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Sam Ryder betting profile: Valspar Championship
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In his most recent tournament at THE PLAYERS Championship, Sam Ryder finished the weekend at 5-under, good for a 14th-place finish. He enters play in the 2025 Valspar Championship March 20-23 aiming for better results.
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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
- In his last six appearances at the Valspar Championship, Ryder has an average finish of 40th, and an average score of 1-over.
- Ryder last played at the Valspar Championship in 2024, finishing 33rd with a score of 2-under.
- Peter Malnati won this tournament in 2024 with 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.
Ryder's recent history at the Valspar Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/21/2024 | 33 | 69-70-78-65 | -2 |
| 3/16/2023 | 19 | 72-71-69-71 | -1 |
| 3/17/2022 | MC | 69-72 | -1 |
| 4/29/2021 | MC | 72-72 | +2 |
| 3/21/2019 | MC | 74-70 | +2 |
Ryder's recent performances
- Ryder has finished in the top 20 in one of his last five tournaments.
- Ryder has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in two of his last five events, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- He has an average score of 5-under across his last five events.
- Sam Ryder has averaged 302.3 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Ryder is averaging 2.938 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Ryder is averaging 1.840 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Ryder's advanced stats and rankings
- Ryder has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.596 this season, which ranks 169th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (302.8 yards) ranks 95th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Ryder ranks 46th on TOUR with a mark of 0.380.
- On the greens, Ryder's 0.643 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 15th this season, while he averages 28.54 putts per round (55th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 95 | 302.8 | 302.3 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 63 | 69.91% | 55.56% |
| Putts Per Round | 55 | 28.54 | 28.8 |
| Par Breakers | 63 | 27.31% | 23.33% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 8 | 10.65% | 10.56% |
Ryder's best finishes
- Ryder has participated in seven tournaments this season, and he is yet to finish in the top 10.
- In those seven events, he made the cut seven times.
- As of now, Ryder has collected 106 points, which ranks him 99th in the FedExCup standings.
Ryder's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Ryder's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in February 2025, as he produced a -1.258 mark, which ranked him 62nd in the field. He finished 59th in that tournament.
- Ryder's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the WM Phoenix Open, where his 3.561 mark ranked 17th in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Ryder's best effort this season was in January 2025 at the Sony Open in Hawaii, where he ranked 13th in the field with a mark of 1.932. He finished 21st in that tournament.
- At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2025, Ryder delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.495, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him 11th in the field (he finished 48th in that tournament).
- Ryder delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (5.115) at the Farmers Insurance Open (January 2025), which ranked him 17th in the field. He finished 25th in that tournament.
Ryder's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 169 | -0.596 | -2.338 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 46 | 0.380 | 1.301 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 78 | 0.083 | -0.061 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 15 | 0.643 | 2.938 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 58 | 0.509 | 1.840 |
Ryder's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 33 | 69-70-78-65 | -2 | 18 |
| March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 64 | 69-70-74-68 | +1 | 4 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | MC | 80-77 | +13 | -- |
| April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 43 | 70-70-69-72 | -7 | 7 |
| April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 68-70 | -71 | -- |
| May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | MC | 72-66 | -4 | -- |
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 26 | 67-69-66-72 | -10 | 19 |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 73-71 | +4 | -- |
| May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 76-72 | +8 | -- |
| June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 74-71 | +1 | -- |
| July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 34 | 69-67-69-67 | -12 | 18 |
| July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | 25 | 69-65-68-71 | -15 | 20 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 74-74 | +6 | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 69-68 | -3 | -- |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | MC | 76-68 | E | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 78-70 | +4 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 40 | 64-66-74-69 | -11 | -- |
| October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 69-77 | +4 | -- |
| November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 30 | 69-69-70-68 | -12 | -- |
| November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 5 | 71-62-68-69 | -14 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | MC | 72-76 | +6 | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 21 | 65-70-68-67 | -10 | 36 |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | 43 | 67-66-71-72 | -12 | 10 |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 25 | 71-74-71-72 | E | 31 |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 36 | 70-70-67-70 | -7 | 17 |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 59 | 69-69-69-72 | -5 | 5 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 48 | 64-72-71-70 | -7 | 8 |
| March 13-16 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 14 | 68-71-72-72 | -5 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Ryder as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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