Zac Blair betting profile: The RSM Classic
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Zac Blair hits the links in the 2024 The RSM Classic Nov. 21-24. He is trying for a better outcome than his last competition when he missed the cut at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
The RSM Classic tournament and course info
- Date: Nov. 21-24, 2024
- Location: St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
- Course: Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course)
- Par: 70 / 7,005 yards
- Purse: $7.6M
- Previous winner: Ludvig Åberg
At The RSM Classic
- Over his last five trips to The RSM Classic, Blair has an average score of 8-under, with an average finish of 43rd.
- In Blair's most recent appearance at The RSM Classic, in 2023, he failed to make the cut after posting a score of 2-under.
- Ludvig Åberg finished with 4.896 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 2.387 SG: Approach the Green (14th), and 6.407 SG: Putting (fourth) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Åberg posted an average driving distance of 309.5 (second in field), hit 86.11% of greens in regulation (fifth), and took 28 putts per round (ninth).
Blair's recent history at The RSM Classic
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
11/16/2023 | MC | 72-68 | -2 |
11/17/2022 | 29 | 67-69-68-67 | -11 |
11/21/2019 | MC | 72-73 | +3 |
Blair's recent performances
- In his last five events, Blair has an average finish of 55th.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Blair has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score of 4-under across his last five events.
- Zac Blair has averaged 287.8 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Blair has an average of -3.654 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Blair is averaging -4.014 Strokes Gained: Total.
Blair's advanced stats and rankings
- Blair has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.312 this season, which ranks 154th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (283.1 yards) ranks 179th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Blair ranks 90th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.099. Additionally, he ranks 114th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 66.18%.
- On the greens, Blair's -0.114 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 122nd this season, while he averages 28.90 putts per round (78th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 179 | 283.1 | 287.8 |
Greens in Regulation % | 114 | 66.18% | 71.91% |
Putts Per Round | 78 | 28.90 | 29.7 |
Par Breakers | 130 | 22.99% | 19.75% |
Bogey Avoidance | 85 | 14.03% | 12.04% |
Blair's best finishes
- Blair has taken part in 27 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't finished first in any of them, he has come away with two finishes in the top-five.
- In those 27 events, he made the cut 17 times.
- As of now, Blair has accumulated 344 points, which ranks him 115th in the FedExCup standings.
Blair's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Blair's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Procore Championship, where his 2.483 mark ranked ninth in the field.
- Blair's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the ISCO Championship in July 2024, as he produced a 8.772 mark, which ranked him second in the field. He finished second in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Blair posted his best effort this season at the WM Phoenix Open (February 2024), ranking fourth in the field with a mark of 4.057.
- At the Procore Championship in September 2024, Blair recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 6.448, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him seventh in the field (he finished 13th in that event).
- Blair delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (12.128) at the ISCO Championship (July 2024), which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished second in that tournament.
Blair's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 154 | -0.312 | -3.532 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 90 | 0.099 | 2.487 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 36 | 0.208 | 0.683 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 122 | -0.114 | -3.654 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 120 | -0.119 | -4.014 |
Blair's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 70-65-68-68 | -9 | 21 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 62 | 67-67-67-75 | -12 | 4 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 73 | 69-68-79-74 | +2 | 3 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 49 | 69-68-73-69 | -5 | 8 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 70-71 | -1 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 73-70-70-73 | -2 | 9 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 69-75 | +2 | -- |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 73-73 | +6 | -- |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 78-75 | +9 | -- |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 4 | 63-70-60-72 | -23 | 73 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 71-70 | -1 | -- |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 53 | 73-66-68-72 | -5 | 10 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 74-73 | +7 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 24 | 67-68-71-68 | -6 | 36 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 26 | 70-69-75-72 | +6 | 58 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 73-73 | +2 | -- |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 46 | 66-69-72-67 | -10 | 9 |
July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | 2 | 70-64-68-64 | -33 | 104 |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 68-74 | E | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 45 | 73-63-70-69 | -5 | 10 |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 13 | 70-69-69-71 | -9 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 69-71 | -4 | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 66 | 68-69-70-75 | -2 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 61 | 69-70-71-72 | -2 | -- |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 46 | 66-70-68-72 | -4 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 45 | 71-71-70-67 | -9 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | MC | 76-65 | -1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Blair as of the start of The RSM Classic.
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