Hayden Buckley betting profile: 3M Open
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Hayden Buckley seeks better fortunes this time around in the 2024 3M Open. He took 26th at the par-71 TPC Twin Cities in 2022.
The 3M Open tournament and course info
- Date: July 25-28, 2024
- Location: Blaine, Minnesota, USA
- Course: TPC Twin Cities
- Par: 71 / 7,431 yards
- Purse: $8.1M
- Previous winner: Lee Hodges
At the 3M Open
- Buckley finished 26th (with a score of 5-under) in his lone appearance at the 3M Open in recent years (in 2022).
- With numbers of 1.885 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (24th in field), 9.219 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 6.196 in SG: Putting (fourth), Lee Hodges won this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Hodges posted an average driving distance of 310.9 (25th in field), hit 80.56% of greens in regulation (ninth), and took 28 putts per round (fourth).
Buckley's recent history at the 3M Open
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/21/2022 | 26 | 72-70-68-69 | -5 |
Buckley's recent performances
- Buckley has finished in the top five in one of his last five appearances.
- He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Over his last five tournaments, Buckley has finished in the top 10 once.
- He has finished with an average score of -8 those four times he's made the cut.
- Hayden Buckley has averaged 301.2 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Buckley has an average of 1.093 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Buckley is averaging 2.222 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Buckley's advanced stats and rankings
- Buckley has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.109 this season (80th on TOUR). His average driving distance (296.7 yards) ranks 113th, while his 65.1% driving accuracy average ranks 50th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Buckley ranks 155th on TOUR with a mark of -0.388.
- On the greens, Buckley's 0.035 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 92nd this season, while he averages 28.96 putts per round (99th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 113 | 296.7 | 301.2 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 96 | 65.90% | 71.30% |
| Putts Per Round | 99 | 28.96 | 29.2 |
| Par Breakers | 137 | 22.11% | 22.84% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 124 | 15.69% | 9.88% |
Buckley's best finishes
- Buckley has not won any of the 19 tournaments he has played this season, though he has come away with one top-five finish.
- In those 19 tournaments, he made the cut on nine occasions.
- Currently, Buckley has 224 points, placing him 130th in the FedExCup standings.
Buckley's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Buckley put up his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (June 2024), ranking 12th in the field at 2.955.
- Buckley's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Charles Schwab Challenge, where his 1.903 mark ranked 28th in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Buckley's best effort this season was at the Valspar Championship, where he ranked 18th in the field with a mark of 2.657 (he finished 61st in that tournament).
- At the Charles Schwab Challenge in May 2024, Buckley posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 6.153 (his best mark this season), which ranked third in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- Buckley recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.337) at the Charles Schwab Challenge (which ranked him fifth in the field). In that event, he finished fifth.
Buckley's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 80 | 0.109 | 1.224 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 155 | -0.388 | -0.037 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 121 | -0.092 | -0.059 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 92 | 0.035 | 1.093 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 139 | -0.336 | 2.222 |
Buckley's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 52 | 67-72-71-68 | -2 | 26 |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 71-72 | -1 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 64 | 67-71-73-71 | -2 | -- |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 72 | 71-71-75-72 | +9 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 59 | 71-65-71-69 | -12 | -- |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 72-70 | +2 | -- |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 72-66-69 | -9 | -- |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 73-71 | E | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 77 | 76-74-69 | +3 | 5 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 70-69-67-70 | -8 | 24 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 69-76 | +3 | -- |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 71-74 | +1 | -- |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 61 | 68-73-69-76 | +2 | 5 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 75-77 | +12 | -- |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 73-75 | +4 | -- |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | MC | 73-73 | +2 | -- |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 64-75 | -66 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 52 | 65-70-72-67 | -10 | 6 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 59 | 70-69-69-73 | -3 | 3 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 5 | 67-65-69-74 | -5 | 96 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 72-70 | +2 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 44 | 71-67-66-76 | -8 | 10 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 34 | 64-72-68-68 | -12 | 18 |
| July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | 59 | 66-66-75-73 | -8 | 3 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Buckley as of the start of the 3M Open.
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