Aaron Rai heads into the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club with +6500 odds to win after a fourth-place showing in the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club on July 11-14 in his last tournament. In this article, we’ll break down his recent form to help you make your best bets on Rai before he tees off in Troon, Scotland.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $1,320.00
Aaron Rai to win the 2024 Open Championship +6500
Aaron Rai: Recent Form
- Rai has finished in the top 10 in each of his last three tournaments, and has a five-event streak of top-20 finishes as well.
- Rai will attempt to extend his streak of made cuts to nine by qualifying for the weekend in this tournament.
- Over his last three tournaments, Rai has two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- Rai has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last three events. Over that span, he’s finished within five shots of the winner two times and finished with a better-than-average score three times.
- He has an average score relative to par of -17 in his past three tournaments.
Rai: Recent Rounds
- Rai has finished below par 10 times, completed his day without a bogey six times and finished nine rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 12 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day once while finishing with a top-five score three times and a top-10 score six times in his last 12 rounds.
- Over his last 12 rounds, Rai has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round six times, and within five strokes of the top score for the day eight times.
Rai: Last Outing
- Rai fared better on par 3s than most players his last time out, recording a birdie or better on three of the 20 par-3 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open (the other golfers averaged 2.7).
- On the 20 par-3 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open, Rai did not card a bogey or worse (the field averaged 1.8).
- Rai’s six birdies or better on par-4 holes at the Genesis Scottish Open were more than the field average (4.9).
- In that most recent outing, Rai’s par-4 performance (on 40 par-4 holes) included a bogey or worse five times (better than the field’s average of 5.4).
- Rai finished the Genesis Scottish Open with a birdie or better on 10 of the 12 par-5 holes, more than the field’s average of 4.3.
- Even though the field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5 holes, Rai finished without one.
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