Richard Hoey betting profile: WM Phoenix Open
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Richard Hoey hits the links in the 2025 WM Phoenix Open Feb. 6-9. He is trying for a better outcome than his last time out 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
- In the past five years, this is Hoey's first time playing at the WM Phoenix Open.
- 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).
Hoey's recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, Hoey has finished in the top 20 once.
- He's qualified for the weekend in four of his last five tournaments.
- Hoey has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of 9-under in his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Richard Hoey has averaged 308.4 yards in his past five starts.
- Hoey has an average of -2.734 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Hoey has an average of -2.698 in his past five tournaments.
Hoey's advanced stats and rankings
- Hoey posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.586 last season (ninth on TOUR). His average driving distance (309.3 yards) ranked 25th, while his 63.5% driving accuracy average ranked 73rd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Hoey ranked 83rd on TOUR, posting an average mark of 0.155, while he ranked 16th with a Greens in Regulation rate of 70.90%.
- On the greens, Hoey delivered a -0.254 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which ranked him 147th on TOUR, while he ranked 132nd with a putts-per-round average of 29.30. He broke par 25.26% of the time (63rd on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 25 | 309.3 | 308.4 |
Greens in Regulation % | 16 | 70.90% | 73.46% |
Putts Per Round | 132 | 29.30 | 30.7 |
Par Breakers | 63 | 25.26% | 22.53% |
Bogey Avoidance | 38 | 13.16% | 13.27% |
Hoey's best finishes
- Hoey last season played 27 tournaments, earning two top-five finishes and collecting three finishes in the top 10.
- In those 27 tournaments, he made the cut on 17 occasions.
- Last season Hoey's best performance came at the ISCO Championship, where he shot 33-under and finished second.
- With 393 points last season, Hoey finished 102nd in the FedExCup standings.
Hoey's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Hoey's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Black Desert Championship, where his 3.879 mark ranked sixth in the field.
- Hoey's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance last season came at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where his 4.691 mark ranked eighth in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Hoey's best effort last season was at the ISCO Championship in July 2024, as he posted a 5.832 mark, which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished second in that event.
- At the Rocket Mortgage Classic in June 2024, Hoey delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season -- 5.683, which ranked him sixth in the field. He finished sixth in that tournament.
- Hoey recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (12.288) at the Shriners Children's Open (October 2024), which ranked him third in the field. He finished third in that tournament.
Hoey's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 9 | 0.586 | 0.573 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 83 | 0.155 | 0.117 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 127 | -0.064 | -0.654 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 147 | -0.254 | -2.734 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 59 | 0.423 | -2.698 |
Hoey's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 71-70 | -1 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 56 | 69-66-72-73 | -4 | 6 |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 32 | 65-72-67-73 | -11 | 12 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 54 | 67-71-69-78 | +1 | 6 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 70-74 | +4 | -- |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 14 | 71-71-69-72 | -5 | 47 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 33 | 69-70-71-68 | -10 | 14 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 65-77 | -63 | -- |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 69-68 | -5 | -- |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 74-76 | +8 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 71-74 | +5 | -- |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 77-70 | +7 | -- |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 6 | 69-69-68-67 | -15 | 89 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 26 | 67-64-67-71 | -15 | 32 |
July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | 2 | 64-66-67-69 | -33 | 104 |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | 67 | 70-70-68-75 | -1 | 3 |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 22 | 68-68-65-69 | -10 | 37 |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 37 | 71-66-75-70 | -6 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 68 | 68-70-72-76 | -2 | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 21 | 66-69-68-67 | -14 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 3 | 64-66-69-66 | -19 | -- |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 22 | 67-70-68-66 | -9 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 45 | 67-70-69-73 | -9 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 17 | 70-66-69-69 | -10 | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 59 | 69-64-70-72 | -5 | 5 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 58 | 65-63-74-76 | -10 | 5 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 76-75 | +7 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Hoey as of the start of the WM Phoenix Open.
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