Kevin Velo is in the field for the 2025 Valspar Championship from March 20-23 in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course).

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

• Velo is competing 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.
• In addition, Malnati's average driving distance was 291.6 (59th in field), he hit 65.28% of greens in regulation (fifth), and he averaged 26.5 putts per round (11th).

Velo's recent performances

• In his last five tournaments, Velo finished outside the top 20.
• In the last five times he's played a tournament, he has made the cut once.
• Velo hasn't finished inside the top 20 in his last five events, with an average finish of 40th.
• He posted a final score of -12 relative to par in his only made cut in his last five tournaments.
• Off the tee, Kevin Velo has averaged 304.6 yards in his past five tournaments.
• Velo is averaging -1.598 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
• In his past five starts, Velo is averaging -2.802 Strokes Gained: Total.

• Velo owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.151 (74th) this season, while his average driving distance of 305.5 yards ranks 63rd on TOUR.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Velo ranks 162nd on TOUR with a mark of -0.586.
• On the greens, Velo's -0.786 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 176th this season, and his 30.07 putts-per-round average ranks 179th.

Velo's best Strokes Gained performances

• This season Velo's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at The American Express in January 2025, as he delivered a 1.497 mark, which ranked him in the field. He missed the cut in that event.
• Velo's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came in February 2025 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 2.521. He missed the cut in that tournament.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Velo's best performance this season was at the Farmers Insurance Open, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.287 (he missed the cut in that event).
• At the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in February 2025, Velo posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (1.001). That ranked in the field.
• Velo delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (-1.513) at the Farmers Insurance Open, which was held in January 2025. That performance ranked in the field (he missed the cut in that tournament).

Velo's past results

All stats in this article are accurate for Velo as of the start of the Valspar Championship.

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