Austin Eckroat betting profile: Sony Open In Hawaii
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KAPALUA, HAWAII - JANUARY 05: Austin Eckroat of the United States plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of The Sentry 2025 at Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on January 05, 2025 in Kapalua, Hawaii. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
In his most recent competition at The Sentry, Austin Eckroat ended the weekend at 21-under, good for a 15th-place finish. He enters play in the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii Jan. 9-12 trying for an improved score.
The Sony Open in Hawaii tournament and course info
- Date: Jan. 9-12, 2025
- Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Course: Waialae Country Club
- Par: 70 / 7,044 yards
- Purse: $8.7M
- Previous winner: Grayson Murray
At the Sony Open in Hawaii
- Eckroat's average finish has been 27th, and his average score 10-under, over his last two appearances at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
- Eckroat last participated in the Sony Open in Hawaii in 2024, finishing 42nd with a score of 8-under.
- Grayson Murray won this tournament in 2024 with numbers of 5.093 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 1.854 in SG: Approach the Green (31st), and 2.804 in SG: Putting (29th).
- En route to his victory last year, Murray posted an average driving distance of 310.5 (17th in field), hit 79.17% of greens in regulation (second), and took 28.75 putts per round (31st).
Eckroat's recent history at the Sony Open in Hawaii
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
1/11/2024 | 42 | 65-66-69-72 | -8 |
1/12/2023 | 12 | 66-66-68-68 | -12 |
Eckroat's recent performances
- Eckroat has won one of his last five appearances on TOUR.
- Eckroat has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in three of his last five tournaments, including one finish within three strokes of the leader.
- He has carded an average score of 11-under over his last five events.
- Austin Eckroat has averaged 300.0 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Eckroat is averaging -0.437 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Eckroat is averaging -0.179 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Eckroat's advanced stats and rankings
- Eckroat's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.333 last season ranked 30th on TOUR, and his 69.4% driving accuracy average ranked 15th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Eckroat had a 0.395 mark that ranked 27th on TOUR. He ranked 117th with a 66.17% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Eckroat's -0.172 Strokes Gained: Putting mark placed him 129th on TOUR last season, and his 28.80 putts-per-round average ranked 64th. He broke par 24.63% of the time (84th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 93 | 300.8 | 300.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 117 | 66.17% | 76.67% |
Putts Per Round | 64 | 28.80 | 29.3 |
Par Breakers | 84 | 24.63% | 29.44% |
Bogey Avoidance | 113 | 14.88% | 11.67% |
Eckroat's best finishes
- Eckroat last season participated in 27 tournaments, picking up two wins and three finishes in the top 10.
- In those 27 events, he made the cut 22 times.
- Last season Eckroat had two wins, with one of them coming at the World Wide Technology Championship, where he shot 24-under.
- Eckroat's 1069 points last season ranked him 41st in the FedExCup standings.
Eckroat's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Eckroat's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in November 2024 at The RSM Classic, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 4.397. He finished 17th in that tournament.
- Eckroat's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance last season came in February 2024 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 5.835. He finished first in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Eckroat's best performance last season was at the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February 2024, as he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 4.230.
- At the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2024, Eckroat posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.652, his best mark last season. That ranked him eighth in the field (he finished 37th in that tournament).
- Eckroat posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (12.627) in February 2024 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, which ranked No. 1 in the field. He finished first in that event.
Eckroat's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 30 | 0.333 | 0.715 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 27 | 0.395 | 1.600 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 157 | -0.243 | -2.057 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 129 | -0.172 | -0.437 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 73 | 0.301 | -0.179 |
Eckroat's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 42 | 65-66-69-72 | -8 | 11 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 25 | 69-65-69-66 | -19 | 30 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 37 | 68-72-71-73 | -4 | 17 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 71-73 | +2 | -- |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 38 | 69-70-70-68 | -7 | 15 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 1 | 65-67-68-67 | -17 | 500 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 36 | 72-69-74-75 | +2 | 21 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 71-69-68-76 | -4 | 14 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 33 | 68-74-73-70 | -3 | 21 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 74-77 | +7 | -- |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 17 | 66-69-72-67 | -10 | 115 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 11 | 64-72-63-69 | -20 | 31 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 63 | 75-73-72-75 | +11 | 8 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 18 | 67-67-69-70 | -11 | 100 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 72-72 | +4 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 39 | 77-71-71-76 | +7 | 21 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 74 | 72-72-78-78 | +20 | 5 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 27 | 70-67-65-67 | -11 | 58 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 67-71 | -2 | -- |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 66 | 73-73-72-78 | +12 | 6 |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 70-72 | E | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 6 | 64-72-64-67 | -13 | 100 |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 18 | 69-68-71-65 | -7 | 184 |
August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 46 | 71-73-74-77 | +7 | 41 |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 46 | 68-71-68-70 | -7 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 1 | 68-67-66-63 | -24 | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 17 | 67-70-69-66 | -10 | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 15 | 68-68-68-67 | -21 | 63 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Eckroat as of the start of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
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