Scottie Scheffler betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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Scottie Scheffler, the previous winner in this tournamanet after carding 20-under on the par-72 course at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course) in 2024, looks to repeat in the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, March 13-16.
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
- Scheffler has entered THE PLAYERS Championship four times recently, with two wins, an average finish of 19th, and an average score of 12-under.
- Scheffler won THE PLAYERS Championship in 2024, with a score of 20-under.
- Scottie Scheffler finished with 6.477 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in the field), 6.326 SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 1.228 SG: Putting (37th) en route to winning this tournament in 2024.
- En route to his victory last year, Scheffler posted an average driving distance of 299.1 (14th in field), hit 76.39% of greens in regulation (third), and took 28 putts per round (25th).
Scheffler's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
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3/14/2024 | 1 | 67-69-68-64 | -20 |
3/9/2023 | 1 | 68-69-65-69 | -17 |
3/10/2022 | 55 | 70-76-68-76 | +2 |
3/11/2021 | MC | 74-71 | +1 |
Scheffler's recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, Scheffler has one win, two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- Scheffler has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in each of his last five appearances, including two finishes within three strokes of the leader.
- In his last five events, his average score has been 12-under.
- In terms of driving distance, Scheffler has averaged 302.3 yards in his past five starts.
- Scheffler has an average of 0.136 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Scheffler is averaging 6.918 Strokes Gained: Total.
Scheffler's advanced stats and rankings
- Scheffler put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.816 last season, which ranked second on TOUR. Meanwhile his average driving distance (303.8 yards) ranked 64th, and his 70.9% driving accuracy average ranked seventh.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Scheffler ranked first on TOUR with an average of 1.269 per round. Additionally, he ranked third with a Greens in Regulation mark of 73.16%.
- On the greens, Scheffler's 0.095 Strokes Gained: Putting mark placed him 77th on TOUR last season, and his 28.32 putts-per-round average ranked 21st. He broke par 33.41% of the time (first).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 64 | 303.8 | 302.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 3 | 73.16% | 55.28% |
Putts Per Round | 21 | 28.32 | 28.3 |
Par Breakers | 1 | 33.41% | 26.67% |
Bogey Avoidance | 1 | 9.70% | 8.06% |
Scheffler's best finishes
- Scheffler, who played 21 tournaments last season, secured nine wins with 14 top-five finishes and 18 finishes in the top 10.
- In those 21 events, he made the cut 21 times (100%).
- Last season, one of Scheffler's nine wins came when he shot 20-under at THE PLAYERS Championship.
- Scheffler put up 5993 points last season on his way to becoming the FedExCup champion.
Scheffler's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Scheffler's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 6.477.
- Scheffler put up his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (June 2024), ranking No. 1 in the field with a mark of 12.957.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Scheffler put up his best performance last season at The Genesis Invitational, ranking No. 1 in the field at 7.010. In that tournament, he finished 10th.
- At the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in March 2024, Scheffler posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (4.348). That ranked fifth in the field.
- Scheffler recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (17.126) at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, a performance that ranked him No. 1 in the field.
Scheffler's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 2 | 0.816 | 2.516 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 1 | 1.269 | 3.013 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 17 | 0.316 | 1.253 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 77 | 0.095 | 0.136 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 1 | 2.496 | 6.918 |
Scheffler's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 1 | 67-69-68-64 | -20 | 750 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 2 | 65-70-66-68 | -11 | 167 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 1 | 66-72-71-68 | -11 | 750 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 1 | 69-65-63-68 | -19 | 700 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 8 | 67-66-73-65 | -13 | 191 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 2 | 72-65-63-71 | -9 | 245 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 1 | 67-68-71-74 | -8 | 700 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 41 | 71-74-71-72 | +8 | 17 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 1 | 65-64-64-65 | -30 | 700 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 7 | 70-70-71-72 | -1 | 225 |
August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 1 | 67-69-67-62 | -19 | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 4 | 66-65-69-66 | -14 | 540 |
August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 33 | 71-72-74-72 | +1 | 82 |
August 29 - September 1 | TOUR Championship | 1 | 65-66-66-67 | -20 | 0 |
December 5-8 | Hero World Challenge | 1 | 67-64-69-63 | -25 | -- |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 9 | 67-70-69-67 | -15 | 152 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 25 | 69-66-68-72 | -9 | 31 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 3 | 70-67-76-66 | -9 | 338 |
March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 11 | 71-72-71-70 | -4 | 115 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Scheffler as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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