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Mackenzie Hughes betting profile: Sony Open In Hawaii
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In his most recent competition at The RSM Classic, Mackenzie Hughes concluded the weekend at 14-under, good for a fifth-place finish. He enters play in the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii Jan. 9-12 seeking a higher finish.
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The Sony Open in Hawaii tournament and course info
- Date: Jan. 9-12, 2025
- Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Course: Waialae Country Club
- Par: 70 / 7,044 yards
- Purse: $8.7M
- Previous winner: Grayson Murray
At the Sony Open in Hawaii
- Over his last six trips to the Sony Open in Hawaii, Hughes has an average score of 8-under, with an average finish of 41st.
- Hughes missed the cut (with a score of 4-over) in his most recent go-round at the Sony Open in Hawaii in 2023.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2024, Grayson Murray posted numbers of 5.093 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 1.854 in SG: Approach the Green (31st), and 2.804 in SG: Putting (29th).
- Murray's average driving distance was 310.5 (17th in field), he hit 79.17% of greens in regulation (second), with 28.75 putts per round (31st) en route to his win last year.
Hughes' recent history at the Sony Open in Hawaii
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2023 | MC | 72-72 | +4 |
| 1/14/2021 | 19 | 65-69-65-66 | -15 |
| 1/9/2020 | MC | 74-71 | +5 |
| 1/10/2019 | 77 | 70-68-73 | +1 |
Hughes' recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, Hughes has two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- Over his last five events, Hughes 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 three times.
- He has finished with an average score of -9 those five times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Mackenzie Hughes has averaged 301.6 yards in his past five starts.
- Hughes has an average of 3.805 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Hughes is averaging 5.958 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Hughes' advanced stats and rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 117 | 298.2 | 301.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 162 | 63.68% | 70.56% |
| Putts Per Round | 6 | 27.89 | 28.0 |
| Par Breakers | 142 | 22.69% | 25.83% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 20 | 12.46% | 10.00% |
Hughes' best finishes
- Hughes last season played 26 tournaments, earning three top-five finishes and collecting six finishes in the top 10.
- In those 26 tournaments, he made the cut on 22 occasions.
- Last season Hughes put up his best performance at the Valspar Championship, where he finished third with a score of 9-under (three shots back of the winner).
- Hughes compiled 1026 points last season, which placed him 48th in the FedExCup standings.
Hughes' Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 153 | -0.289 | -1.807 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 136 | -0.192 | 2.124 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 4 | 0.444 | 1.835 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 3 | 0.742 | 3.805 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 36 | 0.705 | 5.958 |
Hughes' past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 64 | 70-67-78-73 | E | 4 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 71 | 76-70-70 | E | 5 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 31 | 69-65-72-74 | -4 | 38 |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 77-73 | +8 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 30 | 75-71-71-72 | +1 | 38 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 26 | 70-73-69-68 | -8 | 60 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 3 | 68-68-69-70 | -9 | 163 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 14 | 66-72-69-65 | -8 | 55 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 39 | 66-66-75-71 | -6 | 20 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 41 | 71-64-72-64 | -13 | 12 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 6 | 73-71-69-66 | -5 | 263 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 74-70 | +2 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 7 | 69-64-67-70 | -10 | 85 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 78-71 | +5 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 72-82 | +14 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 36 | 65-72-69-65 | -9 | 23 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 46 | 66-66-69-72 | -7 | 8 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 16 | 69-74-75-68 | +2 | 115 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 19 | 64-72-70-68 | -10 | 43 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 28 | 67-69-69-66 | -9 | 28 |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 58 | 70-71-70-69 | E | 22 |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 4 | 70-67-66-72 | -13 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 8 | 65-72-68-64 | -19 | -- |
| November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 67 | 68-69-71-77 | +1 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 5 | 68-67-65-68 | -14 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Hughes as of the start of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
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