Alex Noren betting profile: Genesis Scottish Open
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JUNE 28: Alex Noren of Sweden prepares to putt on the 13th green during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club on June 28, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Alex Noren looks to fair better in the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open than the last time he played in this event in 2023 when he missed the cut.
The Genesis Scottish Open tournament and course info
- Date: July 10-13, 2024
- Location: North Berwick, SCO
- Course: The Renaissance Club
- Par: 70 / 7,237 yards
- Purse: $9M
- Previous winner: Rory McIlroy
At the Genesis Scottish Open
- Over his last two trips to the Genesis Scottish Open, Noren has an average score of 1-over, with an average finish of 30th.
- Noren missed the cut (with a score of 3-over) in his most recent appearance at the Genesis Scottish Open in 2023.
- Rory McIlroy finished with 5.615 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 5.532 SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.5 SG: Putting (34th) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- McIlroy averaged 331.8 yards off the tee (first in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 69.44% (24th), and attempted 27.5 putts per round (ninth) in that victory a year ago.
Noren's recent history at the Genesis Scottish Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
7/12/2023 | MC | 69-74 | +3 |
7/6/2022 | 30 | 73-68-71-69 | +1 |
Noren's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Noren has finished in the top 20 once.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five appearances.
- Noren has finished with a better-than-average score in two of his last five tournaments.
- In his last five appearances, his average score has been 4-under.
- In terms of driving distance, Alex Noren has averaged 289.5 yards in his past five starts.
- Noren has an average of 0.294 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Noren is averaging 0.826 Strokes Gained: Total.
Noren's advanced stats and rankings
- Noren has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.154, which ranks 67th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (293.1 yards) ranks 135th, and his 65% driving accuracy average ranks 60th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Noren has a 0.332 mark (39th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Noren has registered a 0.109 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 71st on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 97th with a putts-per-round average of 28.96, and he ranks 122nd by breaking par 22.96% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 135 | 293.1 | 289.5 |
Greens in Regulation % | 33 | 68.24% | 59.52% |
Putts Per Round | 97 | 28.96 | 29.3 |
Par Breakers | 122 | 22.96% | 18.25% |
Bogey Avoidance | 5 | 11.74% | 16.67% |
Noren's best finishes
- Noren has taken part in 16 tournaments this season, and he has collected one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In those 16 tournaments, he made the cut on 13 occasions.
- Currently, Noren has 866 points, placing him 48th in the FedExCup standings.
Noren's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Noren put up his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson (May 2024), ranking ninth in the field at 3.074.
- Noren's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked sixth in the field with a mark of 5.734 (he finished ninth in that tournament).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Noren's best effort this season was at the Valero Texas Open in April 2024, as he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 5.046.
- At the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, Noren delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.151 (his best mark this season), which ranked 14th in the field. He finished 11th in that event.
- Noren posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.433) at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in May 2024, a performance that ranked him third in the field.
Noren's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 67 | 0.154 | -0.914 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 39 | 0.332 | 0.907 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 12 | 0.395 | 0.540 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 71 | 0.109 | 0.294 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 16 | 0.990 | 0.826 |
Noren's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 69-74 | +3 | -- |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 23 | 68-75-71-70 | E | 36 |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | 13 | 71-66-68-66 | -13 | 53 |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 38 | 72-66-68-69 | -5 | 15 |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | MC | 74-72 | +2 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 43 | 69-69-72-70 | -8 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 3 | 68-65-68-65 | -18 | -- |
October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 48 | 73-74-70-67 | +4 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 2 | 61-66-67-68 | -22 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 23 | 67-68-64-68 | -15 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 42 | 66-69-67-70 | -8 | 11 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 62-68-69-70 | -19 | 30 |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 71-68-69 | -8 | 60 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 53 | 69-71-70-70 | -4 | 6 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 9 | 67-70-68-67 | -12 | 66 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 19 | 71-70-70-68 | -9 | 90 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 11 | 69-71-66-65 | -9 | 65 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 14 | 73-72-66-72 | -5 | 47 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 23 | 70-68-69-70 | -11 | 20 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 3 | 64-68-66-65 | -21 | 190 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 24 | 67-75-70-73 | +1 | 70 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 12 | 67-70-70-65 | -12 | 133 |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 70-72 | +2 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 22 | 70-74-75-73 | +4 | 80 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 73-75 | +8 | -- |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 71-75 | +2 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Noren as of the start of the Genesis Scottish Open.
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