Kyle Stanley

Pressure Performance Analysis

Summary
Kyle isn't one to be backed when leading.  He's poor at leading from the front, probably best evidenced by the fact he is 0-4 when leading after 18 holes and 0-5 when leading after 36 holes.  His Golf Betting Club Pressure Performance Rating is set at ⭐.

February 2020 
❌ Held the joint 36 hole lead at the Puerto Rico Open but could only post 71-68 over the weekend to finish five shots off the pace.

June 2018
❌ He also suffered a playoff loss to Bryson DeChambeau at The Memorial in 2018.  In the final round of that event it was notable that he double bogeyed the 12th and bounced back with birdies at 14, 15, 16 and 17 before bogeying the 18th after his tee shot hit a tree.  He suffered unfortunate lies in the rough on that 18th hole and the playoff hole but nonetheless, a par in regulation play on 18 would have won him the tournament. 

July 2017
✅ As with his first win, his 2nd win on Tour at the Quicken Loans National came from behind (4 shots back after 3 rounds).   When he has held 3rd round leads he has struggled to convert (which isn't entirely surprising following that collapse at The Farmers). 

May 2017
❌ He was joint leader after 3 rounds at the 2017 Players Championship but posted a poor final round 75 to let his chance of winning at TPC Sawgrass slip away. 

Trends

Bouncebackability
Rather interestingly, both of Kyle's wins have followed on closely from tournaments which have slipped from his grasp.  His win in 2012 came the week after his final hole drama and his win in 2017 came 5 events after he let the opportunity at The Players Championship slip by.  Kyle isn't one to trust in contention normally but he's one to watch out for if he's had a recent disappointment.

Events to back Stanley

The Memorial
Kyle is on record as saying Muirfield Village is one of his favourite courses on Tour and finishes of 2nd, 3rd and 6th in the last nine years shows how much it suits his game.  

Playoff Record

1-2. 

Kyle's only playoff win came when defeating Charles Howell III with a par at the first extra hole at the Quicken Loans National in 2017.  It was a case of Howell throwing it away rather than Stanley winning so Kyle isn't one to trust in a playoff situation.

Significant Quotes

2018 Travellers Championship
Q. Considering these chilly conditions today, we had a little drizzle, and the winds were up-and-down, how good was that 65 for you?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, I live in Seattle, so it's a pretty typical day for us. So I was definitely comfortable. But I think with the rain this morning it maybe softened the golf course a little bit. But it's in such good condition this year. Like you said, this is my ninth year here, and I can't remember the greens being much better, so they've done a great job getting the golf course set up. I think we'll see some more good scores out there today.

Q. You put yourself in a pretty good position for tomorrow. When you're one of the top two pairings, does that put any added pressure on you the last day?
KYLE STANLEY: I mean, not really. I think we all -- maybe a little bit because you're close to the lead, but, you know, it's a place where you want to be. Once we get out there and start playing the golf course, we get so wrapped up in kind of what we're doing that I wouldn't really say it makes too much of a difference.

2018 Memorial Tournament
"I really enjoy playing this golf course, it's one of my favorites that we play on TOUR, it just really sets up good to my eye. Driving the ball, I would say it's a strength of my game and I feel like a course like this kind of caters to a guy that's hitting a lot of fairways."