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Sepp Straka betting profile: PGA Championship
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Sepp Straka seeks better fortunes this time around in the 2024 PGA Championship. He finished seventh at the par-70 Valhalla Golf Club in 2023.
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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 three trips to the PGA Championship, Straka has an average score of 6-over, with an average finish of 50th.
- In Straka's most recent appearance at the PGA Championship, in 2023, he finished seventh after posting a score of 2-under.
- 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.
Straka's recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/2023 | 7 | 69-71-73-65 | -2 |
| 5/19/2022 | 78 | 71-72-79-76 | +18 |
| 8/6/2020 | 66 | 70-71-71-71 | +3 |
Straka's recent performances
- Straka has posted one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes over his last five appearances.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Over his last five tournaments, Straka has finished within five shots of the leader one time and finished with a better-than-average score four times.
- He has an average score of 7-under across his last five events.
- Sepp Straka has averaged 292.5 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Straka has an average of 1.953 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Straka is averaging 5.099 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Straka's advanced stats and rankings
- Straka has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.359, which ranks 31st on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (291.0 yards) ranks 149th, and his 78% driving accuracy average ranks third.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Straka ranks 78th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.088. Additionally, he ranks 47th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 67.78%.
- On the greens, Straka has delivered a 0.049 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 93rd on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 123rd with a putts-per-round average of 29.03, and he ranks 134th by breaking par 23.81% of the time.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 149 | 291.0 | 292.5 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 47 | 67.78% | 66.67% |
| Putts Per Round | 123 | 29.03 | 28.1 |
| Par Breakers | 134 | 23.81% | 20.99% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 73 | 14.29% | 12.04% |
Straka's best finishes
- Straka has taken part in 12 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't finished first in any of them, he has earned one finish in the top-five and two finishes in the top-10.
- In those 12 events, he made the cut eight times, a success rate of 66.7%.
- Currently, Straka sits 22nd in the FedExCup standings with 952 points.
Straka's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Straka posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at the RBC Heritage (April 2024), ranking 10th in the field at 2.198.
- Straka's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Wells Fargo Championship, where his 4.704 mark ranked seventh in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Straka's best effort this season was at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked 13th in the field with a mark of 2.458 (he finished 16th in that tournament).
- At the RBC Heritage in April 2024, Straka recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 3.849, which ranked him eighth in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- Straka recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.406) in April 2024 at the RBC Heritage, which ranked fifth in the field. He finished fifth in that event.
Straka's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 31 | 0.359 | 1.652 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 78 | 0.088 | 2.358 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 151 | -0.271 | -0.868 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 93 | 0.049 | 1.953 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 77 | 0.225 | 5.099 |
Straka's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | 7 | 69-71-73-65 | -2 | 97 |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 29 | 69-71-70-70 | E | 23 |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 16 | 71-69-73-75 | E | 51 |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | MC | 70-74 | +4 | -- |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 38 | 69-67-68-66 | -10 | 15 |
| June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 64 | 68-66-76-71 | -7 | 4 |
| July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | 1 | 73-63-65-62 | -21 | 500 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 2 | 71-67-70-69 | -7 | 203 |
| July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 71-71 | E | -- |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 63 | 72-73-71-65 | +1 | 18 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 37 | 71-74-71-66 | +2 | 72 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 14 | 66-71-65-69 | -9 | -- |
| November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 2 | 72-67-68-64 | -17 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 12 | 67-66-70-66 | -23 | 150 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 73-75 | +4 | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 69-71-68 | -8 | 60 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 73-71 | +2 | -- |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 68-74 | E | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 57 | 69-73-78-80 | +12 | 9 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 16 | 68-70-70-70 | -10 | 115 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 16 | 73-71-74-72 | +2 | 113 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 5 | 66-65-67-72 | -14 | 263 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 8 | 68-71-67-74 | -4 | 213 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Straka as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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