Denny McCarthy betting profile: Wyndham Championship
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In his last competition, Denny McCarthy missed the cut at The Open Championship. He'll be after better results Aug. 8-11 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, at the 2024 Wyndham Championship.
The Wyndham Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Aug. 8-11, 2024
- Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Course: Sedgefield Country Club
- Par: 70 / 7,131 yards
- Purse: $7.9M
- Previous winner: Lucas Glover
At the Wyndham Championship
- McCarthy's average finish has been 21st, and his average score 13-under, over his last six appearances at the Wyndham Championship.
- McCarthy last played at the Wyndham Championship in 2023, missing the cut with a score of 1-under.
- With numbers of 3.798 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (sixth in field), 9.126 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 4.875 in SG: Putting (15th), Lucas Glover won this tournament in 2023.
- Glover also posted numbers of 311.6 in average driving distance (27th in field), 90.28% in terms of greens in regulation (first), and 29.75 putts per round (28th).
McCarthy's recent history at the Wyndham Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/3/2023 | MC | 71-68 | -1 |
| 8/4/2022 | MC | 72-71 | +3 |
| 8/12/2021 | 15 | 65-69-69-65 | -12 |
| 8/13/2020 | 9 | 67-68-66-63 | -16 |
| 8/1/2019 | 22 | 65-69-68-65 | -13 |
| 8/16/2018 | 36 | 66-67-67-70 | -10 |
McCarthy's recent performances
- McCarthy has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five events.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Over his last five appearances, McCarthy has carded a score that's better than average in two of those outings.
- He has an average score relative to par of 8-under in his last five tournaments.
- Off the tee, Denny McCarthy has averaged 295.0 yards in his past five tournaments.
- McCarthy is averaging 0.495 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- McCarthy is averaging 1.757 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
McCarthy's advanced stats and rankings
- McCarthy has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.331 this season (151st on TOUR). His average driving distance (289.6 yards) ranks 157th, while his 65.3% driving accuracy average ranks 44th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, McCarthy ranks 115th on TOUR with a mark of -0.082.
- On the greens, McCarthy's 0.705 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him third on TOUR this season, and his 27.65 putts-per-round average ranks first. He has broken par 21.52% of the time (156th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 157 | 289.6 | 295.0 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 172 | 60.95% | 63.89% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 27.65 | 28.8 |
| Par Breakers | 156 | 21.52% | 19.10% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 9 | 12.52% | 14.24% |
McCarthy's best finishes
- Although McCarthy hasn't won any of the 20 tournaments he has played this season, he has secured one top-five finish and three top-10 finishes.
- In those 20 events, he made the cut 16 times, a success rate of 80%.
- As of now, McCarthy has collected 1024 points, which ranks him 44th in the FedExCup standings.
McCarthy's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Charles Schwab Challenge in May 2024, as he put up a 1.033 mark, which ranked him 31st in the field. He finished 24th in that event.
- McCarthy's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open, where he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 5.606. He finished second in that tournament.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, McCarthy posted his best performance this season at the Valero Texas Open, ranking No. 1 in the field at 7.960. In that event, he finished second.
- At the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, McCarthy recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (8.150). That ranked second in the field.
- McCarthy recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (21.154) in April 2024 at the Valero Texas Open, which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished second in that event.
McCarthy's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 151 | -0.331 | -1.216 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 115 | -0.082 | -0.285 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 11 | 0.377 | 2.763 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 3 | 0.705 | 0.495 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 36 | 0.670 | 1.757 |
McCarthy's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 66 | 67-73-70-74 | +4 | 14 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 10 | 69-69-65-70 | -7 | 262 |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 5 | 65-67-66-65 | -19 | -- |
| December 8-10 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 4 | 57-71-65 | E | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 43 | 70-69-71-67 | -15 | 18 |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 24 | 68-70-66-66 | -10 | 33 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 26 | 68-70-70 | -8 | 60 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 22 | 72-68-66-69 | -9 | 37 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 69-74-68-72 | -1 | 20 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 48 | 72-74-72-74 | +4 | 14 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 35 | 71-71-71-69 | -6 | 22 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 2 | 68-70-67-63 | -39 | 300 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 45 | 74-74-79-70 | +9 | 15 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 28 | 69-70-66-71 | -8 | 50 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 6 | 70-71-69-69 | -5 | 263 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-73 | +4 | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 24 | 70-66-70-73 | -1 | 32 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 39 | 76-70-73-76 | +7 | 21 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 32 | 75-67-72-73 | +7 | 27 |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 31 | 67-67-69-67 | -10 | 35 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 7 | 64-66-69-64 | -21 | 80 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 73-74 | +7 | -- |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-78 | +9 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for McCarthy as of the start of the Wyndham Championship.
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