Aug 5, 2024
Mackenzie Hughes betting profile: Wyndham Championship
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In his last tournament at the 3M Open, Mackenzie Hughes posted a 19th-place finish, and he heads into the 2024 Wyndham Championship aiming to improve on that finish.
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The Wyndham Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Aug. 8-11, 2024
- Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Course: Sedgefield Country Club
- Par: 70 / 7,131 yards
- Purse: $7.9M
- Previous winner: Lucas Glover
At the Wyndham Championship
- Hughes' average finish has been 42nd, and his average score 8-under, over his last five appearances at the Wyndham Championship.
- Hughes missed the cut (with a score of 2-over) in his most recent go-round at the Wyndham Championship in 2023.
- Lucas Glover won this tournament in 2023 with numbers of 3.798 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (sixth in field), 9.126 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 4.875 in SG: Putting (15th).
- En route to his victory last year, Glover posted an average driving distance of 311.6 (27th in field), hit 90.28% of greens in regulation (first), and took 29.75 putts per round (28th).
Hughes' recent history at the Wyndham Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/3/2023 | MC | 70-72 | +2 |
| 8/4/2022 | MC | 67-78 | +5 |
| 8/12/2021 | 37 | 70-63-70-69 | -8 |
| 8/1/2019 | 22 | 63-66-69-69 | -13 |
| 8/16/2018 | 66 | 68-68-67-73 | -4 |
Hughes' recent performances
- Hughes has finished in the top 20 in two of his last five appearances.
- Hughes has finished with a better-than-average score in two of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of 6-under in his last five appearances.
- Off the tee, Mackenzie Hughes has averaged 298.3 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Hughes has an average of 2.878 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Hughes is averaging 0.108 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Hughes' advanced stats and rankings
- Hughes has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.202, which ranks 136th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (296.7 yards) ranks 112th, and his 56.6% driving accuracy average ranks 146th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Hughes has a -0.338 mark (144th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Hughes' 0.645 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks fifth this season, while he averages 27.92 putts per round (sixth).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 112 | 296.7 | 298.3 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 166 | 61.74% | 62.65% |
| Putts Per Round | 6 | 27.92 | 28.5 |
| Par Breakers | 151 | 21.75% | 21.91% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 28 | 13.22% | 15.74% |
Hughes' best finishes
- Hughes has participated in 20 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has secured one finish in the top-five and three finishes in the top-10.
- In those 20 tournaments, he had a 80% success rate in terms of making the cut (16 cuts made).
- Currently, Hughes has 998 points, placing him 46th in the FedExCup standings.
Hughes' best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Hughes' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 4.306 (he finished 26th in that tournament).
- Hughes' best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season came at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, as he ranked 18th in the field with a mark of 3.136.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Hughes' best performance this season was at The Genesis Invitational, where he ranked second in the field with a mark of 6.478 (he finished 31st in that event).
- At the Valspar Championship in March 2024, Hughes posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 9.615, which was his best so far this season. That ranked second in the field.
- Hughes delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (10.547) at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), which ranked him third in the field. He finished third in that event.
Hughes' Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 136 | -0.202 | -2.019 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 144 | -0.338 | -1.661 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 13 | 0.364 | 0.910 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 5 | 0.645 | 2.878 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 56 | 0.469 | 0.108 |
Hughes' past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 58 | 67-68-75-69 | -1 | 21 |
| September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | 52 | 72-67-74-70 | -5 | -- |
| October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 70-70 | -4 | -- |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 48 | 70-72-70-72 | +4 | -- |
| November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 7 | 71-65-63-68 | -21 | -- |
| November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 2 | 68-66-60-63 | -25 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 25 | 68-70-70-64 | -20 | 68 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 64 | 70-67-78-73 | E | 4 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 71 | 76-70-70 | E | 5 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 31 | 69-65-72-74 | -4 | 38 |
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 77-73 | +8 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 30 | 75-71-71-72 | +1 | 38 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 26 | 70-73-69-68 | -8 | 60 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 3 | 68-68-69-70 | -9 | 163 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 14 | 66-72-69-65 | -8 | 55 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 39 | 66-66-75-71 | -6 | 20 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 41 | 71-64-72-64 | -13 | 12 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 6 | 73-71-69-66 | -5 | 263 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 74-70 | +2 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 7 | 69-64-67-70 | -10 | 85 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 78-71 | +5 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 72-82 | +14 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 36 | 65-72-69-65 | -9 | 23 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 46 | 66-66-69-72 | -7 | 8 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 16 | 69-74-75-68 | +2 | 115 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 19 | 64-72-70-68 | -10 | 43 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Hughes as of the start of the Wyndham Championship.
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