Viktor Hovland betting profile: Travelers Championship
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When he hits the links June 20-23, Viktor Hovland will look to build upon his last performance at the Travelers Championship. In 2023, he shot 12-under and placed 29th at TPC River Highlands.
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
- Over his last three trips to the Travelers Championship, Hovland has an average score of 9-under, with an average finish of 31st.
- Hovland finished 29th (with a score of 12-under) in his most recent go-round at the Travelers Championship (in 2023).
- When Keegan Bradley won this tournament in 2023, he had 0.761 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (36th in the field), 7.288 SG: Approach the Green (first), and 7.036 SG: Putting (first).
- En route to his victory last year, Bradley posted an average driving distance of 315.6 (sixth in field), hit 83.33% of greens in regulation (fifth), and took 28 putts per round (11th).
Hovland's recent history at the Travelers Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
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6/22/2023 | 29 | 67-65-70-66 | -12 |
6/25/2020 | 11 | 63-69-67-68 | -13 |
6/20/2019 | 54 | 67-71-68-73 | -1 |
Hovland's recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, Hovland has finished in the top five once.
- He has made three cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Hovland has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last five appearances. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score three times.
- In his last five events, his average score has been 5-under.
- Off the tee, Viktor Hovland has averaged 301.3 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Hovland has an average of 0.369 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Hovland is averaging 5.392 Strokes Gained: Total.
Hovland's advanced stats and rankings
- Hovland has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.592 this season, which ranks 13th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (300.3 yards) ranks 74th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Hovland ranks 19th on TOUR with a mark of 0.459.
- On the greens, Hovland's 0.169 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 67th on TOUR this season, and his 28.46 putts-per-round average ranks 43rd. He has broken par 23.49% of the time (110th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 74 | 300.3 | 301.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 52 | 66.35% | 65.63% |
Putts Per Round | 43 | 28.46 | 28.5 |
Par Breakers | 110 | 23.49% | 22.57% |
Bogey Avoidance | 54 | 14.44% | 15.28% |
Hovland's best finishes
- Hovland has participated in 10 tournaments this season, earning one top-five finish.
- In those 10 events, he made the cut eight times, a success rate of 80%.
- Currently, Hovland has 751 points, ranking him 49th in the FedExCup standings.
Hovland's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Hovland produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at THE PLAYERS Championship, ranking 13th in the field at 3.448. In that tournament, he finished 62nd.
- Hovland's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, where his 4.494 mark ranked fifth in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Hovland's best effort this season was at The Sentry, where he ranked 41st in the field with a mark of -0.841 (he finished 22nd in that tournament).
- At The Sentry in January 2024, Hovland recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 2.790 (his best mark this season), which ranked 17th in the field. He finished 22nd in that event.
- Hovland posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (4.339) in June 2024 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. That ranked 15th in the field.
Hovland's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 13 | 0.592 | 2.513 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 19 | 0.459 | 4.025 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 175 | -0.646 | -1.514 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 67 | 0.169 | 0.369 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 42 | 0.574 | 5.392 |
Hovland's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 29 | 67-65-70-66 | -12 | 27 |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 25 | 73-63-67-72 | -5 | 29 |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 13 | 70-72-66-73 | -3 | 63 |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 13 | 72-64-65-69 | -10 | 229 |
August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 1 | 69-68-65-61 | -17 | 0 |
August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 1 | 68-64-66-63 | -19 | -- |
November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 10 | 73-73-70-63 | -9 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 22 | 65-67-72-67 | -21 | 85 |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 58 | 69-72-72 | -3 | 8 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 19 | 70-69-70-69 | -6 | 95 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 36 | 71-69-75-75 | +2 | 21 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 62 | 73-69-71-74 | -1 | 8 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 71-81 | +8 | -- |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 24 | 72-72-72-69 | +1 | 70 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 3 | 68-66-66-66 | -18 | 350 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 15 | 69-69-77-75 | +2 | 115 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 78-68 | +6 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Hovland as of the start of the Travelers Championship.
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