Jake Knapp betting profile: Sony Open In Hawaii
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After he finished 70th in this tournament in 2024, Jake Knapp has a different result in mind as he enters play in the 2025 Sony Open in Hawaii in Honolulu Jan. 9-12.
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
- Knapp finished 70th (with a score of 3-under) in his only appearance at the Sony Open in Hawaii in recent years (in 2024).
- When Grayson Murray won this tournament in 2024, he had 5.093 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 1.854 SG: Approach the Green (31st), and 2.804 SG: Putting (29th).
- Murray averaged 310.5 yards off the tee (17th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 79.17% (second), and attempted 28.75 putts per round (31st) in that victory a year ago.
Knapp's recent history at the Sony Open in Hawaii
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
1/11/2024 | 70 | 69-65-72-71 | -3 |
Knapp's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Knapp has finished first once.
- Knapp has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five appearances, including one finish within three strokes of the leader.
- He has finished with an average score of 1 those four times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Jake Knapp has averaged 302.8 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Knapp is averaging -2.288 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Knapp has an average of -9.408 in his past five tournaments.
Knapp's advanced stats and rankings
- Knapp had a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.045 last season, which ranked 117th on TOUR. Meanwhile his average driving distance (309.5 yards) ranked 24th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Knapp ranked 108th on TOUR with an average of 0.001 per round. Additionally, he ranked 136th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 65.41%.
- On the greens, Knapp delivered a -0.082 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which ranked him 115th on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 99th with a putts-per-round average of 29.07, and he ranked 133rd by breaking par 23.11% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 24 | 309.5 | 302.8 |
Greens in Regulation % | 136 | 65.41% | 55.25% |
Putts Per Round | 99 | 29.07 | 29.6 |
Par Breakers | 133 | 23.11% | 18.52% |
Bogey Avoidance | 159 | 16.74% | 14.81% |
Knapp's best finishes
- Knapp participated in 23 tournaments last season, picking up two wins with four top-five finishes and five finishes in the top 10.
- In those 23 events, he made the cut 17 times, a success rate of 73.9%.
- Last season, one of Knapp's two wins came when he shot even-par at the Grant Thornton Invitational.
- Knapp accumulated 970 points last season, which ranked him 50th in the FedExCup standings.
Knapp's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 6.518 (he finished 31st in that tournament).
- Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, where his 8.709 mark ranked No. 1 in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Knapp's best effort last season was at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where his 2.169 mark ranked 10th in the field.
- At THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, Knapp delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (4.018), which ranked 16th in the field.
- Knapp posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (14.596) at the Mexico Open at Vidanta (which ranked him No. 1 in the field). In that tournament, he finished first.
Knapp's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 117 | -0.045 | -3.021 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 108 | 0.001 | -3.834 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 145 | -0.197 | -0.265 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 115 | -0.082 | -2.288 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 143 | -0.323 | -9.408 |
Knapp's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 70 | 69-65-72-71 | -3 | 3 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 71-73-74 | +2 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | 3 | 69-69-70-69 | -11 | 145 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 68-68-71-69 | -8 | 24 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 1 | 67-64-63-71 | -19 | 500 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 4 | 68-66-71-66 | -13 | 104 |
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 57 | 77-70-81-72 | +12 | 9 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 71-72-68-73 | -4 | 14 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 74-71 | +5 | -- |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 55 | 74-76-78-73 | +13 | 10 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 62 | 74-70-69-71 | E | 8 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 8 | 64-64-67-70 | -19 | 85 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 58 | 71-75-71-76 | +9 | 9 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 75-69 | +2 | -- |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 78-72 | +6 | -- |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 75-77 | +12 | -- |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 48 | 70-70-64-71 | -5 | 13 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 31 | 70-65-70-74 | -9 | 19 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 52 | 66-71-68-70 | -9 | 6 |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | W/D | 71-68-81 | +7 | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 67 | 70-75-71-70 | +6 | 14 |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 68 | 69-71-73-72 | +3 | -- |
December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 1 | 58-66-65 | E | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 56 | 72-73-70-71 | -6 | 10 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Knapp as of the start of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
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