Matt Fitzpatrick betting profile: PGA Championship
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 09: Matt Fitzpatrick of England hits a tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 09, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
In his last time out at the Wells Fargo Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick posted a 52nd-place finish, and he enters the 2024 PGA Championship trying for better results.
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
- In his last seven appearances at the PGA Championship, Fitzpatrick has an average finish of 23rd, and an average score of 2-over.
- In 2023, Fitzpatrick missed the cut (with a score of 6-over) in his most recent appearance at the PGA Championship.
- 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's average driving distance was 319 (fourth in field), he hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), with 26 putts per round (first) en route to his win last year.
Fitzpatrick's recent history at the PGA Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
5/18/2023 | MC | 76-70 | +6 |
5/19/2022 | 5 | 68-69-67-73 | -3 |
5/20/2021 | 23 | 73-71-72-73 | +1 |
8/6/2020 | MC | 74-70 | +4 |
5/16/2019 | 41 | 75-65-76-71 | +7 |
8/9/2018 | MC | 72-70 | +2 |
Fitzpatrick's recent performances
- Fitzpatrick 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 appearances, Fitzpatrick has finished within five shots of the leader once. He's carded a score that's better than average four times.
- He has carded an average score of 4-under over his last five tournaments.
- Matt Fitzpatrick has averaged 304.2 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Fitzpatrick is averaging 2.900 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Fitzpatrick is averaging 4.153 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Fitzpatrick's advanced stats and rankings
- Fitzpatrick has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.020 this season (90th on TOUR). His average driving distance (301.2 yards) ranks 61st, while his 69.4% driving accuracy average ranks 22nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Fitzpatrick has a -0.012 mark (99th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Fitzpatrick's 0.337 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 39th this season, and his 28.20 putts-per-round average ranks 22nd.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 61 | 301.2 | 304.2 |
Greens in Regulation % | 98 | 65.58% | 60.28% |
Putts Per Round | 22 | 28.20 | 27.2 |
Par Breakers | 43 | 27.64% | 22.22% |
Bogey Avoidance | 45 | 13.69% | 12.78% |
Fitzpatrick's best finishes
- Fitzpatrick has played 13 tournaments this season, securing one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In those 13 events, he made the cut 10 times.
- As of now, Fitzpatrick has collected 744 points, which ranks him 38th in the FedExCup standings.
Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, as he delivered a 3.987 mark, which ranked him third in the field. He finished 15th in that event.
- Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, as he ranked 17th in the field with a mark of 4.406.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Fitzpatrick posted his best mark this season at the Valero Texas Open, ranking 14th in the field at 3.330. In that tournament, he finished 10th.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Fitzpatrick recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.295, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him second in the field (he finished fifth in that event).
- Fitzpatrick recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (13.126) at THE PLAYERS Championship (which ranked him fifth in the field). In that tournament, he finished fifth.
Fitzpatrick's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 90 | 0.020 | 0.030 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 99 | -0.012 | 0.908 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 78 | 0.063 | 0.312 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 39 | 0.337 | 2.900 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 57 | 0.409 | 4.153 |
Fitzpatrick's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 76-70 | +6 | -- |
June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 9 | 76-68-70-72 | -2 | 78 |
June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | 20 | 68-73-69-70 | -8 | 41 |
June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 17 | 71-70-68-70 | -1 | 56 |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 49 | 67-67-70-68 | -8 | 9 |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 68-73 | +1 | -- |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 41 | 72-72-67-75 | +2 | 13 |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 66 | 73-68-71-72 | +4 | 14 |
August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 2 | 66-67-66-66 | -15 | 980 |
August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 9 | 67-68-71-68 | -6 | -- |
November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 4 | 70-68-65-70 | -15 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 14 | 69-64-69-68 | -22 | 113 |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 69-71 | E | -- |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 58 | 69-68-76 | -3 | 8 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 15 | 69-66-70-68 | -11 | 54 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 21 | 70-67-70-67 | -10 | 37 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 74-75 | +5 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 5 | 66-69-68-69 | -16 | 300 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 10 | 71-74-70-67 | -6 | 68 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 22 | 71-73-73-75 | +4 | 73 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 70-66-70-70 | -8 | 50 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 52 | 74-73-78-67 | +8 | 11 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Fitzpatrick as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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