Carson Young Betting Profile: Valero Texas Open
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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - MAY 12: Carson Young plays his shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the Visit Knoxville Open at Holston Hills Country Club on May 12, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Carson Young looks to show better in the 2024 Valero Texas Open than the last time he played in this tournament in 2023 when he missed the cut.
The Valero Texas Open Tournament & Course Info
- Date: April 4-7, 2024
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
- Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
- Par: 72 / 7,438 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous Winner: Corey Conners
At the Valero Texas Open
- Young has played the Valero Texas Open once in recent years (in 2023), posting a score of +5 and missing the cut.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Corey Conners posted numbers of 3.959 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (eighth in field), 9.539 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 0.376 in SG: Putting (41st).
- Conners' average driving distance was 300.6 (51st in field), he hit 77.78% of greens in regulation (first), with 29 putts per round (53rd) en route to his win last year.
Young's Recent History at the Valero Texas Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/30/2023 | MC | 74-75 | +5 |
Young's Recent Performances
- Young has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five tournaments.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Over his last five appearances, Young has carded a score that's better than average in one of those outings.
- He has an average score of -5 across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Carson Young has averaged 294.3 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Young is averaging 0.506 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Young is averaging -0.139 Strokes Gained: Total.
Young's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- Young owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.223 (61st) this season, while his average driving distance of 291.6 yards ranks 131st on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Young sports a 0.270 mark (51st on TOUR).
- On the greens, Young's -0.088 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 112th this season, and his putts-per-round average ranks first.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Last 5 Starts | Overall |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 131 | 291.6 | 294.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 61.46% |
Putts Per Round | 1 | 28.6 | |
Par Breakers | 1 | % | 20.83% |
Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 16.67% |
Young's Best Finishes
- Young has not won any of the nine tournaments he has played this season, though he has earned one top-10 finish.
- In those nine events, he made the cut six times (66.7%).
- With 151 points, Young currently ranks 105th in the FedExCup standings.
Young's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- This season, Young's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in February 2024 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where he ranked ninth in the field with a mark of 3.213. He finished eighth in that event.
- Young's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, as he delivered a 3.646 mark, which ranked him 17th in the field. He finished 41st in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Young produced his best mark this season at the Valspar Championship, ranking 23rd in the field at 1.690. In that tournament, he finished 54th.
- At the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February 2024, Young delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 1.814, which was his best so far this season. That ranked 24th in the field.
- Young posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.596) at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, which was held in February 2024. That performance ranked eighth in the field (he finished eighth in that event).
Young's Strokes Gained Rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 61 | 0.223 | 1.254 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 51 | 0.270 | -0.190 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 158 | -0.383 | -1.709 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 112 | -0.088 | 0.506 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 99 | 0.021 | -0.139 |
Young's Past Results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 13-16 | RBC Heritage | 19 | 68-68-69-69 | -10 | 42 |
April 27-30 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 15 | 67-71-65-69 | -12 | 53 |
May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | MC | 73-69 | E | -- |
May 11-14 | AT&T Byron Nelson | 14 | 70-68-63-66 | -17 | 53 |
May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 21 | 69-66-75-69 | -1 | 37 |
June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | 43 | 71-69-71-73 | -4 | 11 |
June 15-18 | U.S. Open | MC | 74-76 | +10 | -- |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 15 | 69-66-65-65 | -15 | 52 |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 52 | 69-68-70-72 | -9 | 7 |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | MC | 72-69 | -1 | -- |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 67 | 72-64-73-72 | +1 | 3 |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 19 | 70-71-68-70 | -9 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 70-70 | -4 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 73-72 | +3 | -- |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 9 | 69-64-68-67 | -20 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 71 | 68-70-70-68 | -6 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 69-70 | -1 | -- |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 17 | 70-64-68-65 | -21 | 48 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 56 | 70-69-72-76 | -1 | 5 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 41 | 71-67-72-68 | -6 | 12 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 8 | 71-67-68-66 | -12 | 75 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 56 | 68-71-69-72 | -4 | 6 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 71-75 | +2 | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 54 | 71-70-73-71 | +1 | 6 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 73-75 | +8 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Young as of the start of the Valero Texas Open.
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