William Furr betting profile: Shriners Children's Open
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In his most recent competition at the Black Desert Championship, William Furr concluded the weekend at 9-under, good for a 46th-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 Shriners Children's Open Oct. 17-20 looking for better results.
The Shriners Children's Open tournament and course info
- Date: Oct. 17-20, 2024
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Course: TPC Summerlin
- Par: 71 / 7,255 yards
- Purse: $7M
- Previous winner: Tom Kim
At the Shriners Children's Open
- This is Furr's first time competing at the Shriners Children's Open in the past five years.
- Tom Kim finished with 0.335 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (39th in the field), 7.390 SG: Approach the Green (third), and 5.740 SG: Putting (fourth) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- Kim also posted numbers of 313.9 in average driving distance (50th in field), 75.00% in terms of greens in regulation (40th), and 28.25 putts per round (10th).
Furr's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Furr has finished in the top 20 once.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five appearances.
- Furr has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- In his last five appearances, his average score has been 9-under.
- In terms of driving distance, William Furr has averaged 312.9 yards in his past five starts.
- Furr is averaging -0.147 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Furr is averaging -1.522 Strokes Gained: Total.
Furr's advanced stats and rankings
- Furr owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.081 (117th) this season, while his average driving distance of 312.0 yards ranks 15th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Furr has a -0.393 average that ranks 152nd on TOUR. He ranks 78th with a 67.25% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Furr has registered a -0.128 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 125th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 139th with a putts-per-round average of 29.33, and he ranks 135th by breaking par 22.57% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 15 | 312.0 | 312.9 |
Greens in Regulation % | 78 | 67.25% | 73.02% |
Putts Per Round | 139 | 29.33 | 30.4 |
Par Breakers | 135 | 22.57% | 23.81% |
Bogey Avoidance | 71 | 14.00% | 11.51% |
Furr's best finishes
- Furr, who has played 20 tournaments this season, is still seeking his first top-10 finish.
- In those 20 tournaments, he made the cut on six occasions.
- With 37 points, Furr currently sits 197th in the FedExCup standings.
Furr's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Furr's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in March 2024 at the Valspar Championship, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 2.568. He missed the cut in that tournament.
- Furr produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season at the John Deere Classic, ranking 20th in the field at 3.992. In that tournament, he finished 72nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Furr's best effort this season was at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where his 5.945 mark ranked second in the field.
- At the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February 2024, Furr posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (5.447), which ranked sixth in the field.
- Furr posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (6.009) at the Procore Championship in September 2024, a performance that ranked him 13th in the field.
Furr's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 117 | -0.081 | -0.644 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 152 | -0.393 | -0.384 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 87 | 0.046 | -0.347 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 125 | -0.128 | -0.147 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 154 | -0.556 | -1.522 |
Furr's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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January 18-21 | The American Express | W/D | 66-77 | -1 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 70-75 | +1 | -- |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 38 | 69-70-68-70 | -7 | 15 |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | MC | 70-71 | -3 | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 73-74 | +5 | -- |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 36 | 64-75-70-68 | -3 | 16 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 72-74 | +2 | -- |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 55 | 73-66-72-72 | -5 | 4 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 67-70 | -70 | -- |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 71-67 | -4 | -- |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 71-72 | +1 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 75-69 | +4 | -- |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 76-69 | +1 | -- |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 72 | 67-70-68-72 | -7 | 3 |
July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | MC | 72-68 | -4 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 73-73 | +4 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 74-73 | +7 | -- |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 13 | 67-73-64-75 | -9 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 70-70 | -4 | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 46 | 66-70-72-67 | -9 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Furr as of the start of the Shriners Children's Open.
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