Tony Finau Betting Profile: Mexico Open At Vidanta
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Tony Finau competes in the 2024 Mexico Open at Vidanta February 22-25 as the previous winner, having captured the top spot in this tournament in 2023, shooting a -24 on the par-71 course at Vidanta Vallarta.
The Mexico Open at Vidanta Tournament & Course Info
- Date: February 22-25, 2024
- Location: Vallarta, Mexico
- Course: Vidanta Vallarta
- Par: 71 / 7,456 yards
- Purse: $8.1M
- Previous Winner: Tony Finau
At the Mexico Open at Vidanta
- Finau has entered the Mexico Open at Vidanta two times recently, with one win, an average finish of second, and an average score of -20.
- Finau is the previous winner at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, winning with a score of -24 in 2023.
- Tony Finau finished with 3.754 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (seventh in the field), 4.741 SG: Approach the Green (11th), and 4.865 SG: Putting (eighth) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- Finau also posted numbers of 329 in average driving distance (11th in field), 80.56% in terms of greens in regulation (third), and 27 putts per round (fifth).
Finau's Recent Performances
- Over his last five appearances, Finau has one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes.
- Finau has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in three of his last five appearances, including one finish within three strokes of the leader.
- He has carded an average score of -11 over his last five events.
- Finau has averaged 299.9 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Finau has an average of -3.226 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Finau has an average of 1.796 in his past five tournaments.
Finau's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- Finau's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.288 last season ranked 44th on TOUR, and his 60.7% driving accuracy average ranked 85th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Finau ranked fifth on TOUR, posting an average mark of 0.789, while he ranked 39th with a Greens in Regulation rate of 69.11%.
- On the greens, Finau's -0.133 Strokes Gained: Putting mark placed him 125th on TOUR last season, and his 29.14 putts-per-round average ranked 119th. He broke par 26.19% of the time (ninth).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Last 5 Starts | Overall |
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Average Driving Distance | 66 | 304.2 | 299.9 |
Greens in Regulation % | 39 | 69.11% | 59.36% |
Putts Per Round | 119 | 29.14 | 29.6 |
Par Breakers | 9 | 26.19% | 29.82% |
Bogey Avoidance | 130 | 14.55% | 12.28% |
Finau's Best Finishes
- Finau, who participated in 26 tournaments last season, secured two wins with four top-five finishes and eight finishes in the top 10.
- In those 26 events, he made the cut 22 times (84.6%).
- Last season, one of Finau's two wins came when he shot -24 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta.
- Finau ranked 10th in the FedExCup standings with 1655 points last season.
Finau's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- Last season Finau's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in November 2022 at the Cadence Bank Houston Open, where he ranked second in the field with a mark of 4.236. He finished first in that event.
- Finau put up his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season at the RBC Heritage (April 2023), ranking second in the field with a mark of 7.114.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Finau's best effort last season was in July 2023 at the 3M Open, where he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 3.457. He finished seventh in that event.
- At the Cadence Bank Houston Open in November 2022, Finau delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.931, his best mark last season. That ranked him second in the field (he finished first in that event).
- Finau posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (19.643) in April 2023 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that event.
Finau's Strokes Gained Rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 44 | 0.288 | 1.984 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 5 | 0.789 | 2.974 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 49 | 0.178 | 0.056 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 125 | -0.133 | -3.226 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 15 | 1.124 | 1.796 |
Finau's Past Results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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March 2-5 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 24 | 70-72-71-73 | -2 | 37 |
March 9-12 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 19 | 73-72-66-71 | -6 | 46 |
April 6-9 | Masters Tournament | 26 | 69-74-73-72 | E | 37 |
April 13-16 | RBC Heritage | 31 | 70-68-70-69 | -7 | 21 |
April 27-30 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 1 | 65-64-65-66 | -24 | 500 |
May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | 23 | 71-69-70-69 | -5 | 36 |
May 18-21 | PGA Championship | 72 | 72-73-73-77 | +15 | 3 |
May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 72-70 | +2 | -- |
June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 32 | 68-69-72-74 | +3 | 24 |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 45 | 69-66-66-70 | -9 | 10 |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-75 | +6 | -- |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | 7 | 66-66-67-70 | -15 | 85 |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 64 | 67-73-69-73 | +2 | 17 |
August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 37 | 74-68-69-71 | +2 | 72 |
August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 20 | 70-68-70-68 | -4 | -- |
November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 4 | 67-71-68-67 | -15 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 38 | 69-66-71-69 | -17 | 22 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 68-67-67-67 | -19 | 30 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 6 | 69-66-74-69 | -10 | 92 |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 47 | 72-72-67 | -5 | 13 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 19 | 70-67-70-71 | -6 | 95 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Finau as of the start of the Mexico Open at Vidanta.
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