Francesco Molinari betting profile: PGA Championship
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In his last competition, Francesco Molinari missed the cut at the Corales Puntacana Championship. He'll be after better results May 16-19 in Louisville, KY, at the 2024 PGA Championship.
The PGA Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 16-19, 2024
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Course: Valhalla Golf Club
- Par: 71 / 7,609 yards
- Previous winner: Brooks Koepka
At the PGA Championship
- In his last five appearances at the PGA Championship, Molinari has an average finish of 28th, and an average score of even-par.
- In 2023, Molinari missed the cut (with a score of 7-over) in his most recent appearance at the PGA Championship.
- Brooks Koepka won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 4.78 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (seventh in field), 5.32 in SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 4.191 in SG: Putting (13th).
- Koepka's average driving distance was 319 (fourth in field), he hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), with 26 putts per round (first) en route to his win last year.
Molinari's recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/2023 | MC | 74-73 | +7 |
| 5/19/2022 | 55 | 70-72-75-71 | +8 |
| 5/16/2019 | 48 | 72-68-73-75 | +8 |
| 8/9/2018 | 6 | 68-67-68-67 | -10 |
Molinari's recent performances
- In his last five tournaments, Molinari finished outside the top 20.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut once.
- Molinari has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his last five events.
- He finished 2-under relative to par the only time he made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Francesco Molinari has averaged 288.9 yards in his past five starts.
- Molinari has an average of -0.259 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Molinari has an average of -1.301 in his past five tournaments.
Molinari's advanced stats and rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | - | 288.4 | 288.9 |
| Greens in Regulation % | - | 65.63% | 69.44% |
| Putts Per Round | - | 29.44 | 30.0 |
| Par Breakers | - | 22.57% | 19.44% |
| Bogey Avoidance | - | 18.75% | 16.20% |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Molinari's best finishes
- Molinari has taken part in seven tournaments this season, and he has not yet finished in the top 10.
- In those seven tournaments, he made the cut on two occasions.
Molinari's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | - | - | -0.501 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | - | - | 0.678 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | - | - | -1.223 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | - | - | -0.259 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | - | - | -1.301 |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Molinari's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 74-73 | +7 | -- |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 81-74 | +11 | -- |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | MC | 72-73 | +5 | -- |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 74-67 | +1 | -- |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 71-70 | +1 | -- |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-75 | +6 | -- |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 69-70 | -3 | -- |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 73 | 70-69-77-74 | +2 | 3 |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 74-70 | +2 | -- |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 72-69-73-72 | -2 | 9 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 70-73 | +1 | -- |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | MC | 70-72 | -2 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Molinari as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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