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Denny McCarthy betting profile: BMW Championship
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Denny McCarthy enters play in the 2024 BMW Championship from Aug. 22-25 after a ninth-place finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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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
- In his last two appearances at the BMW Championship, McCarthy has an average finish of 19th, and an average score of 6-under.
- McCarthy finished 10th (with a score of 7-under) in his most recent go-round at the BMW Championship (in 2023).
- Viktor Hovland finished with 4.736 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (second in the field), 4.318 SG: Approach the Green (fourth), and 6.178 SG: Putting (fourth) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Hovland posted an average driving distance of 306 (12th in field), hit 80.56% of greens in regulation (third), and took 28.5 putts per round (13th).
McCarthy's recent history at the BMW Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/17/2023 | 10 | 69-69-65-70 | -7 |
| 8/18/2022 | 28 | 68-72-66-74 | -4 |
McCarthy's recent performances
- McCarthy has finished in the top 10 in two of his last five events.
- He's qualified for the weekend in three of his last five appearances.
- Over his last five tournaments, McCarthy has carded a score that's better than average in three of those outings.
- He has finished with an average score of -13 those three times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Denny McCarthy has averaged 294.8 yards in his past five starts.
- McCarthy has an average of 1.119 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, McCarthy is averaging 3.265 Strokes Gained: Total.
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McCarthy's advanced stats and rankings
- McCarthy has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.323, which ranks 147th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (290.5 yards) ranks 155th, and his 64.9% driving accuracy average ranks 50th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, McCarthy ranks 107th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of -0.018. Additionally, he ranks 163rd with a Greens in Regulation mark of 61.81%.
- On the greens, McCarthy's 0.698 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him third on TOUR this season, and his 27.73 putts-per-round average ranks first. He has broken par 22.08% of the time (139th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 155 | 290.5 | 294.8 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 163 | 61.81% | 65.28% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 27.73 | 28.5 |
| Par Breakers | 139 | 22.08% | 23.96% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 8 | 12.38% | 13.89% |
McCarthy's best finishes
- Although McCarthy hasn't won any of the 22 tournaments he has participated in this season, he has earned one top-five finish and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 22 events, he made the cut 18 times.
- McCarthy, who has 1045 points, currently sits 45th in the FedExCup standings.
McCarthy's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Charles Schwab Challenge, where he ranked 31st in the field with a mark of 1.033 (he finished 24th in that event).
- McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Valero Texas Open in April 2024, as he produced a 5.606 mark, which ranked him seventh in the field. He finished second in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, McCarthy's best effort this season was at the Valero Texas Open, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 7.960 (he finished second in that tournament).
- At the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, McCarthy recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 8.150 (his best mark this season), which ranked second in the field. He finished 24th in that tournament.
- McCarthy delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (21.154) at the Valero Texas Open, which was held in April 2024. That performance ranked No. 1 in the field (he finished second in that tournament).
McCarthy's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 147 | -0.323 | -0.830 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 107 | -0.018 | 0.304 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 10 | 0.386 | 2.673 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 3 | 0.698 | 1.119 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 32 | 0.744 | 3.265 |
McCarthy's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 5 | 65-67-66-65 | -19 | -- |
| December 8-10 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 4 | 57-71-65 | E | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 43 | 70-69-71-67 | -15 | 18 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 68-70-66-66 | -10 | 33 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 68-70-70 | -8 | 60 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 22 | 72-68-66-69 | -9 | 37 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 69-74-68-72 | -1 | 20 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 48 | 72-74-72-74 | +4 | 14 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 35 | 71-71-71-69 | -6 | 22 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 2 | 68-70-67-63 | -39 | 300 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 45 | 74-74-79-70 | +9 | 15 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 69-70-66-71 | -8 | 50 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 6 | 70-71-69-69 | -5 | 263 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-73 | +4 | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 24 | 70-66-70-73 | -1 | 32 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 39 | 76-70-73-76 | +7 | 21 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 32 | 75-67-72-73 | +7 | 27 |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 31 | 67-67-69-67 | -10 | 35 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 7 | 64-66-69-64 | -21 | 80 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 73-74 | +7 | -- |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-78 | +9 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 33 | 68-68-70-66 | -8 | 21 |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 9 | 66-63-72-68 | -11 | 320 |
All stats in this article are accurate for McCarthy as of the start of the BMW Championship.
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