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Jake Knapp betting profile: Valspar Championship
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Jake Knapp enters the 2025 Valspar Championship March 20-23 after a 12th-place finish in THE PLAYERS Championship in his most recent competition.
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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
- Knapp is playing at the Valspar Championship for the first time in the past five years.
- Peter Malnati finished with 3.577 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in the field), 2.456 SG: Approach the Green (23rd), and 8.359 SG: Putting (third) en route to winning this tournament in 2024.
- 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.
Knapp's recent performances
- Knapp has earned one top-10 finish and three top-20 finishes over his last five events.
- Over his last five appearances, Knapp 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 of 8-under across his last five events.
- Off the tee, Jake Knapp has averaged 314.8 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Knapp has an average of 1.304 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Knapp is averaging 4.639 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Knapp's advanced stats and rankings
- Knapp owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.270 (148th) this season, while his average driving distance of 308.3 yards ranks 48th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Knapp ranks 37th on TOUR with a mark of 0.414.
- On the greens, Knapp has registered a 0.358 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 42nd on TOUR, while he ranks 89th with a putts-per-round average of 28.84. He has broken par 29.21% of the time (33rd on TOUR).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 48 | 308.3 | 314.8 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 78 | 69.53% | 57.22% |
| Putts Per Round | 89 | 28.84 | 28.9 |
| Par Breakers | 33 | 29.21% | 26.39% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 20 | 12.01% | 11.11% |
Knapp's best finishes
- Knapp has not won any of the nine tournaments he has taken part in this season, though he has collected one top-10 finish.
- In those nine tournaments, he had a 88.9% success rate in terms of making the cut (eight cuts made).
- As of now, Knapp has collected 244 points, which ranks him 51st in the FedExCup standings.
Knapp's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where his 3.410 mark ranked fifth in the field.
- Knapp's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, where he ranked eighth in the field with a mark of 4.726 (he finished 25th in that event).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Knapp's best effort this season was in January 2025 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he ranked 19th in the field with a mark of 1.295. He finished 33rd in that tournament.
- At the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2025, Knapp posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season -- 5.144, which ranked him ninth in the field. He finished 32nd in that tournament.
- Knapp recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (8.516) at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (which ranked him sixth in the field). In that event, he finished sixth.
Knapp's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 148 | -0.270 | 0.375 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 37 | 0.414 | 3.301 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 101 | -0.032 | -0.341 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 42 | 0.358 | 1.304 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 63 | 0.469 | 4.639 |
Knapp's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | MC | 74-71 | +5 | -- |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 55 | 74-76-78-73 | +13 | 10 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 62 | 74-70-69-71 | E | 8 |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 8 | 64-64-67-70 | -19 | 85 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 58 | 71-75-71-76 | +9 | 9 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 75-69 | +2 | -- |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 78-72 | +6 | -- |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 75-77 | +12 | -- |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 48 | 70-70-64-71 | -5 | 13 |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 31 | 70-65-70-74 | -9 | 19 |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 52 | 66-71-68-70 | -9 | 6 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | W/D | 71-68-81 | +7 | -- |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 67 | 70-75-71-70 | +6 | 14 |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 68 | 69-71-73-72 | +3 | -- |
| December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 1 | 58-66-65 | E | -- |
| January 2-5 | The Sentry | 56 | 72-73-70-71 | -6 | 10 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 73-71-65 | -7 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 32 | 71-73-71-74 | +1 | 21 |
| January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 33 | 65-72-70-72 | -9 | 24 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 44 | 67-71-72-68 | -6 | 11 |
| February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 17 | 71-71-74-69 | -3 | 56 |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 25 | 67-72-68-66 | -11 | 31 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 6 | 59-70-68-72 | -15 | 92 |
| March 13-16 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 12 | 69-68-72-73 | -6 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Knapp as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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