Will Zalatoris betting profile: Valspar Championship
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Will Zalatoris will appear March 20-23 in Palm Harbor, Florida, USA, at the 2025 Valspar Championship. In his last tournament he took 30th in THE PLAYERS Championship, shooting 3-under at TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium 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
- This is Zalatoris' first time playing at the Valspar Championship in the past five years.
- 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).
- 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).
Zalatoris' recent performances
- Zalatoris has finished in the top 20 in one of his last five tournaments.
- Zalatoris has finished with a better-than-average score in three of his last five tournaments.
- He has carded an average score of 6-under over his last five tournaments.
- Will Zalatoris has averaged 301.8 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Zalatoris is averaging -2.103 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Zalatoris is averaging 1.664 Strokes Gained: Total.
Zalatoris' advanced stats and rankings
- Zalatoris' Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.259 ranks 56th on TOUR this season, and his 62.7% driving accuracy average ranks 52nd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Zalatoris sports a 0.373 average that ranks 49th on TOUR. He ranks 27th with a 71.94% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Zalatoris has registered a -0.383 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 142nd on TOUR, while he ranks 124th with a putts-per-round average of 29.15. He has broken par 30.83% of the time (17th on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 141 | 297.1 | 301.8 |
Greens in Regulation % | 27 | 71.94% | 54.44% |
Putts Per Round | 124 | 29.15 | 28.9 |
Par Breakers | 17 | 30.83% | 24.72% |
Bogey Avoidance | 133 | 16.11% | 15.28% |
Zalatoris' best finishes
- Zalatoris has played six tournaments this season, and he is yet to finish in the top 10.
- In those six events, he made the cut six times (100%).
- Currently, Zalatoris has 186 points, ranking him 60th in the FedExCup standings.
Zalatoris' best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Zalatoris' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where his 3.680 mark ranked fourth in the field.
- Zalatoris' best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where his 4.292 mark ranked seventh in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Zalatoris put up his best effort this season at The Genesis Invitational (February 2025), ranking third in the field with a mark of 4.210.
- At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in January 2025, Zalatoris delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (1.567), which ranked 25th in the field.
- Zalatoris delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (2.640) at The American Express in January 2025, a performance that ranked him 27th in the field.
Zalatoris' Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 56 | 0.259 | 0.937 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 49 | 0.373 | 1.990 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 50 | 0.231 | 0.841 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 142 | -0.383 | -2.103 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 60 | 0.480 | 1.664 |
Zalatoris' past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 74 | 74-67-70-73 | +4 | 2 |
April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 9 | 70-77-72-69 | E | 180 |
April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 44 | 68-70-68-74 | -4 | 16 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 65-73 | -68 | -- |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 60 | 70-70-74-80 | +10 | 8 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | 43 | 71-68-69-70 | -6 | 15 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 41 | 74-70-73-79 | +8 | 19 |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | MC | 75-73 | +8 | -- |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 42 | 64-72-68-69 | -7 | 18 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | W/D | 66-71 | -7 | -- |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 71-71 | +2 | -- |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | MC | 76-73 | +7 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 68-72 | E | -- |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 12 | 69-65-67-70 | -9 | 237 |
August 22-25 | BMW Championship | 13 | 71-69-72-71 | -5 | 204 |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 41 | 71-71-65-68 | -5 | -- |
January 2-5 | The Sentry | 26 | 65-70-65-73 | -19 | 38 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 12 | 66-66-69-70 | -17 | 57 |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 48 | 70-74-68-69 | -7 | 13 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 24 | 74-73-71-68 | -2 | 38 |
March 6-9 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 22 | 75-72-72-69 | E | 40 |
March 13-16 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 30 | 70-66-78-71 | -3 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Zalatoris as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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