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Nick Taylor betting profile: PGA Championship
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Nick Taylor hits the links in the 2024 PGA Championship May 16-19 after a 43rd-place finish in the Wells Fargo Championship in his last tournament.
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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
- Taylor has missed the cut in his last two appearances at the PGA Championship.
- Taylor last participated in the PGA Championship in 2023, missing the cut with a score of 7-over.
- 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 also posted numbers of 319 in average driving distance (fourth in field), 61.11% in terms of greens in regulation (29th), and 26 putts per round (first).
Taylor's recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/2023 | MC | 71-76 | +7 |
| 8/6/2020 | MC | 76-73 | +9 |
Taylor's recent performances
- In his last five events, Taylor has an average finish of 46th.
- He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five tournaments.
- Taylor has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has finished with an average score of -1 those four times he's made the cut.
- Off the tee, Nick Taylor has averaged 291.7 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Taylor has an average of 0.255 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Taylor is averaging -0.749 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Taylor's advanced stats and rankings
- Taylor has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.140 this season, which ranks 121st on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (289.9 yards) ranks 155th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Taylor ranks 42nd on TOUR, posting an average of 0.373, while he ranks 148th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 63.14%.
- On the greens, Taylor's 0.397 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 32nd this season, while he averages 28.22 putts per round (26th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 155 | 289.9 | 291.7 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 148 | 63.14% | 56.79% |
| Putts Per Round | 26 | 28.22 | 28.7 |
| Par Breakers | 34 | 28.18% | 19.14% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 143 | 16.67% | 21.30% |
Taylor's best finishes
- Taylor has participated in 13 tournaments this season, taking home the win in one of them. He has also secured three finishes in the top-10.
- In those 13 events, he made the cut 11 times (84.6%).
- Currently, Taylor ranks 29th in the FedExCup standings with 893 points.
Taylor's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Taylor produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), ranking 33rd in the field at 1.038.
- Taylor delivered his best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season at the Sony Open in Hawaii, ranking fourth in the field at 5.655. In that event, he finished seventh.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Taylor put up his best performance this season at the Wells Fargo Championship (May 2024), ranking 11th in the field with a mark of 2.832.
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Taylor recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 8.934, which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that tournament.
- Taylor delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (16.258) at the WM Phoenix Open, which was held in February 2024. That performance ranked No. 1 in the field (he finished first in that event).
Taylor's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 121 | -0.140 | -0.055 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 42 | 0.373 | 0.465 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 136 | -0.175 | -1.417 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 32 | 0.397 | 0.255 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 51 | 0.456 | -0.749 |
Taylor's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 71-76 | +7 | -- |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 71-73 | +4 | -- |
| June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | 1 | 75-67-63-66 | -23 | 500 |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | MC | 72-72 | +4 | -- |
| July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 72-74 | +4 | -- |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 19 | 68-70-65-71 | -6 | 42 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-75 | +6 | -- |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 24 | 71-68-68-66 | -7 | 130 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 47 | 71-72-74-73 | +10 | 40 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 25 | 71-67-69-72 | -1 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 13 | 65-67-69-67 | -16 | -- |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 21 | 68-73-69-70 | E | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 52 | 69-69-73-70 | -11 | 11 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 7 | 69-67-65-65 | -14 | 85 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 68-67-70 | -11 | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 71 | 71-77-68 | E | 5 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 1 | 60-70-68-65 | -23 | 500 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 70-69-70-74 | -1 | 20 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 12 | 69-71-74-71 | -3 | 133 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 26 | 66-68-76-70 | -8 | 60 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 64 | 68-74-75-70 | +3 | 4 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 77-81 | +14 | -- |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 49 | 71-70-69-71 | -3 | 12 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 43 | 71-69-75-75 | +6 | 17 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Taylor as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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