Christiaan Bezuidenhout betting profile: PGA Championship
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In his most recent competition at the Wells Fargo Championship, Christiaan Bezuidenhout finished the weekend at 1-under, good for a 16th-place finish. He heads into the 2024 PGA Championship May 16-19 trying for a higher finish.
The PGA Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 16-19, 2024
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Course: Valhalla Golf Club
- Par: 71 / 7,609 yards
- Previous winner: Brooks Koepka
At the PGA Championship
- Bezuidenhout's average finish has been 30th, and his average score 2-over, over his last four appearances at the PGA Championship.
- Bezuidenhout missed the cut (with a score of 6-over) in his most recent go-round at the PGA Championship in 2023.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Brooks Koepka posted numbers of 4.78 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (seventh in field), 5.32 in SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 4.191 in SG: Putting (13th).
- Koepka averaged 319 yards off the tee (fourth in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 61.11% (29th), and attempted 26 putts per round (first) in that victory a year ago.
Bezuidenhout's recent history at the PGA Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
5/18/2023 | MC | 73-73 | +6 |
5/19/2022 | MC | 73-73 | +6 |
5/20/2021 | 30 | 71-70-72-77 | +2 |
8/6/2020 | MC | 72-70 | +2 |
Bezuidenhout's recent performances
- Bezuidenhout has posted one top-10 finish and three top-20 finishes over his last five events.
- Over his last five events, Bezuidenhout has finished within five shots of the leader one time and finished with a better-than-average score five times.
- In his last five events, his average score has been 6-under.
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout has averaged 292.3 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Bezuidenhout is averaging 3.175 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Bezuidenhout is averaging 5.432 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Bezuidenhout's advanced stats and rankings
- Bezuidenhout has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.145 this season (123rd on TOUR). His average driving distance (286.8 yards) ranks 170th, while his 58.3% driving accuracy average ranks 125th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Bezuidenhout owns a 0.414 average that ranks 33rd on TOUR. He ranks 168th with a 61.97% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Bezuidenhout's 0.632 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him seventh on TOUR this season, and his 27.46 putts-per-round average ranks second. He has broken par 26.21% of the time (77th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 170 | 286.8 | 292.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 168 | 61.97% | 60.83% |
Putts Per Round | 2 | 27.46 | 27.1 |
Par Breakers | 77 | 26.21% | 20.83% |
Bogey Avoidance | 31 | 13.25% | 11.94% |
Bezuidenhout's best finishes
- Bezuidenhout has played 12 tournaments this season, earning one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In those 12 events, he made the cut 10 times.
- With 895 points, Bezuidenhout currently sits 28th in the FedExCup standings.
Bezuidenhout's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Bezuidenhout's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he ranked 16th in the field with a mark of 1.693 (he finished 44th in that tournament).
- Bezuidenhout posted his best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season at THE PLAYERS Championship, ranking fourth in the field at 6.976. In that tournament, he finished 13th.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Bezuidenhout's best effort this season was in March 2024 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 3.142. He finished 44th in that event.
- At the Valspar Championship in March 2024, Bezuidenhout delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (4.194). That ranked 17th in the field.
- Bezuidenhout delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.547) at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), which ranked him ninth in the field. He finished ninth in that event.
Bezuidenhout's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 123 | -0.145 | -0.227 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 33 | 0.414 | 1.592 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 98 | -0.006 | 0.888 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 7 | 0.632 | 3.175 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 18 | 0.895 | 5.432 |
Bezuidenhout's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-73 | +6 | -- |
May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 21 | 70-68-70-71 | -1 | 37 |
June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 38 | 73-70-71-77 | +3 | 19 |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 72-68 | E | -- |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 56 | 71-69-68-72 | -8 | 5 |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 71-69 | -2 | -- |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 69-70 | -1 | -- |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 49 | 73-71-71-72 | +3 | 10 |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 71-69 | -2 | -- |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 51 | 69-68-69-71 | -3 | 7 |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | W/D | 75 | +3 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 6 | 66-69-68-68 | -17 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 56 | 71-68-73-66 | -6 | -- |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 2 | 63-67-65-65 | -28 | 300 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 72-70 | -2 | -- |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 20 | 69-70-68 | -9 | 88 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 67-72-69-68 | -8 | 24 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 24 | 69-69-70-71 | -5 | 65 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 70-71 | -1 | -- |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 44 | 74-73-71-73 | +3 | 16 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 13 | 69-70-68-70 | -11 | 135 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 9 | 69-69-72-67 | -7 | 78 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 25 | 73-71-69-71 | -4 | 30 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 68-70-73-65 | -8 | 50 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 16 | 70-69-72-72 | -1 | 110 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Bezuidenhout as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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