Dec 2, 2024
Sungjae Im betting profile: Hero World Challenge
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Sungjae Im shot 5-under and took eighth the last time he played in this tournament. He'll hit the links at Albany Dec. 5-8 with his sights set higher this time around in the 2024 Hero World Challenge.
Latest odds for Im at the Hero World Challenge.
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
- Im has entered the Hero World Challenge once of late, in 2022. He finished eighth, posting a score of 5-under.
- Scottie Scheffler won this tournament in 2023 with a final score of 20-under.
Im's recent history at the Hero World Challenge
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/1/2022 | 8 | 74-71-70-68 | -5 |
Im's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Im has one top-10 finish and three top-20 finishes.
- Im has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his last five tournaments.
- He has carded an average score of 8-under over his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Sungjae Im has averaged 308.9 yards in his past five starts.
- Im has an average of 1.053 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Im has an average of 3.040 in his past five tournaments.
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Im's advanced stats and rankings
- Im has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.344, which ranks 29th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (298.8 yards) ranks 113th, and his 65.1% driving accuracy average ranks 51st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Im ranks 99th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.054. Additionally, he ranks 145th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 65.13%.
- On the greens, Im has delivered a 0.138 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 65th on TOUR, while he ranks 16th with a putts-per-round average of 28.22. He has broken par 25.16% of the time (57th on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 113 | 298.8 | 308.9 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 145 | 65.13% | 67.78% |
| Putts Per Round | 16 | 28.22 | 28.2 |
| Par Breakers | 57 | 25.16% | 24.44% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 32 | 12.84% | 11.67% |
Im's best finishes
- While Im hasn't won any of the 26 tournaments he has played this season, he has come away with four top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes.
- In those 26 events, he made the cut 20 times, a success rate of 76.9%.
- Currently, Im sits ninth in the FedExCup standings with 1896 points.
Im's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Im posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at THE PLAYERS Championship, ranking third in the field at 4.367. In that event, he finished 31st.
- Im posted his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season at the Travelers Championship, ranking fifth in the field at 5.081. In that event, he finished third.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Im's best performance this season was at the TOUR Championship, where he ranked second in the field with a mark of 4.161 (he finished seventh in that event).
- At the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2024, Im recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (6.058). That ranked fourth in the field.
- Im delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.694) in July 2024 at the John Deere Classic, which ranked 12th in the field. He finished 12th in that event.
Im's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 29 | 0.344 | 1.220 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 99 | 0.054 | -0.035 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 25 | 0.264 | 0.802 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 65 | 0.138 | 1.053 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 22 | 0.800 | 3.040 |
Im's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 5 | 65-66-73-63 | -25 | 250 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 66-67-65-71 | -19 | 30 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 73-69 | -2 | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 66 | 72-76-66 | -2 | 6 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 66 | 70-70-75-68 | -1 | 3 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 44 | 71-71-69-73 | E | 16 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 71-72 | +1 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 18 | 71-70-71-74 | -2 | 105 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 31 | 70-72-69-70 | -7 | 38 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 72-80 | +10 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 77-74 | +7 | -- |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 12 | 68-67-71-67 | -11 | 136 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 4 | 68-68-69-73 | -6 | 313 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-72 | +3 | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 9 | 70-64-70-72 | -4 | 75 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 8 | 76-71-67-73 | -1 | 191 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 74-76 | +10 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 3 | 67-64-63-66 | -20 | 338 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 12 | 66-64-70-64 | -20 | 58 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 4 | 63-67-67-69 | -14 | 100 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 7 | 76-72-66-69 | -1 | 225 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 41 | 68-67-67-72 | -6 | 14 |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 40 | 69-70-70-68 | -3 | 54 |
| August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 11 | 68-70-73-71 | -6 | 270 |
| August 29 - September 1 | TOUR Championship | 7 | 69-68-68-64 | -15 | 0 |
| October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 13 | 70-70-62-67 | -11 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Im as of the start of the Hero World Challenge.
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