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Matt Kuchar betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 27: Matt Kuchar of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the first round of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 2025 at PGA National Resort And Spa on February 27, 2025 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Matt Kuchar hits the links March 13-16 in the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) following a 56th-place finish in the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches his last time in competition.
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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 seven trips to THE PLAYERS Championship, Kuchar has an average score of 3-under, with an average finish of 42nd.
- In Kuchar's most recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship, in 2024, he failed to make the cut after posting a score of 2-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 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).
Kuchar's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/14/2024 | MC | 74-72 | +2 |
| 3/9/2023 | MC | 70-78 | +4 |
| 3/10/2022 | MC | 74-73 | +3 |
| 3/11/2021 | MC | 76-75 | +7 |
| 3/14/2019 | 26 | 69-70-72-70 | -7 |
Kuchar's recent performances
- Kuchar has finished in the top 10 once over his last five appearances.
- Over his last five tournaments, Kuchar has finished within five shots of the leader one time and finished with a better-than-average score once.
- He has carded an average score of 7-under over his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Matt Kuchar has averaged 285.0 yards in his past five starts.
- Kuchar is averaging 1.182 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Kuchar has an average of 0.556 in his past five tournaments.
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Kuchar's advanced stats and rankings
- Kuchar delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.228 last season (143rd on TOUR). His average driving distance (288.3 yards) ranked 174th, while his 66.1% driving accuracy average ranked 37th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Kuchar ranked 128th on TOUR with an average of -0.124 per round. Additionally, he ranked 106th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 66.44%.
- On the greens, Kuchar's 0.351 Strokes Gained: Putting mark placed him 29th on TOUR last season, and his 28.95 putts-per-round average ranked 82nd. He broke par 21.61% of the time (164th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 174 | 288.3 | 285.0 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 106 | 66.44% | 56.54% |
| Putts Per Round | 82 | 28.95 | 28.7 |
| Par Breakers | 164 | 21.61% | 20.59% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 46 | 13.32% | 10.13% |
Kuchar's best finishes
- Kuchar participated in 27 tournaments last season, earning one top-five finish and collecting two finishes in the top 10.
- In those 27 events, he made the cut 14 times, a success rate of 51.9%.
- Last season Kuchar's best performance came when he shot 15-under and finished third at the 3M Open.
- Kuchar accumulated 382 points last season, which placed him 105th in the FedExCup standings.
Kuchar's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Kuchar's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 2.269 (he missed the cut in that tournament).
- Kuchar produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season at the 3M Open, ranking No. 1 in the field at 10.053. In that tournament, he finished third.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Kuchar's best performance last season was at the Shriners Children's Open in October 2024, as he put up a 4.763 mark, which ranked him third in the field. He finished 14th in that tournament.
- At the Wyndham Championship in August 2024, Kuchar delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season -- 7.411, which ranked him No. 1 in the field. He finished 12th in that tournament.
- Kuchar posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (11.922) at the 3M Open, which was held in July 2024. That performance ranked third in the field (he finished third in that event).
Kuchar's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 143 | -0.228 | -0.751 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 128 | -0.124 | 0.054 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 29 | 0.245 | 0.072 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 29 | 0.351 | 1.182 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 83 | 0.245 | 0.556 |
Kuchar's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 74-72 | +2 | -- |
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 49 | 75-67-70-72 | E | 8 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 73-74 | +3 | -- |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 66-72 | -6 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 69-69 | -4 | -- |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 34 | 69-72-75-71 | +3 | 26 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 17 | 68-69-73-68 | -2 | 45 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 75-73 | +8 | -- |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 33 | 75-71-74-74 | +6 | 27 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 50 | 72-71-75-71 | +9 | 12 |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 25 | 70-68-71-69 | -10 | 32 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 69-70 | -3 | -- |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 3 | 68-67-63-71 | -15 | 163 |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 12 | 64-64-70-71 | -11 | 53 |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 13 | 70-64-72-73 | -9 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 70-72 | -2 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 14 | 67-66-67-69 | -15 | -- |
| October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 37 | 68-69-69-68 | -6 | -- |
| November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 30 | 70-67-68-71 | -12 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 71-75 | +4 | -- |
| December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 9 | 64-72-62 | E | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 21 | 67-68-67-68 | -10 | 36 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | 43 | 71-66-67-72 | -12 | 10 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 56 | 67-69-68-74 | -6 | 5 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Kuchar as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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