Akshay Bhatia betting profile: Travelers Championship
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Akshay Bhatia enters play June 20-23 in the 2024 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands following a 16th-place finish in the U.S. Open his last time in competition.
The Travelers Championship tournament and course info
- Date: June 20-23, 2024
- Location: Cromwell, CT
- Course: TPC River Highlands
- Par: 70 / 6,835 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Keegan Bradley
At the Travelers Championship
- This is Bhatia's first time competing at the Travelers Championship in the past five years.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Keegan Bradley posted numbers of 0.761 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (36th in field), 7.288 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 7.036 in SG: Putting (first).
- Bradley averaged 315.6 yards off the tee (sixth in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 83.33% (fifth), and attempted 28.00 putts per round (11th) in that victory a year ago.
Bhatia's recent performances
- Bhatia has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once over his last five tournaments.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Over his last five appearances, Bhatia has carded a score that's better than average in two of those outings.
- He has finished with an average score of 3 those three times he's made the cut.
- Akshay Bhatia has averaged 298.5 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Bhatia has an average of -0.510 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Bhatia is averaging 1.054 Strokes Gained: Total.
Bhatia's advanced stats and rankings
- Bhatia owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.277 (41st) this season, while his average driving distance of 298.4 yards ranks 95th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Bhatia ranks 21st on TOUR, putting up an average of 0.446, while he ranks 114th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 63.98%.
- On the greens, Bhatia has registered a 0.282 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 42nd on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 39th with a putts-per-round average of 28.43, and he ranks 97th by breaking par 23.95% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 95 | 298.4 | 298.5 |
Greens in Regulation % | 114 | 63.98% | 59.03% |
Putts Per Round | 39 | 28.43 | 29.2 |
Par Breakers | 97 | 23.95% | 18.06% |
Bogey Avoidance | 82 | 15.23% | 18.75% |
Bhatia's best finishes
- Bhatia has played 18 tournaments this season, coming away with one win .
- In those 18 events, he made the cut 12 times.
- With 1160 points, Bhatia currently ranks 24th in the FedExCup standings.
Bhatia's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Bhatia put up his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the Valero Texas Open, ranking sixth in the field at 4.270. In that tournament, he finished first.
- Bhatia produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season at the Valero Texas Open, ranking No. 1 in the field at 8.178. In that event, he finished first.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Bhatia put up his best performance this season at the Valero Texas Open, ranking second in the field at 6.346. In that event, he finished first.
- At the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2024, Bhatia delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 5.895, which ranked him fifth in the field. He finished 42nd in that tournament.
- Bhatia posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (21.154) at the Valero Texas Open in April 2024, a performance that ranked him No. 1 in the field.
Bhatia's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 41 | 0.277 | 2.026 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 21 | 0.446 | 0.409 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 115 | -0.066 | -0.871 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 42 | 0.282 | -0.510 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 19 | 0.938 | 1.054 |
Bhatia's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 73-69 | -2 | -- |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | 35 | 66-69-69-70 | -10 | -- |
July 13-16 | Barbasol Championship | 9 | 68-68-70-65 | -17 | 38 |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 72-71 | +3 | -- |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | MC | 73-69 | -2 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 43 | 66-72-72-70 | -8 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 35 | 68-70-68-67 | -11 | -- |
October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 21 | 71-69-70-70 | E | -- |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 10 | 69-66-70-64 | -19 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 20 | 65-66-70-68 | -15 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 38 | 69-66-67-68 | -12 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 14 | 69-64-66-71 | -22 | 113 |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 13 | 69-64-68-67 | -12 | 55 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 70-67-67 | -12 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 13 | 70-71-69-70 | -8 | 53 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 71-74 | +3 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 72-72 | E | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 17 | 74-68-70-68 | -4 | 43 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 11 | 67-68-67-69 | -9 | 65 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 1 | 63-70-68-67 | -39 | 500 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 35 | 72-75-74-73 | +6 | 24 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 18 | 71-67-69-68 | -9 | 88 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 42 | 74-70-71-74 | +5 | 19 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-70 | +1 | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 73-72 | +5 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 60 | 69-69-74-69 | +1 | 5 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 22 | 69-72-75-76 | +4 | 80 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 16 | 68-71-73-71 | +3 | 115 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Bhatia as of the start of the Travelers Championship.
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