Nicolai Hojgaard betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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Nicolai Hojgaard hits the course in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open Feb. 6-9. He is aiming for a better outcome than his last time out when he missed the cut at the Wyndham Championship.
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 Hojgaard's first time competing at the WM Phoenix Open in the past five years.
- Nick Taylor won this tournament in 2024 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).
- Taylor also posted numbers of 293.8 in average driving distance (35th in field), 81.94% in terms of greens in regulation (second), and 28.25 putts per round (seventh).
Hojgaard's recent performances
- Hojgaard has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five events.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut four times.
- Over his last five appearances, Hojgaard has finished within five shots of the leader once. He's carded a score that's better than average once.
- He has an average score of 4-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Nicolai Hojgaard has averaged 308.7 yards in his past five starts.
- Hojgaard has an average of -1.229 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Hojgaard has an average of 0.000 in his past five tournaments.
Hojgaard's advanced stats and rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 26 | 309.1 | 308.7 |
Greens in Regulation % | 146 | 65.11% | 55.25% |
Putts Per Round | 160 | 29.58 | 30.3 |
Par Breakers | 162 | 21.93% | 20.37% |
Bogey Avoidance | 152 | 16.47% | 10.80% |
Hojgaard's best finishes
- Last season Hojgaard took part in 19 tournaments, earning one top-five finish and collecting two finishes in the top 10.
- In those 19 events, he made the cut 13 times, a success rate of 68.4%.
- Last season Hojgaard put up his best performance at the Men’s Olympic Golf Competition at Le Golf National. He shot 14-under and finished seventh (five shots back of the winner).
- Hojgaard collected 532 points last season, ranking 82nd in the FedExCup standings.
Hojgaard's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 107 | 0.013 | -1.785 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 30 | 0.359 | 3.625 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 168 | -0.316 | -0.611 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 144 | -0.231 | -1.229 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 129 | -0.176 | 0.000 |
Hojgaard's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 39 | 70-71-73-69 | -1 | 20 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 52 | 68-70-74-68 | -4 | 6 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 77-71 | +4 | -- |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 73-76 | +5 | -- |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 75 | 72-73-74-74 | +5 | 2 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 16 | 67-73-74-76 | +2 | 113 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | MC | 73-72 | +1 | -- |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 68-71 | -69 | -- |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 68 | 70-71-68-73 | -2 | 6 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 71-77 | +8 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 35 | 68-69-72-68 | -3 | 18 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 50 | 72-69-74-74 | +9 | 12 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 66 | 71-65-73-75 | -4 | 4 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 39 | 66-66-68-72 | -8 | 14 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 66 | 69-75-75-77 | +12 | 6 |
August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 7 | 70-70-62-68 | -14 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 71-68 | -1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Hojgaard as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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