Peter Malnati betting profile: THE PLAYERS Championship
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After he placed 68th in this tournament in 2024, Peter Malnati has a different result in mind as he enters play 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
- In his last five appearances at THE PLAYERS Championship, Malnati has an average finish of 57th, and an average score of 1-over.
- In Malnati's most recent appearance at THE PLAYERS Championship, in 2024, he finished 68th after posting a score of 2-over.
- 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.
- In addition, Scheffler's average driving distance was 299.1 (14th in field), he hit 76.39% of greens in regulation (third), and he averaged 28 putts per round (25th).
Malnati's recent history at THE PLAYERS Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/14/2024 | 68 | 70-73-66-81 | +2 |
3/9/2023 | MC | 72-76 | +4 |
3/10/2022 | 46 | 70-75-72-70 | -1 |
3/11/2021 | MC | 76-70 | +2 |
Malnati's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Malnati has an average finish of 59th.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five events.
- Malnati has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his last five appearances.
- In his last five appearances, his average score has been 4-under.
- Peter Malnati has averaged 304.0 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Malnati has an average of -1.633 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Malnati has an average of -2.305 in his past five tournaments.
Malnati's advanced stats and rankings
- Malnati has delivered a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.654, which ranks 173rd on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (299.9 yards) ranks 114th, and his 51.7% driving accuracy average ranks 169th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Malnati ranks 185th on TOUR, putting up an average of -1.338, while he ranks 186th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 60.58%.
- On the greens, Malnati's -0.619 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 166th this season, and his 28.29 putts-per-round average ranks 34th.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 114 | 299.9 | 304.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 186 | 60.58% | 59.26% |
Putts Per Round | 34 | 28.29 | 28.0 |
Par Breakers | 147 | 21.16% | 20.00% |
Bogey Avoidance | 148 | 14.81% | 12.96% |
Malnati's best finishes
- Malnati has participated in seven tournaments this season, but he has not collected a finish in the top 10.
- In those seven events, he made the cut three times, a success rate of 42.9%.
- Currently, Malnati sits 170th in the FedExCup standings with 22 points.
Malnati's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Malnati's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.221 (he missed the cut in that tournament).
- Malnati's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, where his 1.978 mark ranked 31st in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Malnati's best effort this season was at the WM Phoenix Open, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 10.940 (he finished 49th in that tournament).
- At The Sentry in January 2025, Malnati delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 1.902, which was his best so far this season. That ranked 19th in the field.
- Malnati recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (0.654) at the WM Phoenix Open (which ranked him 49th in the field). In that tournament, he finished 49th.
Malnati's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 173 | -0.654 | -0.845 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 185 | -1.338 | -2.398 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 1 | 0.786 | 2.572 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 166 | -0.619 | -1.633 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 178 | -1.826 | -2.305 |
Malnati's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 68 | 70-73-66-81 | +2 | 6 |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 1 | 66-71-68-67 | -12 | 500 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 36 | 68-73-67-69 | -3 | 16 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 82-72 | +10 | -- |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 49 | 73-67-71-70 | -3 | 12 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | 19 | 65-71-62-71 | -19 | 16 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 66 | 73-72-80-73 | +14 | 7 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 72-70 | E | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 37 | 72-69-73-67 | +1 | 16 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 33 | 72-73-74-75 | +6 | 27 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 74-73 | +7 | -- |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 70 | 73-68-73-69 | +3 | 6 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 74 | 70-69-71-77 | -1 | 3 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 70-73 | +1 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 71-71 | E | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 68-72 | E | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 59 | 67-72-70-72 | +1 | 20 |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 68-76 | E | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | MC | 73-67 | -2 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 69-74 | +1 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | MC | 72-70 | E | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 72-76 | +6 | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 53 | 74-64-73-73 | -8 | 11 |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 77-73 | +10 | -- |
January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 71-68-71 | -6 | -- |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 69-77 | +2 | -- |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 49 | 69-70-66-74 | -5 | 7 |
February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 68 | 70-68-71-73 | -2 | 3 |
February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 75-70 | +3 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Malnati as of the start of THE PLAYERS Championship.
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