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Hayden Buckley betting profile: Valspar Championship
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In his most recent competition at the Puerto Rico Open, Hayden Buckley ended the weekend at 9-under, good for a 59th-place finish. He competes in the 2025 Valspar Championship March 20-23 aiming for an improved score.
Latest odds for Buckley at the Valspar Championship.
The Valspar Championship tournament and course info
- Date: March 20-23, 2025
- Location: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
- Course: Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
- Par: 71 / 7,352 yards
- Purse: $8.7M
- Previous winner: Peter Malnati
At the Valspar Championship
- Over his last two trips to the Valspar Championship, Buckley has an average score of 2-over, with an average finish of 61st.
- Buckley last participated in the Valspar Championship in 2024, finishing 61st with a score of 2-over.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2024, Peter Malnati posted numbers of 3.577 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in field), 2.456 in SG: Approach the Green (23rd), and 8.359 in SG: Putting (third).
- Malnati's average driving distance was 291.6 (59th in field), he hit 65.28% of greens in regulation (fifth), with 26.5 putts per round (11th) en route to his win last year.
Buckley's recent history at the Valspar Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/21/2024 | 61 | 68-73-69-76 | +2 |
| 3/17/2022 | MC | 72-72 | +2 |
Buckley's recent performances
- In his last five appearances, Buckley has not finished in the top 20.
- He's made the cut in one of his last five tournaments.
- Buckley has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his last five tournaments.
- He posted a final score of -9 relative to par in his only made cut in his last five events.
- Hayden Buckley has averaged 288.7 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Buckley has an average of -1.074 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Buckley is averaging -3.631 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
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Buckley's advanced stats and rankings
- Buckley's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.069 last season ranked 90th on TOUR, and his 65.5% driving accuracy average ranked 44th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Buckley sported a -0.298 mark that ranked 144th on TOUR. He ranked 132nd with a 65.81% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Buckley registered a -0.284 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which placed him 152nd on TOUR, while he ranked 136th with a putts-per-round average of 29.32. He broke par 22.38% of the time (152nd on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 120 | 298.0 | 288.7 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 132 | 65.81% | 70.37% |
| Putts Per Round | 136 | 29.32 | 30.8 |
| Par Breakers | 152 | 22.38% | 23.15% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 150 | 16.20% | 16.20% |
Buckley's best finishes
- Buckley teed off in 29 tournaments last season, securing two finishes in the top five.
- In those 29 tournaments, he had a 37.9% success rate in terms of making the cut (11 cuts made).
- Last season Buckley's best performance came at the Charles Schwab Challenge, where he shot 5-under and finished fifth.
- Buckley accumulated 224 points last season, which ranked him 139th in the FedExCup standings.
Buckley's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Buckley delivered his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (June 2024), ranking 12th in the field at 2.955.
- Buckley's best Strokes Gained: Approach mark last season came at The RSM Classic in November 2024, as he produced a 2.394 mark, which ranked him in the field. He missed the cut in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Buckley posted his best effort last season at the Valspar Championship (March 2024), ranking 18th in the field with a mark of 2.657.
- At the Charles Schwab Challenge in May 2024, Buckley delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (6.153), which ranked third in the field.
- Buckley posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (8.337) at the Charles Schwab Challenge (which ranked him fifth in the field). In that tournament, he finished fifth.
Buckley's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 90 | 0.069 | 0.287 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 144 | -0.298 | -0.909 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 155 | -0.233 | -1.934 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 152 | -0.284 | -1.074 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 166 | -0.746 | -3.631 |
Buckley's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 61 | 68-73-69-76 | +2 | 5 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 75-77 | +12 | -- |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 73-75 | +4 | -- |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | MC | 73-73 | +2 | -- |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 64-75 | -66 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 52 | 65-70-72-67 | -10 | 6 |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 59 | 70-69-69-73 | -3 | 3 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 5 | 67-65-69-74 | -5 | 96 |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 72-70 | +2 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 44 | 71-67-66-76 | -8 | 10 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 34 | 64-72-68-68 | -12 | 18 |
| July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | 59 | 66-66-75-73 | -8 | 3 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 71-76 | +5 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 70-74 | +4 | -- |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | MC | 71-73 | E | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 72-77 | +5 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | MC | 69-71 | -2 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 68-74 | E | -- |
| November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | MC | 76-69 | +1 | -- |
| November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 65 | 73-67-66-78 | E | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 70-75 | +3 | -- |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 70-75-69 | -2 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | W/D | 79 | +7 | -- |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | MC | 71-71 | E | -- |
| March 6-9 | Puerto Rico Open | 59 | 68-68-67-76 | -9 | 3 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Buckley as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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