Matt Kuchar betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 17: Matt Kuchar of the United States plays his shot from the 13th tee during the second round of The American Express 2025 at La Quinta Country Club on January 17, 2025 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
Editor's Note: Matt Kuchar has withdrawn from the WM Phoenix Open.
Matt Kuchar hits the links Feb. 6-9 in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale after a 43rd-place finish in The American Express, which was his most recent tournament.
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
- Over his last eight trips to the WM Phoenix Open, Kuchar has an average score of 10-under, with an average finish of 18th.
- Kuchar last participated in the WM Phoenix Open in 2024, missing the cut with a score of 4-over.
- With numbers of 0.112 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (42nd in field), 5.118 in SG: Approach the Green (ninth), and 8.934 in SG: Putting (first), Nick Taylor won this tournament in 2024.
- In addition, Taylor's average driving distance was 293.8 (35th in field), he hit 81.94% of greens in regulation (second), and he averaged 28.25 putts per round (seventh).
Kuchar's recent history at the WM Phoenix Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
2/8/2024 | MC | 75-71 | +4 |
2/9/2023 | 32 | 72-67-71-70 | -4 |
2/10/2022 | MC | 68-73 | -1 |
2/4/2021 | 42 | 69-67-73-67 | -8 |
1/30/2020 | 16 | 68-70-67-69 | -10 |
Kuchar's recent performances
- Kuchar has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five appearances.
- He's made the cut in four of his last five tournaments.
- Over his last five tournaments, Kuchar has finished within five shots of the leader once. He's carded a score that's better than average twice.
- He has carded an average score of 9-under over his last five appearances.
- In terms of driving distance, Matt Kuchar has averaged 288.3 yards in his past five starts.
- Kuchar has an average of 0.237 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Kuchar has an average of 0.903 in his past five tournaments.
Kuchar's advanced stats and rankings
- Kuchar posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.228 (143rd) last season, while his average driving distance of 288.3 yards ranked 174th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Kuchar sported a -0.124 mark (128th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Kuchar's 0.351 Strokes Gained: Putting mark placed him 29th on TOUR last season, and his 28.95 putts-per-round average ranked 82nd. He broke par 21.61% of the time (164th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 174 | 288.3 | 288.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 106 | 66.44% | 60.78% |
Putts Per Round | 82 | 28.95 | 29.6 |
Par Breakers | 164 | 21.61% | 20.92% |
Bogey Avoidance | 46 | 13.32% | 9.15% |
Kuchar's best finishes
- Kuchar participated in 27 tournaments last season, earning one top-five finish and collecting two finishes in the top 10.
- In those 27 events, he made the cut 14 times.
- Last season Kuchar put up his best performance at the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities. He shot 15-under and finished third (two shots back of the winner).
- Kuchar's 382 points last season placed him 105th in the FedExCup standings.
Kuchar's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Kuchar's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where his 2.269 mark ranked in the field.
- Kuchar's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came in July 2024 at the 3M Open, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 10.053. He finished third in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kuchar's best effort last season was at the Shriners Children's Open, where his 4.763 mark ranked third in the field.
- At the Wyndham Championship in August 2024, Kuchar recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (7.411). That ranked No. 1 in the field.
- Kuchar posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (11.922) at the 3M Open (July 2024), which ranked him third in the field. He finished third in that event.
Kuchar's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 143 | -0.228 | -0.247 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 128 | -0.124 | 1.029 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 29 | 0.245 | -0.116 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 29 | 0.351 | 0.237 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 83 | 0.245 | 0.903 |
Kuchar's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 74-70 | +2 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 74-72 | +2 | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 49 | 75-67-70-72 | E | 8 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 73-74 | +3 | -- |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 66-72 | -6 | -- |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 69-69 | -4 | -- |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 34 | 69-72-75-71 | +3 | 26 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 17 | 68-69-73-68 | -2 | 45 |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 75-73 | +8 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 33 | 75-71-74-74 | +6 | 27 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 50 | 72-71-75-71 | +9 | 12 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 25 | 70-68-71-69 | -10 | 32 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 69-70 | -3 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | 3 | 68-67-63-71 | -15 | 163 |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 12 | 64-64-70-71 | -11 | 53 |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 13 | 70-64-72-73 | -9 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 70-72 | -2 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 14 | 67-66-67-69 | -15 | -- |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 37 | 68-69-69-68 | -6 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 30 | 70-67-68-71 | -12 | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 71-75 | +4 | -- |
December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 9 | 64-72-62 | E | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 21 | 67-68-67-68 | -10 | 36 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 43 | 71-66-67-72 | -12 | 10 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kuchar as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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