May 8, 2024
Sam Burns betting profile: Wells Fargo Championship
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In his last competition at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, SC, Sam Burns finished the weekend at -4, good for a 44th-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship May 9-12 trying for an improved score.
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The Wells Fargo Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 9-12, 2024
- Location: Charlotte, NC
- Course: Quail Hollow Club
- Par: 71 / 7,558 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Wyndham Clark
At the Wells Fargo Championship
- Burns' average finish has been 55th, and his average score +2, over his last three appearances at the Wells Fargo Championship.
- Burns last played at the Wells Fargo Championship in 2023, missing the cut with a score of E.
- When Wyndham Clark won this tournament in 2023, he had 2.766 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (11th in the field), 8.202 SG: Approach the Green (first), and 7.461 SG: Putting (third).
- Clark averaged 321.1 yards off the tee (19th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of % (), and attempted 28.25 putts per round (21st) in that victory a year ago.
Burns' recent history at the Wells Fargo Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/2023 | MC | 71-71 | E |
| 5/2/2019 | W/D | 77 | +6 |
Burns' recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Burns has an average finish of 40th.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut three times.
- Burns has not finished within five shots of the winner or recorded a better-than-average score in any of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of -2 in his last five tournaments.
- In terms of driving distance, Sam Burns has averaged 298.2 yards in his past five starts.
- Burns has an average of 0.076 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Burns is averaging -0.260 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Burns' advanced stats and rankings
- Burns has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.328, which ranks 41st on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (302.3 yards) ranks 53rd, and his 65.7% driving accuracy average ranks 59th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Burns ranks 65th on TOUR with a mark of 0.182.
- On the greens, Burns' 0.379 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 31st this season, while he averages putts per round (first).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 53 | 302.3 | 298.2 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 61.11% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 27.8 | |
| Par Breakers | 1 | % | 24.65% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 15.97% |
Burns' best finishes
- Burns has played 10 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't won any of them, he has secured one finish in the top-five and four finishes in the top-10.
- In those 10 events, he made the cut eight times, a success rate of 80%.
- With 674 points, Burns currently ranks 37th in the FedExCup standings.
Burns' best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Burns' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in February 2024 at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked best in the field with a mark of 6.454. He finished third in that event.
- Burns' best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came in February 2024 at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked 20th in the field with a mark of 3.120. He finished third in that tournament.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Burns' best performance this season was at the Valspar Championship, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 0.950 (he missed the cut in that tournament).
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, Burns posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 4.223, which ranked him 12th in the field. He finished third in that event.
- Burns posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (13.258) in February 2024 at the WM Phoenix Open. That ranked third in the field.
Burns' Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 41 | 0.328 | -0.127 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 65 | 0.182 | 0.122 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 142 | -0.233 | -0.334 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 31 | 0.379 | 0.076 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 33 | 0.658 | -0.260 |
Burns' past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | MC | 74-80 | +14 | -- |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 6 | 67-70-70-68 | -5 | 92 |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 16 | 71-71-73-73 | E | 51 |
| June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 73-71 | E | -- |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 32 | 69-70-71-73 | +3 | 24 |
| July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 19 | 67-65-71-71 | -6 | 42 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-75 | +6 | -- |
| August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | 14 | 69-69-65-67 | -10 | 51 |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 52 | 73-70-67-68 | -2 | 26 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 15 | 71-70-62-71 | -6 | 200 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 9 | 66-66-71-67 | -10 | -- |
| November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 16 | 71-76-68-69 | -4 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 33 | 69-68-68-69 | -18 | 27 |
| January 18-21 | The American Express | 6 | 66-61-65-71 | -25 | 92 |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 10 | 68-69-67 | -12 | 175 |
| February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 3 | 68-67-67-64 | -18 | 163 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 10 | 70-71-68-67 | -8 | 150 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 30 | 68-72-71-78 | +1 | 38 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 73-70-65-76 | -4 | 14 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 71-72 | +1 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 80-73 | +9 | -- |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 44 | 70-69-72-69 | -4 | 16 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Burns as of the start of the Wells Fargo Championship.
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