Chris Kirk betting profile: Travelers Championship
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PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA - JUNE 14: Chris Kirk of the United States plays his shot from the seventh tee during the second round of the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 14, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Chris Kirk enters play June 20-23 in the 2024 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands following a 26th-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
- Kirk missed the cut in his only recent appearance at the Travelers Championship in 2021.
- Keegan Bradley won this tournament in 2023 with 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's average driving distance was 315.6 (sixth in field), he hit 83.33% of greens in regulation (fifth), with 28 putts per round (11th) en route to his win last year.
Kirk's recent history at the Travelers Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
6/24/2021 | MC | 71-70 | +1 |
Kirk's recent performances
- In his last five tournaments, Kirk has an average finish of 35th.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five appearances.
- Over his last five events, Kirk has carded a score that's better than average in one of those outings.
- He has finished with an average score of 6 those two times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Chris Kirk has averaged 299.3 yards in his past five starts.
- Kirk is averaging -0.986 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Kirk is averaging -2.362 Strokes Gained: Total.
Kirk's advanced stats and rankings
- Kirk owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.350 (32nd) this season, while his average driving distance of 296.8 yards ranks 108th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Kirk owns a 0.216 mark (63rd on TOUR).
- On the greens, Kirk has delivered a -0.373 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 150th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 40th with a putts-per-round average of 28.45, and he ranks 55th by breaking par 25.30% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 108 | 296.8 | 299.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 131 | 63.36% | 50.00% |
Putts Per Round | 40 | 28.45 | 29.0 |
Par Breakers | 55 | 25.30% | 12.30% |
Bogey Avoidance | 111 | 16.08% | 22.22% |
Kirk's best finishes
- Kirk has participated in 15 tournaments this season, taking home the win in one of them. He has also come away with two finishes in the top-10.
- In those 15 tournaments, he had a 73.3% success rate in terms of making the cut (11 cuts made).
- As of now, Kirk has compiled 1273 points, which ranks him 17th in the FedExCup standings.
Kirk's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Kirk posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Sony Open in Hawaii, ranking fourth in the field at 4.248. In that event, he finished 18th.
- Kirk's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 7.722.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kirk delivered his best mark this season at The Sentry (January 2024), ranking No. 1 in the field with a mark of 3.533.
- At The Sentry in January 2024, Kirk recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (3.601), which ranked 11th in the field.
- Kirk posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.459) at The Sentry in January 2024, a performance that ranked him No. 1 in the field.
Kirk's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 32 | 0.350 | -0.285 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 63 | 0.216 | -0.487 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 60 | 0.142 | -0.604 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 150 | -0.373 | -0.986 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 66 | 0.336 | -2.362 |
Kirk's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 14 | 67-68-67-69 | -17 | 55 |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | 21 | 68-66-66-71 | -13 | 39 |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 78-70 | +6 | -- |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 73-71 | +4 | -- |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 16 | 71-67-67-66 | -9 | 200 |
August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 29 | 66-66-75-71 | -2 | 115 |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | MC | 72-72 | E | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 28 | 69-67-66-66 | -14 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 1 | 67-65-66-65 | -29 | 700 |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 18 | 66-66-67-70 | -11 | 44 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 47 | 68-64-67-73 | -16 | 9 |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 71-69-68 | -8 | 60 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 72-74 | +4 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 28 | 67-70-73-65 | -9 | 27 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 44 | 69-74-72-76 | +3 | 16 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 26 | 68-70-73-69 | -8 | 60 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 16 | 74-75-68-73 | +2 | 113 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 10 | 69-67-67-69 | -12 | 170 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 43 | 73-72-74-71 | +6 | 17 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-74 | +5 | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 71-74 | +5 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 78-74 | +8 | -- |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 26 | 71-71-72-72 | +6 | 58 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kirk as of the start of the Travelers Championship.
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