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Davis Riley betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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In his last competition at the Puerto Rico Open, Davis Riley finished the weekend at 18-under, good for a sixth-place finish. He enters play in the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship March 13-16 aiming for an improved score.
Latest odds for Riley at THE PLAYERS Championship.
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 the last two times Riley has played THE PLAYERS Championship, he has missed the cut each time and posted an average score of -under.
- In Riley's most recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship, in 2024, he failed to make the cut after posting a score of 4-over.
- 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.
- Scheffler averaged 299.1 yards off the tee (14th in field), had a greens in regulation percentage of 76.39% (third), and attempted 28 putts per round (25th) in that victory a year ago.
Riley's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2024 | MC | 74-74 | +4 |
| 3/9/2023 | MC | 71-77 | +4 |
Riley's recent performances
- Riley has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has made two cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Riley has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of 13-under in his last five events.
- Off the tee, Davis Riley has averaged 309.9 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Riley has an average of 1.508 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Riley has an average of -1.450 in his past five tournaments.
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Riley's advanced stats and rankings
- Riley has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -1.228 this season (184th on TOUR). His average driving distance (304.1 yards) ranks 77th, while his 53.4% driving accuracy average ranks 158th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Riley ranks 180th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of -1.146. Additionally, he ranks 152nd with a Greens in Regulation mark of 65.28%.
- On the greens, Riley's 0.222 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 67th this season, while he averages 28.75 putts per round (78th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 77 | 304.1 | 309.9 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 152 | 65.28% | 64.29% |
| Putts Per Round | 78 | 28.75 | 28.5 |
| Par Breakers | 108 | 23.06% | 23.41% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 155 | 15.00% | 14.68% |
Riley's best finishes
- Although Riley hasn't won any of the seven tournaments he has taken part in this season, he has secured one top-10 finish.
- In those seven events, he made the cut two times, a success rate of 28.6%.
- Riley, who has 60 points, currently ranks 132nd in the FedExCup standings.
Riley's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Riley's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark came at the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2025, as he ranked in the field with a mark of 0.617.
- Riley's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.252 (he missed the cut in that event).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Riley's best effort this season was at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked 30th in the field with a mark of 0.797 (he finished 48th in that tournament).
- At the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in February 2025, Riley posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 2.844, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him in the field (he missed the cut in that tournament).
- Riley recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (2.566) in January 2025 at the Farmers Insurance Open, which ranked in the field. He missed the cut in that tournament.
Riley's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 184 | -1.228 | -0.724 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 180 | -1.146 | -0.900 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 175 | -0.484 | -1.334 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 67 | 0.222 | 1.508 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 185 | -2.636 | -1.450 |
Riley's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 74-74 | +4 | -- |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 14 | 65-71-71-65 | -8 | 55 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 75-75 | +6 | -- |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 28 | 66-70-65-70 | -140 | 5 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 30 | 64-67-72-67 | -14 | 21 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 66 | 69-71-73-71 | E | 2 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 1 | 66-64-66-70 | -14 | 500 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 75-76 | +7 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 48 | 71-71-67-66 | -5 | 13 |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 57 | 70-70-71-71 | -6 | 5 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 73-74 | +5 | -- |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 70-72 | +2 | -- |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 46 | 70-70-70-69 | -5 | 9 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 38 | 69-66-68-70 | -7 | 17 |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 75-65 | -4 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 41 | 67-71-66-71 | -9 | -- |
| October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 73 | 74-73-70-71 | +8 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 68-74 | E | -- |
| January 2-5 | The Sentry | W/D | 73-80-74 | +8 | -- |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 80-75-65 | +4 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 75-73 | +4 | -- |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 74-73 | +5 | -- |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | MC | 68-73 | -1 | -- |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 48 | 64-71-75-67 | -7 | 8 |
| March 6-9 | Puerto Rico Open | 6 | 64-66-72-68 | -18 | 53 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Riley as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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