Matthieu Pavon betting profile: Hero World Challenge
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Matthieu Pavon hits the links in the 2024 Hero World Challenge Dec. 5-8 coming off a 17th-place finish in the TOUR Championship in his last competition.
The Hero World Challenge tournament and course info
- Date: Dec. 5-8, 2024
- Location: Albany, BAH
- Course: Albany
- Par: 72 / 7,449 yards
- Purse: $5M
- Previous winner: Scottie Scheffler
At the Hero World Challenge
- This is Pavon's first time competing at the Hero World Challenge in the past five years.
- Scottie Scheffler won this tournament in 2023 with a final score of 20-under.
Pavon's recent performances
- Pavon has made the cut and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once over his last five events.
- Pavon has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score of 2-over across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Matthieu Pavon has averaged 311.1 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Pavon is averaging -0.278 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Pavon is averaging -1.749 Strokes Gained: Total.
Pavon's advanced stats and rankings
- Pavon has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.027, which ranks 104th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (300.9 yards) ranks 92nd, and his 67.5% driving accuracy average ranks 28th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Pavon owns a 0.249 average that ranks 53rd on TOUR. He ranks 126th with a 65.96% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Pavon has registered a 0.125 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 71st on TOUR, while he ranks 109th with a putts-per-round average of 29.13. He has broken par 23.46% of the time (112th on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 92 | 300.9 | 311.1 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 126 | 65.96% | 52.22% |
| Putts Per Round | 109 | 29.13 | 28.7 |
| Par Breakers | 112 | 23.46% | 18.61% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 159 | 16.40% | 15.28% |
Pavon's best finishes
- Pavon has played 20 tournaments this season, and he has secured one win along with three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 20 tournaments, he had a 80% success rate in terms of making the cut (16 cuts made).
- Currently, Pavon has 1569 points, ranking him 16th in the FedExCup standings.
Pavon's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Pavon's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 2.349 (he missed the cut in that event).
- Pavon produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at the Farmers Insurance Open (January 2024), ranking third in the field with a mark of 5.394.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Pavon's best performance this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he ranked 47th in the field with a mark of -0.317 (he finished first in that event).
- At the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, Pavon delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.965 (his best mark this season), which ranked fifth in the field. He finished in that tournament.
- Pavon posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (11.639) at the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024. That ranked No. 1 in the field.
Pavon's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 104 | 0.027 | 0.406 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 53 | 0.249 | -0.342 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 178 | -0.414 | -1.535 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 71 | 0.125 | -0.278 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 110 | -0.014 | -1.749 |
Pavon's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 7 | 66-66-67-67 | -14 | 85 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 39 | 67-66-68-70 | -17 | 14 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 1 | 69-65-72-69 | -13 | 500 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 3 | 65-70-66 | -15 | 350 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 28 | 67-68-70-70 | -9 | 27 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 52 | 74-68-76-76 | +6 | 12 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 70-77 | +3 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 12 | 70-73-74-72 | +1 | 140 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 49 | 69-73-70-69 | -3 | 12 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 67 | 76-74-74-77 | +17 | 7 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 76-77 | +11 | -- |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 77-75 | +8 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 5 | 67-70-69-71 | -3 | 300 |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 16 | 71-65-62-68 | -14 | 113 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 74-70 | +4 | -- |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 50 | 72-72-77-72 | +9 | 11 |
| August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 58 | 71-75-77-74 | +13 | -- |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 46 | 65-73-72-68 | -2 | 39 |
| August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 33 | 73-72-76-68 | +1 | 82 |
| August 29 - September 1 | TOUR Championship | 17 | 67-69-71-67 | -10 | 0 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Pavon as of the start of the Hero World Challenge.
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