May 8, 2024
Hideki Matsuyama betting profile: Wells Fargo Championship
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In his last competition at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, GA, Hideki Matsuyama ended the weekend at +7, good for a 38th-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship May 9-12 seeking an improved score.
Latest odds for Matsuyama at the Wells Fargo Championship.
The Wells Fargo Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 9-12, 2024
- Location: Charlotte, NC
- Course: Quail Hollow Club
- Par: 71 7,558 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Wyndham Clark
At the Wells Fargo Championship
- Over his last two trips to the Wells Fargo Championship, Matsuyama has an average score of +1, with an average finish of 54th.
- In 2019, Matsuyama finished 31st (with a score of -2) in his most recent appearance at the Wells Fargo Championship.
- Wyndham Clark won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 2.766 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (11th in field), 8.202 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 7.461 in SG: Putting (third).
- In addition, Clark's average driving distance was 321.1 (19th in field), he hit % of greens in regulation (), and he averaged 28.25 putts per round (21st).
Matsuyama's recent history at the Wells Fargo Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2/2019 | 31 | 73-70-70-69 | -2 |
Matsuyama's recent performances
- Matsuyama has finished atop the leaderboard once while also earning three top-10 finishes over his last five appearances.
- Over his last five tournaments, Matsuyama has finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back of the winner twice. He's carded a score that's better than average four times.
- He has carded an average score of -7 over his last five tournaments.
- Hideki Matsuyama has averaged 297.8 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Matsuyama is averaging 0.245 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Matsuyama has an average of 9.764 in his past five tournaments.
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Matsuyama's advanced stats and rankings
- Matsuyama has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.338 this season (39th on TOUR). His average driving distance (296.9 yards) ranks 97th, while his 64% driving accuracy average ranks 77th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Matsuyama owns a 0.484 average that ranks 28th on TOUR. He ranks first with a % Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Matsuyama's -0.395 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 151st this season, and his putts-per-round average ranks first.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 97 | 296.9 | 297.8 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 63.89% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 27.8 | |
| Par Breakers | 1 | % | 23.06% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 11.94% |
Matsuyama's best finishes
- Matsuyama has taken part in 10 tournaments this season, winning one of them. He has also collected three finishes in the top-10.
- In those 10 tournaments, he made the cut on 10 occasions.
- As of now, Matsuyama has accumulated 1325 points, which ranks him sixth in the FedExCup standings.
Matsuyama's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Matsuyama's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked second in the field with a mark of 4.658 (he finished sixth in that event).
- Matsuyama's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, as he ranked sixth in the field with a mark of 6.436.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Matsuyama's best performance this season was in February 2024 at The Genesis Invitational, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 5.833. He finished first in that event.
- At The Genesis Invitational in February 2024, Matsuyama posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.297, which was his best so far this season. That ranked third in the field.
- Matsuyama recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (13.284) at The Genesis Invitational (which ranked him No. 1 in the field). In that tournament, he finished first.
Matsuyama's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 39 | 0.338 | 2.503 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 28 | 0.484 | 3.974 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 1 | 0.712 | 3.039 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 151 | -0.395 | 0.245 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 9 | 1.140 | 9.764 |
Matsuyama's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11-14 | AT&T Byron Nelson | 23 | 66-67-70-66 | -15 | 34 |
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | 29 | 72-71-70-72 | +5 | 26 |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 16 | 72-65-75-76 | E | 51 |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 32 | 72-69-67-75 | +3 | 24 |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | 13 | 69-64-65-66 | -16 | 59 |
| June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 75-68 | -1 | -- |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | 13 | 70-72-69-70 | -3 | 63 |
| July 27-30 | 3M Open | 30 | 64-70-73-67 | -10 | 24 |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 71-74 | +5 | -- |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 16 | 67-69-70-65 | -9 | 200 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | W/D | 71 | +1 | -- |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 51 | 69-76-68-72 | +5 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 58 | 71-68-76-69 | -8 | 9 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 70-68-67-66 | -9 | 21 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 13 | 66-71-76-67 | -8 | 53 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 71 | 75-71-70 | E | 5 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 22 | 69-68-68-70 | -9 | 37 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 1 | 69-68-68-62 | -17 | 700 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 12 | 67-70-72-76 | -3 | 133 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 6 | 69-69-68-67 | -15 | 263 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 7 | 73-70-66-71 | -8 | 85 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 38 | 76-74-71-74 | +7 | 20 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Matsuyama as of the start of the Wells Fargo Championship.
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