Jake Knapp betting profile: PGA Championship
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Jake Knapp enters play May 16-19 in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club after a 58th-place finish in the Wells Fargo Championship, which was his last competition.
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
- Knapp is playing at the PGA Championship for the first time in the past five years.
- 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).
- En route to his victory last year, Koepka posted an average driving distance of 319 (fourth in field), hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), and took 26 putts per round (first).
Knapp's recent performances
- Knapp has finished in the top 10 once over his last five events.
- Knapp has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five appearances, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- He has an average score relative to par of 1-over in his last five appearances.
- Jake Knapp has averaged 312.7 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Knapp is averaging -1.507 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Knapp is averaging -1.860 Strokes Gained: Total.
Knapp's advanced stats and rankings
- Knapp owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.083 (110th) this season, while his average driving distance of 307.7 yards ranks 23rd on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Knapp sports a 0.387 average that ranks 37th on TOUR. He ranks 80th with a 66.30% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Knapp's 0.138 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 67th this season, while he averages 28.96 putts per round (115th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 23 | 307.7 | 312.7 |
Greens in Regulation % | 80 | 66.30% | 63.58% |
Putts Per Round | 115 | 28.96 | 29.7 |
Par Breakers | 125 | 24.28% | 20.37% |
Bogey Avoidance | 85 | 14.73% | 17.28% |
Knapp's best finishes
- Knapp has played 13 tournaments this season, taking home the win in one of them. He has also secured three finishes in the top-five and four finishes in the top-10.
- In those 13 events, he made the cut 11 times.
- Currently, Knapp has 911 points, placing him 26th in the FedExCup standings.
Knapp's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in February 2024 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 4.418. He finished fourth in that event.
- Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where his 8.709 mark ranked No. 1 in the field.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Knapp's best performance this season was at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 2.169 (he finished 70th in that tournament).
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Knapp recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 4.018, which ranked him 16th in the field. He finished 45th in that event.
- Knapp delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (14.596) at the Mexico Open at Vidanta (February 2024), which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that event.
Knapp's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 110 | -0.083 | 0.607 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 37 | 0.387 | 0.119 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 105 | -0.026 | -1.079 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 67 | 0.138 | -1.507 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 55 | 0.416 | -1.860 |
Knapp's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 71-74 | +1 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 70 | 69-65-72-71 | -3 | 3 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 71-73-74 | +2 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 3 | 69-69-70-69 | -11 | 145 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 68-68-71-69 | -8 | 24 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 1 | 67-64-63-71 | -19 | 500 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 4 | 68-66-71-66 | -13 | 104 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 57 | 77-70-81-72 | +12 | 9 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 71-72-68-73 | -4 | 14 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 74-71 | +5 | -- |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 55 | 74-76-78-73 | +13 | 10 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 62 | 74-70-69-71 | E | 8 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 8 | 64-64-67-70 | -19 | 85 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 58 | 71-75-71-76 | +9 | 9 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Knapp as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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