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Denny McCarthy betting profile: PGA Championship
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When he hits the links May 16-19, Denny McCarthy will aim to improve upon his last performance at the PGA Championship. In 2023, he shot 5-over and finished 29th at Oak Hill Country Club.
Latest odds for McCarthy at the PGA Championship.
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
- Over his last four trips to the PGA Championship, McCarthy has an average score of 5-over, with an average finish of 49th.
- McCarthy last participated in the PGA Championship in 2023, finishing 29th with a score of 5-over.
- Brooks Koepka won this tournament in 2023 with 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.
McCarthy's recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/2023 | 29 | 75-70-72-68 | +5 |
| 5/19/2022 | 48 | 73-68-74-71 | +6 |
| 5/20/2021 | 59 | 73-76-72-74 | +7 |
| 8/6/2020 | 58 | 70-69-70-73 | +2 |
McCarthy's recent performances
- McCarthy has finished in the top 10 twice over his last five tournaments, finishing as high as the top five in one of those outings.
- Over his last five tournaments, McCarthy has finished within three shots of the leader once and carded a score that's better than average three times.
- He has carded an average score of 10-under over his last five tournaments.
- In terms of driving distance, Denny McCarthy has averaged 289.6 yards in his past five starts.
- McCarthy has an average of 4.899 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, McCarthy has an average of 8.403 in his past five tournaments.
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McCarthy's advanced stats and rankings
- McCarthy has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.322 this season, which ranks 154th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (287.3 yards) ranks 167th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, McCarthy sports a 0.040 average that ranks 91st on TOUR. He ranks 169th with a 61.85% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, McCarthy's 0.768 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him third on TOUR this season, and his 27.31 putts-per-round average ranks first. He has broken par 23.21% of the time (144th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 167 | 287.3 | 289.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 169 | 61.85% | 57.50% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 27.31 | 26.1 |
| Par Breakers | 144 | 23.21% | 22.78% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 5 | 10.86% | 10.83% |
McCarthy's best finishes
- McCarthy has played 12 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has come away with one finish in the top-five and two finishes in the top-10.
- In those 12 events, he made the cut 11 times (91.7%).
- McCarthy, who has 830 points, currently ranks 32nd in the FedExCup standings.
McCarthy's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2024, as he ranked 25th in the field with a mark of 0.832.
- McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Valero Texas Open in April 2024, as he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 5.606.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, McCarthy put up his best mark this season at the Valero Texas Open (April 2024), ranking No. 1 in the field with a mark of 7.960.
- At the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, McCarthy recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 8.150, which was his best so far this season. That ranked second in the field.
- McCarthy recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (21.154) in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open. That ranked No. 1 in the field.
McCarthy's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 154 | -0.322 | -0.749 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 91 | 0.040 | 0.569 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 12 | 0.409 | 3.681 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 3 | 0.768 | 4.899 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 17 | 0.896 | 8.403 |
McCarthy's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | 29 | 75-70-72-68 | +5 | 26 |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 71-71 | +2 | -- |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 2 | 71-72-68-70 | -27 | 315 |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 20 | 71-67-73-70 | +1 | 44 |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 7 | 60-65-70-67 | -18 | 88 |
| July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | 6 | 68-64-66-70 | -16 | 81 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 76-78 | +12 | -- |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 71-68 | -1 | -- |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 66 | 67-73-70-74 | +4 | 14 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 10 | 69-69-65-70 | -7 | 262 |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 5 | 65-67-66-65 | -19 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 43 | 70-69-71-67 | -15 | 18 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 68-70-66-66 | -10 | 33 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 68-70-70 | -8 | 60 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 22 | 72-68-66-69 | -9 | 37 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 69-74-68-72 | -1 | 20 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 48 | 72-74-72-74 | +4 | 14 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 35 | 71-71-71-69 | -6 | 22 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 2 | 68-70-67-63 | -39 | 300 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 45 | 74-74-79-70 | +9 | 15 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 69-70-66-71 | -8 | 50 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 6 | 70-71-69-69 | -5 | 263 |
All stats in this article are accurate for McCarthy as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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