Preview

Starts: 14th November 2024
Course: Port Royal Golf Course, Bermuda
Par: 71
Length: 6,828 yards
2023 Champion: Camilo Villegas

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Tips

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Course Info

Designer: Robert Trent Jones
Used since: 2019
Course Type: Short, coastal track exposed to the wind.  Very hilly.
Fairways: Very tight off the tee, the field average for fairways hit was only 54% in 2019.  
Rough: Bermuda rough only two inches long, but enough to make approach shots difficult.
Greens: Smaller than average TifEagle Bermuda greens running 10.5 on Stimpmeter on account of the wind.
Par 5's: 2nd, 7th and 17th
Water Hazards: In play on five of the holes.
Premium on: Putting and Scrambling

Significant Info To Be Aware Of

The weather! Caution is advised at a windy venue.
This is a great opportunity for players that haven't won for a while. 

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Trends

Winning Score
Camilo Villegas and Brendon Todd (2019) won with a score of -24 but both events were played in much calmer conditions.  The winners in 2021 and 2020, Lucas Herbert and Brian Gay, won with -15 in heavier winds whilst Seamus Power triumphed with a score of -19 in 2022.

Course Form
Gay was 3rd here in 2019 before his win in 2020 but runner up that year, Wyndham Clark, was a debutant, as was 2021 winner Lucas Herbert.  Seamus Power had made all three cuts in this event, with a best of 12th prior to winning last year.  It was a similar story last year for Camilo Villegas, who had made the cut in all three previous events he had started but had never bettered 34th. In general, course experience is preferred over recent form at this unique track.

Recent Form
Todd won in 2019 on the back of a 28th place finish at the Houston Open but had missed several cuts before that. In 2020, Gay arrived following four missed cuts and in 2021 Hebert had also missed his previous two cuts.  Seamus Power won in 2022 on the back of some fairly average form (30-MC-49 in last three starts) too. Camilo Villegas bucked the trend last year when going close to winning the week before at the World Wide Technology Championship (he was runner up). Hot form coming in is not essential here.

Winning Profile
Camilo Villegas was world number 318 and winning his fifth PGA Tour title. Seamus Power (2022) was world number 48 and winning his second PGA Tour title. Herbert (2021) was ranked 57th in the world and had won earlier that year in Ireland. Gay (2020) was ranked 318th before his win but it was his 5th PGA Tour title. Todd (2019) was ranked 522nd and was his second PGA Tour title. Look for players who have won on Tour before.

Age
We've had a mix of ages win this event.  Villegas and Gay were in their 40s, Power and Todd were in their 30's and Herbert was in his 20's.

Nationality
Two American winners, one Colombian, one Australian and one Irishman have triumphed here so far.

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Stats Analysis

Driving Accuracy
Rankings for course winners have been 16-43-4-4-81. Hitting the small fairways is usually key.

Driving Distance
Rankings for course winners have been 74-22-38-51-7. No major advantage with length.

Greens In Regulation
Rankings for course winners have been 1-9-15-10-75. As always hitting greens helps.

Scrambling
Rankings for course winners have been 16-46-16-4-4. An important stat usually, even if it wasn't for Seamus Power in 2022.

Putts Per GIR
Rankings for course winners have been 11-3-6-3-14. It is crucuial to putt well on the Bermuda greens.

2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship In-Play Advice

Tough Holes
The par 3s will go a long way to determining the winner.  Holes 13 and 16 can play in excess of 230 yards and the eighth is 210 yards.

Birdie Holes
The 7th hole (par 5) is a must-birdie hole.

Fast or Slow Start
Villegas was six shots behind after round one last year but trailed by one three shots at the halfway stage. Power was three shots off the pace after round one in 16th position when winning in 2022.  Herbert was 5 shots back after round one in 2021 and Gay was six back after round one in 2020. Herbert and Gay were both four back at halfway. Todd shot an opening 68 and trailed first round leader, Scottie Scheffler, by 6 in 2019.  He was still behind with 18 holes to go, before overcoming a two shot deficit.  It is possible to play catch up here.

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2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Tips