Cameron Young betting profile: BMW Championship
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In his last competition at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Cameron Young carded a 61st-place finish, and he enters the 2024 BMW Championship aiming for better results.
The BMW Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Aug. 22-25, 2024
- Location: Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
- Course: Castle Pines Golf Club
- Par: 72 / 8,130 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Viktor Hovland
At the BMW Championship
- Young's average finish has been 19th, and his average score 6-under, over his last two appearances at the BMW Championship.
- Young last participated in the BMW Championship in 2023, finishing 15th with a score of 6-under.
- When Viktor Hovland won this tournament in 2023, he had 4.736 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (second in the field), 4.318 SG: Approach the Green (fourth), and 6.178 SG: Putting (fourth).
- Hovland's average driving distance was 306 (12th in field), he hit 80.56% of greens in regulation (third), with 28.5 putts per round (13th) en route to his win last year.
Young's recent history at the BMW Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
8/17/2023 | 15 | 67-71-68-68 | -6 |
8/18/2022 | 23 | 67-68-72-72 | -5 |
Young's recent performances
- Young has finished in the top 10 in two of his last five appearances.
- Over his last five appearances, Young has finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back of the winner twice. He's carded a score that's better than average four times.
- He has an average score relative to par of 7-under in his last five appearances.
- Off the tee, Cameron Young has averaged 317.0 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Young is averaging -1.540 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Young has an average of 4.138 in his past five tournaments.
Young's advanced stats and rankings
- Young has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.443 this season (15th on TOUR). His average driving distance (308.8 yards) ranks 23rd, while his 63.2% driving accuracy average ranks 72nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Young ranks 62nd on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.223. Additionally, he ranks 84th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 66.45%.
- On the greens, Young has registered a -0.288 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 142nd on TOUR, while he ranks 67th with a putts-per-round average of 28.77. He has broken par 23.38% of the time (111th on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 23 | 308.8 | 317.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 84 | 66.45% | 69.44% |
Putts Per Round | 67 | 28.77 | 28.9 |
Par Breakers | 111 | 23.38% | 23.89% |
Bogey Avoidance | 45 | 13.78% | 10.28% |
Young's best finishes
- Young has participated in 20 tournaments this season, and he has collected two top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes.
- In those 20 events, he made the cut 19 times (95%).
- Young, who has 1227 points, currently sits 31st in the FedExCup standings.
Young's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Young's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Wyndham Championship in August 2024, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 5.590.
- Young produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at THE PLAYERS Championship (March 2024), ranking fifth in the field with a mark of 6.757.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Young delivered his best performance this season at the Travelers Championship, ranking fifth in the field at 3.097. In that event, he finished ninth.
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Young delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.214, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him seventh in the field (he finished eighth in that tournament).
- Young delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (11.547) at the Valspar Championship in March 2024, a performance that ranked him second in the field.
Young's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 15 | 0.443 | 2.811 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 62 | 0.223 | 0.719 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 93 | -0.005 | 2.148 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 142 | -0.288 | -1.540 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 59 | 0.373 | 4.138 |
Young's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 54 | 65-74-72-64 | -13 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 38 | 66-68-68-68 | -12 | -- |
November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 15 | 69-71-69-74 | -5 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 33 | 68-67-74-65 | -18 | 27 |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 70 | 71-74-70 | -1 | 6 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 8 | 67-67-66-71 | -13 | 78 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 16 | 72-66-69-70 | -7 | 115 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 4 | 65-69-71-66 | -13 | 104 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 36 | 73-70-71-76 | +2 | 21 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 70-69-73-74 | -2 | 9 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 2 | 69-69-68-68 | -10 | 300 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 9 | 70-73-72-73 | E | 180 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 62 | 67-71-76-70 | E | 8 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 34 | 71-69-71-76 | +3 | 26 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 63 | 69-71-70-71 | -3 | 7 |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 69-72 | +1 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 50 | 76-72-76-77 | +13 | 13 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 67 | 73-72-75-74 | +14 | 6 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 9 | 72-66-59-66 | -17 | 174 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 6 | 67-66-67-73 | -15 | 89 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 31 | 73-73-71-73 | +6 | 29 |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 22 | 67-62-69-72 | -10 | 37 |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 61 | 68-73-74-67 | +2 | 18 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Young as of the start of the BMW Championship.
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