Matt McCarty betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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Matt McCarty hits the links in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open Feb. 6-9. He is looking for better results than his last competition when he missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open.
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
- This is McCarty's first time competing at the WM Phoenix Open in the past five years.
- 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.
- 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.
McCarty's recent performances
- In his last five tournaments, McCarty has an average finish of 59th.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five events.
- McCarty has not finished within five shots of the winner or posted a better-than-average score in any of his last five events.
- He has finished with an average score of -6 those two times he's made the cut.
- Off the tee, Matt McCarty has averaged 287.3 yards in his past five tournaments.
- McCarty is averaging -0.589 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, McCarty is averaging -1.672 Strokes Gained: Total.
McCarty's advanced stats and rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | - | 304.2 | 287.3 |
| Greens in Regulation % | - | 73.15% | 70.37% |
| Putts Per Round | - | 29.08 | 29.4 |
| Par Breakers | - | 25.46% | 19.63% |
| Bogey Avoidance | - | 12.50% | 14.07% |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
McCarty's best finishes
- McCarty participated in four tournaments last season, picking up one win.
- In those four events, he made the cut two times.
- Last season McCarty's best performance came at the Black Desert Championship, where he took home the title with a score of 23-under.
McCarty's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season McCarty posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Black Desert Championship (October 2024), ranking eighth in the field at 3.727.
- McCarty's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came in October 2024 at the Black Desert Championship, where he ranked 24th in the field with a mark of 2.151. He finished first in that tournament.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, McCarty produced his best effort last season at the Black Desert Championship (October 2024), ranking sixth in the field with a mark of 2.662.
- At the Black Desert Championship in October 2024, McCarty recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (6.584, which ranked sixth in the field). In that event, he finished first.
- McCarty posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (15.125) in October 2024 at the Black Desert Championship, which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that tournament.
McCarty's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | - | - | 0.091 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | - | - | -0.846 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | - | - | -0.328 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | - | - | -0.589 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | - | - | -1.672 |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
McCarty's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 63 | 66-71-71-72 | -8 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 1 | 62-68-64-67 | -23 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 71-73 | +2 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 71-75 | +4 | -- |
| January 2-5 | The Sentry | 53 | 74-67-71-72 | -8 | 11 |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 65 | 69-66-69-72 | -4 | 4 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 70-69-71 | -6 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 72-75 | +3 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for McCarty as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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