Aug 5, 2024
Martin Laird betting profile: Wyndham Championship
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Martin Laird shot 2-under and placed 58th the last time he played in this tournament. He'll tee off at Sedgefield Country Club Aug. 8-11 with his sights set higher this time around in the 2024 Wyndham Championship.
Latest odds for Laird at the 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
- In his last six appearances at the Wyndham Championship, Laird has an average finish of 50th, and an average score of 5-under.
- In Laird's most recent appearance at the Wyndham Championship, in 2023, he finished 58th after posting a score of 2-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's average driving distance was 311.6 (27th in field), he hit 90.28% of greens in regulation (first), with 29.75 putts per round (28th) en route to his win last year.
Laird's recent history at the Wyndham Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/3/2023 | 58 | 66-72-68-72 | -2 |
| 8/4/2022 | 47 | 69-67-67-71 | -6 |
| 8/12/2021 | MC | 68-70 | -2 |
| 8/1/2019 | MC | 65-73 | -2 |
| 8/16/2018 | 45 | 69-66-65-72 | -8 |
Laird's recent performances
- In his last five events, Laird finished outside the top 20.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut once.
- Laird finished 37th in his only finish over his last five tournaments.
- In his last five appearances, he finished 1 relative to par in his only made cut.
- Off the tee, Martin Laird has averaged 293.4 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Laird has an average of 0.224 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Laird is averaging -2.550 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Laird's advanced stats and rankings
- Laird has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.354 this season (153rd on TOUR). His average driving distance (288.9 yards) ranks 160th, while his 60.9% driving accuracy average ranks 99th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Laird ranks 154th on TOUR, posting an average of -0.426, while he ranks 58th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 67.15%.
- On the greens, Laird's 0.220 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 53rd on TOUR this season, and his 28.93 putts-per-round average ranks 88th. He has broken par 22.71% of the time (135th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 160 | 288.9 | 293.4 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 58 | 67.15% | 61.57% |
| Putts Per Round | 88 | 28.93 | 29.1 |
| Par Breakers | 135 | 22.71% | 15.74% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 26 | 13.16% | 13.43% |
Laird's best finishes
- Laird has participated in 17 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has collected two finishes in the top-10.
- In those 17 tournaments, he made the cut on eight occasions.
- Laird, who has 196 points, currently sits 144th in the FedExCup standings.
Laird's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Laird's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the 3M Open, where his 0.951 mark ranked in the field.
- Laird delivered his best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season at the Valero Texas Open (April 2024), ranking 12th in the field with a mark of 4.889.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Laird's best mark this season was at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, as he ranked second in the field with a mark of 5.607.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Laird delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 3.943, which was his best so far this season. That ranked 18th in the field.
- Laird posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.627) at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (which ranked him ninth in the field). In that tournament, he finished ninth.
Laird's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 153 | -0.354 | -0.804 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 154 | -0.426 | -2.494 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 16 | 0.323 | 0.525 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 53 | 0.220 | 0.224 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 132 | -0.236 | -2.550 |
Laird's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 19 | 70-69-72-68 | -9 | -- |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 56 | 68-68-72-74 | -6 | -- |
| October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 72-69 | -1 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 31 | 69-69-69-65 | -16 | -- |
| November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 59 | 67-69-69-70 | -9 | -- |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
| January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 75-68 | +3 | -- |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 69-70-68 | -9 | -- |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 76-72 | +4 | -- |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 53 | 69-69-73-69 | -4 | 6 |
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 9 | 68-69-66-69 | -12 | 66 |
| March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 10 | 67-68-70-68 | -15 | 35 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 70-73-70-73 | -2 | 9 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 31 | 69-71-68-68 | -4 | 24 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 51 | 71-71-73-73 | E | 7 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 68-75 | -65 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 48 | 67-66-72-67 | -12 | 9 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 69-72 | -1 | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 37 | 66-73-69-73 | +1 | 16 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 73-70 | +3 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 71-71 | -2 | -- |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 69-75 | +2 | -- |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 71-77 | +6 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Laird as of the start of the Wyndham Championship.
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