Tom Whitney betting profile: Sanderson Farms Championship
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS - APRIL 30: Tom Whitney hits a chip shot on the sixth hole prior to THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch on April 30, 2024 in McKinney, Texas. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images for The CJ Cup)
Tom Whitney hits the links Oct. 3-6 in the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson following a 47th-place finish in the Procore Championship, which was his most recent tournament.
The Sanderson Farms Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Oct. 3-6, 2024
- Location: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Course: The Country Club of Jackson
- Par: 72 / 7,461 yards
- Purse: $7.6M
- Previous winner: Luke List
At the Sanderson Farms Championship
- In the past five years, this is Whitney's first time competing at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
- Luke List won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 2.173 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (19th in field), 0.109 in SG: Approach the Green (47th), and 6.002 in SG: Putting (seventh).
- List's average driving distance was 312.9 (10th in field), he hit 77.78% of greens in regulation (seventh), with 27.75 putts per round (16th) en route to his win last year.
Whitney's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Whitney has not finished in the top 20.
- He has made one cut over his last five tournaments.
- Whitney finished 47th in his only finish over his last five events.
- He finished with a score of 4-under in his only made cut over his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Tom Whitney has averaged 300.3 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Whitney is averaging -1.829 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Whitney is averaging -0.909 Strokes Gained: Total.
Whitney's advanced stats and rankings
- Whitney has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.091 this season, which ranks 80th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (296.1 yards) ranks 121st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Whitney owns a 0.260 average that ranks 49th on TOUR. He ranks 37th with a 68.44% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Whitney has registered a -0.656 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 166th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 168th with a putts-per-round average of 30.06, and he ranks 125th by breaking par 22.78% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 121 | 296.1 | 300.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 37 | 68.44% | 72.69% |
Putts Per Round | 168 | 30.06 | 30.5 |
Par Breakers | 125 | 22.78% | 22.69% |
Bogey Avoidance | 145 | 16.44% | 11.57% |
Whitney's best finishes
- Whitney, who has taken part in 20 tournaments this season, is still seeking his first top-10 finish.
- In those 20 events, he made the cut seven times, a success rate of 35%.
- Currently, Whitney has 82 points, placing him 183rd in the FedExCup standings.
Whitney's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Whitney delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), ranking 10th in the field at 2.929.
- Whitney's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Farmers Insurance Open, where his 5.086 mark ranked fifth in the field.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Whitney's best effort this season was in July 2024 at the ISCO Championship, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.821. He missed the cut in that tournament.
- At the Valspar Championship in March 2024, Whitney recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark so far this season (1.134, which ranked 41st in the field). In that event, he finished 33rd.
- Whitney recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (4.367) in January 2024 at the Farmers Insurance Open. That ranked 21st in the field.
Whitney's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 80 | 0.091 | -0.863 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 49 | 0.260 | 1.988 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 165 | -0.458 | -0.205 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 166 | -0.656 | -1.829 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 158 | -0.763 | -0.909 |
Whitney's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 66-70-73 | -7 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 13 | 70-67-75-68 | -8 | 53 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 67-76 | +1 | -- |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 61 | 67-69-71-75 | -6 | 3 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 33 | 71-69-69-73 | -2 | 18 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 67-79 | +6 | -- |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 75 | 72-72-75-74 | +5 | 2 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 63 | 71-69-70-75 | -3 | 3 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 70-69 | -70 | -- |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 66 | 65-70-75-73 | -1 | 4 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 73-71 | +4 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 68-73 | +1 | -- |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 75-74 | +5 | -- |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 71-67 | -4 | -- |
July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | MC | 72-65 | -7 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 70-74 | +2 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 68-74 | +2 | -- |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 47 | 72-68-74-70 | -4 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Whitney as of the start of the Sanderson Farms Championship.
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