Matti Schmid betting profile: Cognizant Classic In The Palm Beaches
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Matti Schmid hits the links in the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches Feb. 27 - March 2. He is looking for a better outcome than his last competition when he missed the cut at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 27 - March 2, 2025
- Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
- Course: PGA National Resort (The Champion)
- Par: 71 / 7,167 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous winner: Austin Eckroat
At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
- Over the last two times Schmid has played the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, he has missed the cut each time and posted an average score of -under.
- In 2024, Schmid missed the cut (with a score of 1-over) in his most recent appearance at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
- Austin Eckroat finished with 3.541 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in the field), 5.835 SG: Approach the Green (fifth), and 3.721 SG: Putting (15th) en route to winning this tournament in 2024.
- Eckroat averaged 292.3 yards off the tee (45th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 81.94% (first), and attempted 28 putts per round (sixth) in that victory a year ago.
Schmid's recent history at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/29/2024 | MC | 72-71 | +1 |
| 2/23/2023 | MC | 74-69 | +3 |
Schmid's recent performances
- In his last five tournaments, Schmid has not finished in the top 20.
- He's made the cut in one of his last five appearances.
- Schmid has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five tournaments.
- He finished with a score of even-par in his only recent appearance.
- Off the tee, Matti Schmid has averaged 313.6 yards in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Schmid is averaging -0.350 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Schmid has an average of -1.854 in his past five tournaments.
Schmid's advanced stats and rankings
- Schmid posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.259 last season, which ranked 47th on TOUR. Meanwhile his average driving distance (308.2 yards) ranked 35th, and his 61% driving accuracy average ranked 110th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Schmid sported a 0.035 mark (100th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Schmid registered a 0.260 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which placed him 46th on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 134th with a putts-per-round average of 29.31, and he ranked 17th by breaking par 27.28% of the time.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 35 | 308.2 | 313.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 41 | 69.73% | 67.09% |
| Putts Per Round | 134 | 29.31 | 30.2 |
| Par Breakers | 17 | 27.28% | 20.09% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 88 | 14.25% | 14.96% |
Schmid's best finishes
- Schmid played 28 tournaments last season, earning two top-five finishes and collecting three finishes in the top 10.
- In those 28 tournaments, he made the cut on 15 occasions.
- Last season Schmid had his best performance at the Shriners Children's Open at TPC Summerlin. He shot 19-under and finished third (three shots back of the winner).
- With 283 points last season, Schmid finished 125th in the FedExCup standings.
Schmid's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Schmid's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Black Desert Championship, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 4.975 (he finished fifth in that event).
- Schmid's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came at the 3M Open in July 2024, as he put up a 4.124 mark, which ranked him 19th in the field. He finished 12th in that tournament.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Schmid put up his best effort last season at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, ranking 12th in the field at 2.843. In that event, he finished 52nd.
- At the Black Desert Championship in October 2024, Schmid delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 6.699, which was his best last season. That ranked fifth in the field.
- Schmid posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (12.288) at the Shriners Children's Open in October 2024, a performance that ranked him third in the field.
Schmid's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 47 | 0.259 | -0.028 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 100 | 0.035 | -0.823 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 157 | -0.243 | -0.653 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 46 | 0.260 | -0.350 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 72 | 0.311 | -1.854 |
Schmid's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 72-71 | +1 | -- |
| March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 10 | 67-65-68-73 | -15 | 35 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 26 | 68-68-72-72 | -8 | 60 |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 17 | 70-71-68-71 | -4 | 43 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 21 | 68-69-70-67 | -6 | 37 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 69 | 69-72-73-76 | +2 | 3 |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 11 | 70-70-67-67 | -14 | 35 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 70-68 | -72 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 68-69 | -5 | -- |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 73-69 | E | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 75-71 | +6 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 73-71 | +4 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 52 | 66-72-72-71 | -7 | 7 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 68-72 | E | -- |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 12 | 70-70-65-68 | -11 | 56 |
| August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 26 | 68-75-69-67 | -5 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 64 | 68-67-75-70 | E | 4 |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 58 | 68-69-78-71 | -2 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 70-66-67-68 | -17 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 5 | 70-67-67-62 | -18 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 3 | 64-65-70-66 | -19 | -- |
| November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | MC | 73-73 | +2 | -- |
| November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 61 | 70-64-73-75 | -2 | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 68-72 | E | -- |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 64-73-75 | -4 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 25 | 71-72-68-77 | E | 31 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Schmid as of the start of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
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