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Eric Cole betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA - MARCH 07: Eric Cole hits a tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2025 at Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course on March 07, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
In his last competition at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, Eric Cole carded a 50th-place finish, and he heads into the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship looking for a better finish.
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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, Cole has an average score of 5-under, with an average finish of 27th.
- In 2024, Cole failed to make the cut (with a score of 2-over) in his most recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2024, Scottie Scheffler posted 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).
- Scheffler also posted numbers of 299.1 in average driving distance (14th in field), 76.39% in terms of greens in regulation (third), and 28 putts per round (25th).
Cole's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2024 | MC | 72-74 | +2 |
| 3/9/2023 | 27 | 73-73-69-68 | -5 |
Cole's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Cole has an average finish of 36th.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut twice.
- Cole has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has an average score relative to par of 2-under in his last five tournaments.
- Off the tee, Eric Cole has averaged 296.0 yards in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Cole is averaging -1.665 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Cole has an average of -3.269 in his past five tournaments.
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Cole's advanced stats and rankings
- Cole owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.448 (163rd) this season, while his average driving distance of 294.1 yards ranks 161st on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Cole ranks 127th on TOUR with a mark of -0.175.
- On the greens, Cole's -0.326 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 135th this season, and his 28.40 putts-per-round average ranks 45th.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 161 | 294.1 | 296.0 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 172 | 63.33% | 59.92% |
| Putts Per Round | 45 | 28.40 | 29.0 |
| Par Breakers | 129 | 21.85% | 19.84% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 155 | 15.00% | 18.65% |
Cole's best finishes
- Cole has taken part in nine tournaments this season, coming away with one top-five finish.
- In those nine tournaments, he had a 66.7% success rate in terms of making the cut (six cuts made).
- Currently, Cole sits 66th in the FedExCup standings with 180 points.
Cole's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Cole's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in January 2025 at The American Express, where he ranked 16th in the field with a mark of 1.402. He finished 68th in that tournament.
- Cole delivered his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at the Sony Open in Hawaii (January 2025), ranking fifth in the field with a mark of 5.773.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Cole put up his best performance this season at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, ranking ninth in the field at 3.118. In that tournament, he finished 50th.
- At the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2025, Cole delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.169 (his best mark this season), which ranked 10th in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- Cole recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.701) in January 2025 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. That ranked fifth in the field.
Cole's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 163 | -0.448 | -1.914 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 127 | -0.175 | -0.228 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 74 | 0.103 | 0.538 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 135 | -0.326 | -1.665 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 153 | -0.846 | -3.269 |
Cole's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 72-74 | +2 | -- |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 33 | 73-67-71-71 | -2 | 18 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 74-74 | +4 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 52 | 73-72-81-73 | +11 | 12 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 33 | 70-68-67-72 | -7 | 27 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 69-69 | -6 | -- |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 68 | 73-72-80-77 | +18 | 6 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 71-71 | E | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 72-71 | +3 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 74-70 | +4 | -- |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 45 | 70-75-74-79 | +10 | 15 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 73-73 | +6 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 48 | 69-75-66-65 | -5 | 13 |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 6 | 66-68-70-69 | -15 | 89 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 7 | 62-68-64-69 | -21 | 80 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 46 | 71-64-69-69 | -7 | 8 |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 31 | 72-73-72-73 | +6 | 29 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 7 | 68-68-69-63 | -12 | 80 |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 18 | 71-67-72-63 | -7 | 184 |
| August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 46 | 77-68-78-72 | +7 | 41 |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 66-67-69-69 | -17 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 69-73 | E | -- |
| October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 6 | 64-67-70-66 | -13 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 15 | 68-72-68-63 | -11 | -- |
| January 2-5 | The Sentry | 52 | 74-68-68-73 | -9 | 12 |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 5 | 64-67-67-68 | -14 | 110 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | 68 | 68-69-70-74 | -7 | 3 |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 68 | 70-71-79-77 | +9 | 3 |
| January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 22 | 66-69-73-70 | -10 | 38 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | MC | 74-73 | +5 | -- |
| February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 78-71 | +5 | -- |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 72-69 | -1 | -- |
| March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 50 | 74-71-76-74 | +7 | 13 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Cole as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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