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Kurt Kitayama betting profile: Travelers Championship
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Kurt Kitayama enters play in Cromwell, CT, trying for better results June 20-23 in the 2024 Travelers Championship after failing to make the cut in his last outing, the U.S. Open.
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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
- Kitayama has entered the Travelers Championship once recently, in 2023. He missed the cut after posting a score of 3-under.
- 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 averaged 315.6 yards off the tee (sixth in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 83.33% (fifth), and attempted 28 putts per round (11th) in that victory a year ago.
Kitayama's recent history at the Travelers Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/22/2023 | MC | 71-66 | -3 |
Kitayama's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Kitayama has an average finish of 28th.
- He has made three cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Kitayama has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five appearances.
- He has finished with an average score of -49 those three times he's made the cut.
- Kurt Kitayama has averaged 311.0 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Kitayama is averaging -3.730 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Kitayama is averaging -1.142 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Kitayama's advanced stats and rankings
- Kitayama has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.411 this season (25th on TOUR). His average driving distance (305.8 yards) ranks 39th, while his 65.2% driving accuracy average ranks 51st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Kitayama has a 0.345 mark (40th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Kitayama's -0.494 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 163rd on TOUR this season, and his 29.08 putts-per-round average ranks 116th. He has broken par 21.54% of the time (148th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 39 | 305.8 | 311.0 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 72 | 65.42% | 46.88% |
| Putts Per Round | 116 | 29.08 | 30.4 |
| Par Breakers | 148 | 21.54% | 15.28% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 61 | 14.63% | 16.32% |
Kitayama's best finishes
- Kitayama has played 15 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has collected one finish in the top-10.
- In those 15 tournaments, he made the cut on 12 occasions.
- As of now, Kitayama has compiled 437 points, which ranks him 81st in the FedExCup standings.
Kitayama's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Kitayama's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the WM Phoenix Open, where his 3.939 mark ranked sixth in the field.
- Kitayama's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at The Sentry, where his 3.988 mark ranked sixth in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kitayama's best performance this season was at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 3.104 (he finished 39th in that event).
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Kitayama delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (4.480), which ranked 11th in the field.
- Kitayama recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.258) at the WM Phoenix Open (February 2024), which ranked him eighth in the field. He finished eighth in that tournament.
Kitayama's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 25 | 0.411 | 1.283 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 40 | 0.345 | 0.431 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 91 | 0.025 | 0.875 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 163 | -0.494 | -3.730 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 71 | 0.287 | -1.142 |
Kitayama's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 71-66 | -3 | -- |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 54 | 71-65-72-70 | -2 | 6 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 60 | 72-72-72-75 | +7 | 5 |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 52 | 66-69-69-74 | -2 | 26 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 41 | 76-68-72-68 | +4 | 58 |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 16 | 71-70-64-73 | -2 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 29 | 72-64-71-66 | -19 | 48 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 70-62-68-70 | -10 | 33 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 39 | 69-74-67 | -6 | 18 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 8 | 68-67-67-69 | -13 | 78 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 70-69-69-75 | -1 | 20 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 78-73 | +7 | -- |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 19 | 70-71-71-67 | -9 | 90 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 36 | 73-68-66-70 | -3 | 16 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 35 | 71-73-82-68 | +6 | 24 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 33 | 70-71-66-70 | -7 | 27 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 23 | 66-70-64-70 | -140 | 9 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 34 | 70-75-70-72 | +3 | 26 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 26 | 68-70-70-67 | -9 | 50 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 76-80 | +12 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 73-74 | +7 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kitayama as of the start of the Travelers Championship.
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