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Bud Cauley betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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After he placed 47th in this tournament in 2019, Bud Cauley has a different result in mind as he readies for play in the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, March 13-16.
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THE PLAYERS Championship tournament and course info
- Date: March 13-16, 2025
- Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
- Course: TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)
- Par: 72 / 7,352 yards
- Purse: $25M
- Previous winner: Scottie Scheffler
At THE PLAYERS Championship
- Over his last two trips to THE PLAYERS Championship, Cauley has an average score of 3-under, with an average finish of 47th.
- Cauley last played at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2019, finishing 47th with a score of 3-under.
- With numbers of 6.477 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 6.326 in SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.228 in SG: Putting (37th), Scottie Scheffler won this tournament in 2024.
- In addition, Scheffler's average driving distance was 299.1 (14th in field), he hit 76.39% of greens in regulation (third), and he averaged 28 putts per round (25th).
Cauley's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2019 | 47 | 69-70-76-70 | -3 |
Cauley's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Cauley has an average finish of 33rd.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Cauley has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score of 9-under across his last five events.
- Bud Cauley has averaged 306.6 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Cauley is averaging -0.197 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Cauley has an average of 3.105 in his past five tournaments.
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Cauley's advanced stats and rankings
- Cauley delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.176 last season (65th on TOUR). His average driving distance (299.7 yards) ranked 106th, while his 61.7% driving accuracy average ranked 102nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Cauley ranked 80th on TOUR with a mark of 0.161.
- On the greens, Cauley registered a -0.175 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which ranked him 130th on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 123rd with a putts-per-round average of 29.22, and he ranked 175th by breaking par 20.99% of the time.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 106 | 299.7 | 306.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 21 | 70.58% | 73.46% |
| Putts Per Round | 123 | 29.22 | 29.7 |
| Par Breakers | 175 | 20.99% | 22.53% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 3 | 10.91% | 10.49% |
Cauley's best finishes
- Cauley took part in 17 tournaments last season, securing one finish in the top five.
- In those 17 tournaments, he had a 58.8% success rate in terms of making the cut (10 cuts made).
- Last season Cauley's best performance came at the Sanderson Farms Championship. He shot 21-under and finished fifth in that event.
- With 76 points last season, Cauley finished 186th in the FedExCup standings.
Cauley's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Cauley's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark came at the Procore Championship in September 2024, as he ranked 14th in the field with a mark of 2.106.
- Cauley's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came in October 2024 at the Shriners Children's Open, where he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 4.788. He finished 34th in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Cauley's best performance last season was in June 2024 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 3.313. He finished 52nd in that tournament.
- At the Procore Championship in September 2024, Cauley recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.163 (his best mark last season), which ranked 17th in the field. He finished 32nd in that event.
- Cauley recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (10.519) at the Sanderson Farms Championship in October 2024, a performance that ranked him fifth in the field.
Cauley's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 65 | 0.176 | 0.750 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 80 | 0.161 | 1.068 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 57 | 0.150 | 1.485 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 130 | -0.175 | -0.197 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 71 | 0.313 | 3.105 |
Cauley's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 70-73 | +1 | -- |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 45 | 70-71-68-69 | -2 | 9 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 39 | 74-71-69-72 | -2 | 15 |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | MC | 72-69 | -3 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 72-67 | -3 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 71-72 | +3 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 52 | 72-65-71-73 | -7 | 7 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 61 | 65-72-68-71 | -8 | 4 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 73-72 | +3 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 70-71 | +1 | -- |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 32 | 71-67-69-74 | -7 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 5 | 66-67-67-67 | -21 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | MC | 70-73 | +1 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 34 | 64-73-67-69 | -11 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 25 | 68-70-68-67 | -9 | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 68-68-66-69 | -9 | 24 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 21 | 70-68-67-69 | -10 | 40 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 56 | 69-67-69-73 | -6 | 5 |
| March 6-9 | Puerto Rico Open | MC | 70-73 | -1 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Cauley as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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