May 8, 2024
Jake Knapp betting profile: Wells Fargo Championship
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In his tournament at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in McKinney, TX, Jake Knapp posted an eighth-place finish, and he heads into the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship trying to improve on that finish.
Latest odds for Knapp 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
- Knapp is playing at the Wells Fargo Championship for the first time in the past five years.
- 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).
- Clark averaged 321.1 yards off the tee (19th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of % (), and attempted 28.25 putts per round (21st) in that victory a year ago.
Knapp's recent performances
- Knapp has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five events.
- He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five tournaments.
- Knapp has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five events, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- He has finished with an average score of -3 those four times he's made the cut.
- Jake Knapp has averaged 307.2 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Knapp is averaging -0.043 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Knapp is averaging -0.060 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Knapp's advanced stats and rankings
- Knapp has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.197 this season, which ranks 133rd on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (307.0 yards) ranks 29th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Knapp sports a 0.653 average that ranks 11th on TOUR. He ranks first with a % Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Knapp has registered a 0.202 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 60th on TOUR, while he ranks first with a putts-per-round average of . He has broken par % of the time (first on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 29 | 307.0 | 307.2 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 65.43% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 29.4 | |
| Par Breakers | 1 | % | 22.53% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 16.67% |
Knapp's best finishes
- Knapp has participated in 12 tournaments this season, securing one win along with three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 12 tournaments, he had a 83.3% success rate in terms of making the cut (10 cuts made).
- Currently, Knapp has 902 points, placing him 20th in the FedExCup standings.
Knapp's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Knapp delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (February 2024), ranking third in the field at 4.418.
- Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 8.709 (he finished first in that tournament).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Knapp's best performance this season was at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 2.169 (he finished 70th in that event).
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Knapp delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.018, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him 16th in the field (he finished 45th in that event).
- Knapp recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (14.596) in February 2024 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. That ranked No. 1 in the field.
Knapp's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 133 | -0.197 | -0.972 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 11 | 0.653 | 1.908 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 107 | -0.033 | -0.957 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 60 | 0.202 | -0.043 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 35 | 0.625 | -0.060 |
Knapp's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 71-74 | +1 | -- |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 70 | 69-65-72-71 | -3 | 3 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 71-73-74 | +2 | -- |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 3 | 69-69-70-69 | -11 | 145 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 68-68-71-69 | -8 | 24 |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 1 | 67-64-63-71 | -19 | 500 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 4 | 68-66-71-66 | -13 | 104 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 57 | 77-70-81-72 | +12 | 9 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 71-72-68-73 | -4 | 14 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 74-71 | +5 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 55 | 74-76-78-73 | +13 | 10 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 62 | 74-70-69-71 | E | 8 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 8 | 64-64-67-70 | -19 | 85 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Knapp as of the start of the Wells Fargo Championship.
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