Jul 8, 2024
Troy Merritt betting profile: ISCO Championship
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SILVIS, ILLINOIS - JULY 04: Troy Merritt of the United States lines up a putt on the first green during the first round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run on July 04, 2024 in Silvis, Illinois. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Troy Merritt starts play this weekend looking for a better outcome in the 2024 ISCO Championship after failing to make the cut in the competition in 2019 at Keene Trace Golf Club (Champions Course).
Latest odds for Merritt at the ISCO Championship.
The ISCO Championship tournament and course info
- Date: July 11-14, 2024
- Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA
- Course: Keene Trace Golf Club (Champions Course)
- Par: 72 / 7,328 yards
- Purse: $4M
- Previous winner: Vincent Norrman
At the ISCO Championship
- Merritt has played the ISCO Championship three times of late, with one win. His average score has been 17-under, and his average finish has been 18th.
- In 2019, Merritt failed to make the cut (with a score of 1-under) in his most recent appearance at the ISCO Championship.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Vincent Norrman posted numbers of 5.184 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (third in field), 0.16 in SG: Approach the Green (49th), and 5.193 in SG: Putting (seventh).
- En route to his victory last year, Norrman posted an average driving distance of 315.9 (14th in field), hit 69.44% of greens in regulation (35th), and took 26 putts per round (first).
Merritt's recent history at the ISCO Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7/18/2019 | MC | 73-70 | -1 |
| 7/19/2018 | 1 | 62-67-69-67 | -23 |
Merritt's recent performances
- Merritt has made the cut and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once over his last five tournaments.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Merritt has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has finished with an average score of -6 those three times he's made the cut.
- Off the tee, Troy Merritt has averaged 294.7 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Merritt is averaging 0.335 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Merritt is averaging 1.658 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Merritt's advanced stats and rankings
- Merritt has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.134, which ranks 122nd on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (291.0 yards) ranks 146th, and his 66% driving accuracy average ranks 47th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Merritt ranks 69th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.194. Additionally, he ranks 89th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 65.89%.
- On the greens, Merritt has delivered a -0.098 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 117th on TOUR, while he ranks 63rd with a putts-per-round average of 28.72. He has broken par 24.56% of the time (80th on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 146 | 291.0 | 294.7 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 89 | 65.89% | 67.01% |
| Putts Per Round | 63 | 28.72 | 29.5 |
| Par Breakers | 80 | 24.56% | 20.14% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 77 | 14.56% | 13.89% |
Merritt's best finishes
- Merritt has taken part in 18 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has earned one finish in the top-10.
- In those 18 tournaments, he had a 50% success rate in terms of making the cut (nine cuts made).
- Merritt, who has 210 points, currently ranks 127th in the FedExCup standings.
Merritt's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Merritt delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, ranking 21st in the field at 1.639. In that tournament, he finished 58th.
- Merritt's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked 15th in the field with a mark of 3.941 (he finished 47th in that event).
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Merritt's best effort this season was at the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February 2024, as he delivered a 4.076 mark, which ranked him sixth in the field. He finished 58th in that event.
- At THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in May 2024, Merritt delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.899, which was his best so far this season. That ranked sixth in the field.
- Merritt posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.433) at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, which was held in May 2024. That performance ranked ninth in the field (he finished ninth in that tournament).
Merritt's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 122 | -0.134 | 0.073 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 69 | 0.194 | 1.226 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 55 | 0.157 | 0.023 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 117 | -0.098 | 0.335 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 90 | 0.118 | 1.658 |
Merritt's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 71-72 | +3 | -- |
| July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 72-71 | +1 | -- |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 58 | 70-63-70-75 | -2 | 5 |
| September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 7 | 74-67-69-65 | -13 | -- |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 9 | 68-65-71-68 | -16 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 64 | 68-71-71-72 | -2 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 65 | 71-68-73-65 | -11 | -- |
| November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 72 | 69-67-71-72 | -5 | -- |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 77-64 | -1 | -- |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 68-66-66-70 | -10 | 33 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 70-64-70 | -12 | -- |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 70-77 | +3 | -- |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 69-74 | +1 | -- |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 58 | 71-69-69-72 | -3 | 5 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 47 | 68-72-69-69 | -6 | 9 |
| March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 23 | 68-71-69-68 | -12 | 20 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 73-73 | +2 | -- |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 70-77 | +5 | -- |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 71-77 | +4 | -- |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 67 | 66-74-71-77 | E | 2 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 67-77 | E | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 9 | 67-62-70-67 | -18 | 73 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 40 | 68-71-67-71 | -7 | 8 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 45 | 70-72-70-70 | +2 | 10 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 72-69 | +1 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 17 | 69-64-70-73 | -12 | 49 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 69-71 | -2 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Merritt as of the start of the ISCO Championship.
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