-73-70 | -6 | 313 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 43 | 71-67-69-71 | -6 | 15 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 33 | 73-75-69-77 | +6 | 27 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 71-77 | +8 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 44 | 71-70-64-69 | -6 | 16 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 23 | 69-67-66-66 | -16 | 37 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 13 | 73-68-76-68 | +1 | 135 |
| August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 9 | 69-68-67-68 | -12 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Day as of the start of the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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