Samuel Stevens betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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COLLEGE GROVE, TENNESSEE - SEPTEMBER 17: A PGA Tour flag near the putting green during the final round of the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation at The Grove on September 17, 2023 in College Grove, Tennessee. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Samuel Stevens hits the links March 13-16 in the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) following a 40th-place finish in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, which was his last tournament.
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
- Stevens missed the cut in his lone recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2024.
- When Scottie Scheffler won this tournament in 2024, he had 6.477 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 6.326 SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.228 SG: Putting (37th).
- 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.
Stevens' recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/14/2024 | MC | 73-76 | +5 |
Stevens' recent performances
- Over his last five events, Stevens has finished in the top 20 once.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Stevens has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five appearances.
- He has an average score of 4-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Samuel Stevens has averaged 304.2 yards in his past five starts.
- Stevens is averaging 0.305 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Stevens has an average of 0.053 in his past five tournaments.
Stevens' advanced stats and rankings
- Stevens owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.341 (41st) this season, while his average driving distance of 306.3 yards ranks 57th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Stevens has a 0.145 mark (80th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Stevens has registered a -0.026 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 101st on TOUR, while he ranks 112th with a putts-per-round average of 29.07. He has broken par 21.85% of the time (129th on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 57 | 306.3 | 304.2 |
Greens in Regulation % | 104 | 67.96% | 65.74% |
Putts Per Round | 112 | 29.07 | 29.1 |
Par Breakers | 129 | 21.85% | 19.75% |
Bogey Avoidance | 34 | 11.30% | 12.35% |
Stevens' best finishes
- Although Stevens has not won any of the eight tournaments he has played this season, he has secured one top-five finish.
- In those eight events, he made the cut seven times.
- With 430 points, Stevens currently sits 28th in the FedExCup standings.
Stevens' best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Stevens' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came in January 2025 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 3.999. He finished 17th in that event.
- Stevens' best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked sixth in the field with a mark of 5.240 (he finished 59th in that tournament).
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Stevens' best effort this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2025, as he put up a 2.720 mark, which ranked him 10th in the field. He finished second in that event.
- At the WM Phoenix Open in February 2025, Stevens delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (3.778). That ranked 13th in the field.
- Stevens recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (11.115) at the Farmers Insurance Open, which was held in January 2025. That performance ranked No. 1 in the field (he finished second in that tournament).
Stevens' Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 41 | 0.341 | 1.651 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 80 | 0.145 | -1.125 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 121 | -0.094 | -0.777 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 101 | -0.026 | 0.305 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 71 | 0.366 | 0.053 |
Stevens' past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 73-76 | +5 | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 64 | 70-71-73-73 | +3 | 4 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 57 | 73-68-67-72 | E | 5 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 14 | 72-71-71-69 | -5 | 47 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 40 | 69-68-72-71 | -8 | 9 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 4 | 63-71-67-64 | -23 | 73 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 62 | 70-66-70-70 | -8 | 5 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 10 | 68-69-68-65 | -14 | 38 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 74-69 | +3 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 14 | 68-68-68-68 | -8 | 51 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 10 | 69-66-66-73 | -14 | 62 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 34 | 70-66-67-69 | -12 | 18 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 57 | 69-68-71-66 | -6 | 5 |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | 64 | 75-65-70-72 | -2 | 4 |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 69-70 | -1 | -- |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | 37 | 71-67-72-72 | -6 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 37 | 67-69-69-70 | -13 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 23 | 69-70-64-68 | -13 | -- |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 22 | 67-67-68-69 | -9 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 6 | 70-66-69-66 | -17 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 67 | 68-72-71-74 | +1 | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 42 | 70-70-67-69 | -6 | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 59 | 69-68-69-69 | -5 | 5 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 51 | 72-66-67-72 | -11 | 7 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 2 | 69-73-71-68 | -7 | 300 |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 17 | 67-70-69-71 | -11 | 60 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 44 | 73-67-71-67 | -6 | 11 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 31 | 72-71-72-72 | -1 | 30 |
February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | MC | 73-69 | E | -- |
March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 40 | 78-70-74-70 | +4 | 19 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Stevens as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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