Kris Ventura betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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In his most recent tournament at the Farmers Insurance Open, Kris Ventura concluded the weekend at 5-under, good for a fourth-place finish. He enters play in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open Feb. 6-9 looking for better results.
The WM Phoenix Open tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 6-9, 2025
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- Course: TPC Scottsdale
- Par: 71 / 7,261 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous winner: Nick Taylor
At the WM Phoenix Open
- Ventura is playing at the WM Phoenix Open for the first time in the past five years.
- When Nick Taylor won this tournament in 2024, he had 0.112 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (42nd in the field), 5.118 SG: Approach the Green (ninth), and 8.934 SG: Putting (first).
- Taylor's average driving distance was 293.8 (35th in field), he hit 81.94% of greens in regulation (second), with 28.25 putts per round (seventh) en route to his win last year.
Ventura's recent performances
- Ventura has finished in the top 10 twice over his last five events, finishing as high as the top five in one of those outings.
- He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five tournaments.
- Ventura has finished within three shots of the leader in two of his last five tournaments. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score three times.
- He has an average score of 6-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Kris Ventura has averaged 317.5 yards in his past five starts.
- Ventura has an average of 0.333 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Ventura is averaging 1.559 Strokes Gained: Total.
Ventura's advanced stats and rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | - | 311.0 | 317.5 |
Greens in Regulation % | - | 55.56% | 73.15% |
Putts Per Round | - | 30.00 | 29.6 |
Par Breakers | - | 50.00% | 22.53% |
Bogey Avoidance | - | 55.56% | 10.49% |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Ventura's best finishes
- Ventura, who participated in two tournaments last season, failed to finish in the top 10 in every event.
- In those two events, he made the cut one time, a success rate of 50%.
- Last season Ventura's best performance came when he shot 5-under and finished fourth at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Ventura's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Ventura's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, as he delivered a 0.621 mark, which ranked him in the field. He missed the cut in that event.
- Ventura produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark last season at the Texas Children's Houston Open (March 2024), ranking in the field with a mark of -1.662.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Ventura's best performance last season was at the Texas Children's Houston Open, where he ranked in the field with a mark of -4.259 (he missed the cut in that event).
- At the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, Ventura recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 0.094 (his best mark last season), which ranked in the field. He missed the cut in that tournament.
- Ventura recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (-5.205) at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, a performance that ranked him in the field.
Ventura's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | - | - | 0.018 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | - | - | 0.882 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | - | - | 0.326 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | - | - | 0.333 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | - | - | 1.559 |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Ventura's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 73-74 | +7 | -- |
August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 43 | 71-68-76-69 | E | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 71-69 | E | -- |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 58 | 72-67-68-71 | -10 | 5 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 4 | 68-73-71-71 | -5 | 123 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Ventura as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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