Sepp Straka betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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In his last tournament at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, Sepp Straka posted a fifth-place finish, and he enters the 2025 THE PLAYERS Championship looking to improve on that finish.
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
- In his last four appearances at THE PLAYERS Championship, Straka has an average finish of 30th, and an average score of 5-under.
- Straka finished 16th (with a score of 10-under) in his most recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship (in 2024).
- 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 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.
Straka's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/14/2024 | 16 | 68-70-70-70 | -10 |
3/9/2023 | 65 | 74-72-74-69 | +1 |
3/10/2022 | 9 | 69-74-71-67 | -7 |
3/11/2021 | MC | 74-75 | +5 |
Straka's recent performances
- Over his last five appearances, Straka has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut four times.
- Over his last five tournaments, Straka has finished within five shots of the leader twice. He's carded a score that's better than average four times.
- He has an average score relative to par of 12-under in his last five tournaments.
- Sepp Straka has averaged 295.8 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Straka has an average of 0.791 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Straka is averaging 4.789 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Straka's advanced stats and rankings
- Straka has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.228, which ranks 62nd on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (295.5 yards) ranks 151st, and his 67.2% driving accuracy average ranks 11th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Straka owns a 0.907 mark (ninth on TOUR).
- On the greens, Straka's 0.321 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 50th on TOUR this season, and his 28.60 putts-per-round average ranks 61st. He has broken par 29.44% of the time (fourth).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 151 | 295.5 | 295.8 |
Greens in Regulation % | 2 | 75.00% | 71.30% |
Putts Per Round | 61 | 28.60 | 28.9 |
Par Breakers | 4 | 29.44% | 27.16% |
Bogey Avoidance | 14 | 10.00% | 12.35% |
Straka's best finishes
- Straka has played eight tournaments this season, collecting one win along with two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- In those eight events, he made the cut seven times (87.5%).
- Currently, Straka ranks first in the FedExCup standings with 1200 points.
Straka's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Straka's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in February 2025 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked 15th in the field with a mark of 2.594. He finished 11th in that event.
- Straka's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2025, as he ranked third in the field with a mark of 5.668.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Straka's best effort this season was in January 2025 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 3.677. He finished seventh in that event.
- At the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in March 2025, Straka recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (6.199). That ranked third in the field.
- Straka posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.985) at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (which ranked him sixth in the field). In that event, he finished seventh.
Straka's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 62 | 0.228 | 0.710 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 9 | 0.907 | 3.001 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 99 | -0.028 | 0.287 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 50 | 0.321 | 0.791 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 9 | 1.428 | 4.789 |
Straka's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 16 | 68-70-70-70 | -10 | 115 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 16 | 73-71-74-72 | +2 | 113 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 5 | 66-65-67-72 | -14 | 263 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 11 | 66-69-65-68 | -144 | 31 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 8 | 68-71-67-74 | -4 | 213 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 71-73 | +2 | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 5 | 68-66-71-70 | -5 | 96 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 5 | 72-70-68-76 | -2 | 275 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 56 | 70-72-78-72 | +12 | 9 |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 23 | 69-70-68-61 | -12 | 78 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 61 | 66-71-69-70 | -8 | 4 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 70-68 | -2 | -- |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 22 | 70-74-73-71 | +4 | 85 |
August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 35 | 67-74-70-71 | -2 | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 61 | 71-67-71-73 | +2 | 18 |
August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 13 | 72-70-69-72 | -5 | 204 |
August 29 - September 1 | TOUR Championship | 27 | 68-70-71-73 | -2 | 0 |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 72-70 | E | -- |
December 5-8 | Hero World Challenge | 9 | 69-68-72-71 | -8 | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 15 | 69-65-67-70 | -21 | 63 |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 66-66-72-67 | -9 | 24 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 1 | 65-64-64-70 | -25 | 500 |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 7 | 65-65-70-72 | -16 | 213 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 15 | 70-68-68-66 | -12 | 55 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 78-76 | +10 | -- |
February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 11 | 67-67-67-70 | -13 | 59 |
March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 5 | 77-66-69-69 | -7 | 288 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Straka as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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