Sungjae Im betting profile: Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented By Mastercard
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Sungjae Im shot 2-under and finished 18th the last time he played in this tournament. He'll tee off at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge March 6-9 with his sights set higher this time around in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard tournament and course info
- Date: March 6-9, 2025
- Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
- Course: Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge
- Par: 72 / 7,466 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Scottie Scheffler
At the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
- Im's average finish has been 14th, and his average score 2-under, over his last six appearances at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.
- Im last participated in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in 2024, finishing 18th with a score of 2-under.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2024, Scottie Scheffler posted numbers of 5.097 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (first in field), 3.262 in SG: Approach the Green (12th), and 4.348 in SG: Putting (fifth).
- Scheffler's average driving distance was 291.9 (37th in field), he hit 69.44% of greens in regulation (second), with 27 putts per round (sixth) en route to his win last year.
Im's recent history at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/7/2024 | 18 | 71-70-71-74 | -2 |
3/2/2023 | 21 | 71-71-72-71 | -3 |
3/3/2022 | 20 | 68-77-70-76 | +3 |
3/4/2021 | 21 | 69-70-72-76 | -1 |
3/5/2020 | 3 | 70-69-74-73 | -2 |
3/7/2019 | 3 | 71-69-71-68 | -9 |
Im's recent performances
- Im has finished in the top five in one of his last five events.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Im has finished within three shots of the leader in one of his last five appearances. Over that same span, he's finished with a better-than-average score twice.
- He has an average score of 6-under across his last five events.
- In terms of driving distance, Sungjae Im has averaged 297.2 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Im is averaging 1.128 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Im is averaging 0.911 Strokes Gained: Total.
Im's advanced stats and rankings
- Im has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.478, which ranks 23rd on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (295.0 yards) ranks 156th, and his 64.4% driving accuracy average ranks 31st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Im sports a -0.741 average that ranks 167th on TOUR. He ranks 148th with a 65.70% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Im's 0.582 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 21st this season, and his 27.52 putts-per-round average ranks third.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 156 | 295.0 | 297.2 |
Greens in Regulation % | 148 | 65.70% | 61.11% |
Putts Per Round | 3 | 27.52 | 27.9 |
Par Breakers | 19 | 27.05% | 21.88% |
Bogey Avoidance | 42 | 11.35% | 13.19% |
Im's best finishes
- Im has played seven tournaments this season, collecting two top-five finishes.
- In those seven events, he made the cut four times (57.1%).
- With 502 points, Im currently sits 15th in the FedExCup standings.
Im's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Im produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at The Sentry (January 2025), ranking second in the field at 4.948.
- Im produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, ranking in the field at 1.835. In that event, he missed the cut.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Im's best performance this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 3.358 (he finished fourth in that tournament).
- At The Sentry in January 2025, Im posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (4.795), which ranked fourth in the field.
- Im delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (11.978) in January 2025 at The Sentry. That ranked third in the field.
Im's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 23 | 0.478 | 0.699 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 167 | -0.741 | -1.909 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 34 | 0.269 | 0.993 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 21 | 0.582 | 1.128 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 51 | 0.588 | 0.911 |
Im's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 18 | 71-70-71-74 | -2 | 105 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 31 | 70-72-69-70 | -7 | 38 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 72-80 | +10 | -- |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 77-74 | +7 | -- |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 12 | 68-67-71-67 | -11 | 136 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 4 | 68-68-69-73 | -6 | 313 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 73-72 | +3 | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 9 | 70-64-70-72 | -4 | 75 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 8 | 76-71-67-73 | -1 | 191 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 74-76 | +10 | -- |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 3 | 67-64-63-66 | -20 | 338 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 12 | 66-64-70-64 | -20 | 58 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 4 | 63-67-67-69 | -14 | 100 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 7 | 76-72-66-69 | -1 | 225 |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 41 | 68-67-67-72 | -6 | 14 |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 40 | 69-70-70-68 | -3 | 54 |
August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 11 | 68-70-73-71 | -6 | 270 |
August 29 - September 1 | TOUR Championship | 7 | 69-68-68-64 | -15 | 0 |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 13 | 70-70-62-67 | -11 | -- |
December 5-8 | Hero World Challenge | 9 | 69-68-72-71 | -8 | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 3 | 69-67-62-65 | -29 | 350 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 77-65-68 | -6 | -- |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 4 | 69-71-72-71 | -5 | 123 |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 33 | 68-72-70-69 | -9 | 24 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 57 | 69-69-67-75 | -4 | 5 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | MC | 74-75 | +5 | -- |
February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 68-70 | -4 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Im as of the start of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard.
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