Matt Fitzpatrick betting profile: Genesis Scottish Open
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CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT - JUNE 23: Matt Fitzpatrick of England plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 23, 2024 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
In his last tournament at the Travelers Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick carded a 36th-place finish, and he heads into the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open looking to improve on that finish.
The Genesis Scottish Open tournament and course info
- Date: July 10-13, 2024
- Location: North Berwick, SCO
- Course: The Renaissance Club
- Par: 70 / 7,237 yards
- Purse: $9M
- Previous winner: Rory McIlroy
At the Genesis Scottish Open
- Over his last two trips to the Genesis Scottish Open, Fitzpatrick has an average score of 3-under, with an average finish of sixth.
- In Fitzpatrick's most recent appearance at the Genesis Scottish Open, in 2023, he failed to make the cut after posting a score of 1-over.
- Rory McIlroy won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 5.615 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 5.532 in SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.5 in SG: Putting (34th).
- En route to his victory last year, McIlroy posted an average driving distance of 331.8 (first in field), hit 69.44% of greens in regulation (24th), and took 27.5 putts per round (ninth).
Fitzpatrick's recent history at the Genesis Scottish Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
7/12/2023 | MC | 68-73 | +1 |
7/6/2022 | 6 | 71-66-70-70 | -3 |
Fitzpatrick's recent performances
- Fitzpatrick has finished in the top five in one of his last five events.
- He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five events.
- Over his last five events, Fitzpatrick has carded a score that's better than average in one of those outings.
- He has an average score of 3-over across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Matt Fitzpatrick has averaged 302.1 yards in his past five starts.
- Fitzpatrick is averaging -0.248 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Fitzpatrick has an average of 0.249 in his past five tournaments.
Fitzpatrick's advanced stats and rankings
- Fitzpatrick has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.115 this season, which ranks 76th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (300.9 yards) ranks 72nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Fitzpatrick ranks 109th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of -0.046. Additionally, he ranks 124th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 64.55%.
- On the greens, Fitzpatrick's 0.259 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 46th on TOUR this season, and his 28.35 putts-per-round average ranks 25th. He has broken par 25.56% of the time (43rd).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 72 | 300.9 | 302.1 |
Greens in Regulation % | 124 | 64.55% | 58.64% |
Putts Per Round | 25 | 28.35 | 28.8 |
Par Breakers | 43 | 25.56% | 17.90% |
Bogey Avoidance | 75 | 14.55% | 16.67% |
Fitzpatrick's best finishes
- Fitzpatrick has participated in 17 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has collected two finishes in the top-five and three finishes in the top-10.
- In those 17 events, he made the cut 13 times (76.5%).
- Currently, Fitzpatrick has 1049 points, placing him 36th in the FedExCup standings.
Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in February 2024 at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 3.987. He finished 15th in that tournament.
- Fitzpatrick's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, as he put up a 4.406 mark, which ranked him 17th in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Fitzpatrick's best performance this season was at the Valero Texas Open, where his 3.330 mark ranked 14th in the field.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Fitzpatrick posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark so far this season (7.295, which ranked second in the field). In that tournament, he finished fifth.
- Fitzpatrick posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (13.126) at THE PLAYERS Championship (which ranked him fifth in the field). In that tournament, he finished fifth.
Fitzpatrick's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 76 | 0.115 | 0.936 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 109 | -0.046 | -1.222 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 71 | 0.093 | 0.784 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 46 | 0.259 | -0.248 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 53 | 0.421 | 0.249 |
Fitzpatrick's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 68-73 | +1 | -- |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 41 | 72-72-67-75 | +2 | 13 |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 66 | 73-68-71-72 | +4 | 14 |
August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 2 | 66-67-66-66 | -15 | 980 |
August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 9 | 67-68-71-68 | -6 | -- |
November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 4 | 70-68-65-70 | -15 | -- |
January 4-7 | The Sentry | 14 | 69-64-69-68 | -22 | 113 |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 69-71 | E | -- |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 58 | 69-68-76 | -3 | 8 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 15 | 69-66-70-68 | -11 | 54 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 21 | 70-67-70-67 | -10 | 37 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 74-75 | +5 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 5 | 66-69-68-69 | -16 | 300 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 10 | 71-74-70-67 | -6 | 68 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 22 | 71-73-73-75 | +4 | 73 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 70-66-70-70 | -8 | 50 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 11 | 66-68-65-69 | -20 | 31 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 52 | 74-73-78-67 | +8 | 11 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 69-73 | E | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 5 | 73-70-74-69 | -2 | 275 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 64 | 73-72-79-69 | +13 | 7 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 36 | 74-65-63-69 | -9 | 23 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Fitzpatrick as of the start of the Genesis Scottish Open.
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