Nick Dunlap Betting Profile: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
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In his last competition at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, SC, Nick Dunlap ended the weekend at +6, good for a 69th-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson May 2-5 looking for a higher finish.
THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson Tournament & Course Info
- Date: May 2-5, 2024
- Location: McKinney, TX
- Course: TPC Craig Ranch
- Par: 71 / 7,414 yards
- Purse: $9.5M
- Previous Winner: Jason Day
At THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- This is Dunlap's first time playing at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in the past five years.
- Jason Day finished with 3.251 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (16th in the field), 6.297 SG: Approach the Green (third), and 2.692 SG: Putting (28th) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Day posted an average driving distance of 306.8 (23rd in field), hit % of greens in regulation (), and took 27.25 putts per round (13th).
Dunlap's Recent Performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Dunlap has finished in the top 20 once.
- He's qualified for the weekend in three of his last five appearances.
- Dunlap has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last five events. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score once.
- He has finished with an average score of 0 those three times he's made the cut.
- Nick Dunlap has averaged 300.4 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Dunlap is averaging 0.293 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Dunlap is averaging -2.328 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Dunlap's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- Dunlap's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.626 ranks 175th on TOUR this season, and his 56% driving accuracy average ranks 141st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Dunlap ranks 161st on TOUR, posting an average of -0.514, while he ranks first with a Greens in Regulation mark of %.
- On the greens, Dunlap's 0.120 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 74th this season, while he averages putts per round (first).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 47 | 302.7 | 300.4 |
Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 56.94% |
Putts Per Round | 1 | 28.7 | |
Par Breakers | 1 | % | 20.83% |
Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 18.40% |
Dunlap's Best Finishes
- Dunlap has participated in nine tournaments this season, and he has earned one win .
- In those nine tournaments, he made the cut on six occasions.
- Dunlap, who has 95 points, currently sits 142nd in the FedExCup standings.
Dunlap's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- This season, Dunlap produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Texas Children's Houston Open, ranking 41st in the field at 0.724. In that event, he finished 11th.
- Dunlap's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Texas Children's Houston Open, where he ranked 24th in the field with a mark of 2.638 (he finished 11th in that tournament).
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Dunlap's best performance this season was in April 2024 at the RBC Heritage, where he ranked 18th in the field with a mark of 2.103. He finished 69th in that tournament.
- At the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, Dunlap recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.853 (his best mark this season), which ranked 10th in the field. He finished 11th in that event.
- Dunlap delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (9.048) at the Texas Children's Houston Open (which ranked him 11th in the field). In that tournament, he finished 11th.
Dunlap's Strokes Gained Rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 175 | -0.626 | -0.947 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 161 | -0.514 | -1.722 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 95 | 0.019 | 0.049 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 74 | 0.120 | 0.293 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 162 | -1.001 | -2.328 |
Dunlap's Past Results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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June 15-18 | U.S. Open | MC | 77-71 | +8 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | MC | 68-71 | -3 | -- |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 1 | 64-65-60-70 | -29 | -- |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 80 | 76-74-73 | +7 | 4 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 70-75 | +3 | -- |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 53 | 67-70-71-71 | -5 | 7 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 48 | 72-74-75-71 | +4 | 14 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 77-70 | +3 | -- |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 11 | 68-71-63-69 | -9 | 65 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 77-74 | +7 | -- |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 69 | 75-73-68-74 | +6 | 6 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Dunlap as of the start of THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.
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