May 14, 2024
Sam Burns betting profile: PGA Championship
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Sam Burns enters the 2024 PGA Championship May 16-19 after a 13th-place finish in the Wells Fargo Championship in his most recent tournament.
Latest odds for Burns at the 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 three appearances at the PGA Championship, Burns has an average finish of 25th, and an average score of 3-over.
- In Burns' most recent appearance at the PGA Championship, in 2023, he missed the cut after posting a score of 14-over.
- 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), Brooks Koepka won this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Koepka posted an average driving distance of 319 (fourth in field), hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), and took 26 putts per round (first).
Burns' recent history at the PGA Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18/2023 | MC | 74-80 | +14 |
| 5/19/2022 | 20 | 71-67-71-72 | +1 |
| 5/16/2019 | 29 | 70-72-69-74 | +5 |
Burns' recent performances
- Over his last five events, Burns has finished in the top 20 once.
- He's made the cut in three of his last five events.
- Burns has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of 3-under in his last five appearances.
- In terms of driving distance, Sam Burns has averaged 300.7 yards in his past five starts.
- Burns is averaging 0.038 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Burns is averaging 0.849 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Burns' advanced stats and rankings
- Burns owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.372 (28th) this season, while his average driving distance of 303.9 yards ranks 43rd on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Burns sports a 0.182 average that ranks 63rd on TOUR. He ranks 77th with a 66.35% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Burns' 0.398 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 31st this season, while he averages 28.17 putts per round (20th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 43 | 303.9 | 300.7 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 77 | 66.35% | 61.46% |
| Putts Per Round | 20 | 28.17 | 28.0 |
| Par Breakers | 12 | 29.68% | 22.57% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 19 | 12.54% | 15.97% |
Burns' best finishes
- Burns has not won any of the 11 tournaments he has participated in this season, though he has earned one top-five finish and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 11 events, he made the cut nine times (81.8%).
- Currently, Burns sits 34th in the FedExCup standings with 809 points.
Burns' best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Burns' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the WM Phoenix Open, where his 6.454 mark ranked best in the field.
- Burns' best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked 20th in the field with a mark of 3.120 (he finished third in that event).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Burns posted his best mark this season at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), ranking in the field with a mark of 0.950.
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Burns posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (4.223). That ranked 12th in the field.
- Burns delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (13.258) at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, a performance that ranked him third in the field.
Burns' Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 28 | 0.372 | 0.584 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 63 | 0.182 | 0.337 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 145 | -0.224 | -0.112 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 31 | 0.398 | 0.038 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 27 | 0.729 | 0.849 |
Burns' past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 74-80 | +14 | -- |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 6 | 67-70-70-68 | -5 | 92 |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 16 | 71-71-73-73 | E | 51 |
| June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 73-71 | E | -- |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 32 | 69-70-71-73 | +3 | 24 |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 19 | 67-65-71-71 | -6 | 42 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-75 | +6 | -- |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 14 | 69-69-65-67 | -10 | 51 |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 52 | 73-70-67-68 | -2 | 26 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 15 | 71-70-62-71 | -6 | 200 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 9 | 66-66-71-67 | -10 | -- |
| November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 16 | 71-76-68-69 | -4 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 33 | 69-68-68-69 | -18 | 27 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 6 | 66-61-65-71 | -25 | 92 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 10 | 68-69-67 | -12 | 175 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 3 | 68-67-67-64 | -18 | 163 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 10 | 70-71-68-67 | -8 | 150 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 30 | 68-72-71-78 | +1 | 38 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 73-70-65-76 | -4 | 14 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 71-72 | +1 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 80-73 | +9 | -- |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 44 | 70-69-72-69 | -4 | 16 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 13 | 71-68-70-73 | -2 | 135 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Burns as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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