Daniel Berger betting profile: The Genesis Invitational
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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 09: Daniel Berger of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the final round of the WM Phoenix Open 2025 at TPC Scottsdale on February 09, 2025 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Daniel Berger enters play Feb. 13-16 in the 2025 The Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Club after a second-place finish in the WM Phoenix Open, which was his most recent tournament.
The Genesis Invitational tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 13-16, 2025
- Location: San Diego, California, USA
- Course: TTorrey Pines Golf Course (South)
- Par: 72 / 7,765 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Hideki Matsuyama
At The Genesis Invitational
- Berger missed the cut in his only recent appearance at The Genesis Invitational in 2018.
- Hideki Matsuyama won this tournament in 2024 with numbers of 1.116 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (16th in field), 2.038 in SG: Approach the Green (18th), and 4.297 in SG: Putting (third).
- Matsuyama also posted numbers of 300 in average driving distance (23rd in field), 66.67% in terms of greens in regulation (fifth), and 25.75 putts per round (third).
Berger's recent performances
- Over his last five events, Berger has finished in the top five once.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Berger has finished with a better-than-average score in two of his last five tournaments.
- He has finished with an average score of -11 those three times he's made the cut.
- Daniel Berger has averaged 314.8 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Berger has an average of -0.555 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Berger is averaging 3.050 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Berger's advanced stats and rankings
- Berger put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.385 last season (24th on TOUR). His average driving distance (298.1 yards) ranked 118th, while his 70.4% driving accuracy average ranked 11th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Berger ranked 62nd on TOUR with a mark of 0.218.
- On the greens, Berger delivered a -0.404 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which placed him 163rd on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 166th with a putts-per-round average of 29.74, and he ranked 74th by breaking par 25.00% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 118 | 298.1 | 314.8 |
Greens in Regulation % | 12 | 71.20% | 54.81% |
Putts Per Round | 166 | 29.74 | 28.6 |
Par Breakers | 74 | 25.00% | 18.52% |
Bogey Avoidance | 88 | 14.25% | 8.15% |
Berger's best finishes
- Berger teed off in 27 tournaments last season, securing one finish in the top five and collecting two top-10 finishes.
- In those 27 tournaments, he made the cut on 16 occasions.
- Last season Berger's best performance came when he shot 15-under and finished second at The RSM Classic.
- Berger placed 140th in the FedExCup standings with 221 points last season.
Berger's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Berger's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Sanderson Farms Championship, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 4.713 (he finished seventh in that event).
- Berger's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance last season came in May 2024 at the Myrtle Beach Classic, where he ranked seventh in the field with a mark of 5.326. He finished 36th in that event.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Berger's best effort last season was in July 2024 at the 3M Open, where he ranked in the field with a mark of 3.916. He missed the cut in that event.
- At the Shriners Children's Open in October 2024, Berger delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (3.671). That ranked 18th in the field.
- Berger posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (9.519) at the Sanderson Farms Championship (which ranked him seventh in the field). In that tournament, he finished seventh.
Berger's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 24 | 0.385 | 1.680 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 62 | 0.218 | 0.804 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 75 | 0.087 | 1.122 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 163 | -0.404 | -0.555 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 77 | 0.287 | 3.050 |
Berger's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 68-75 | +1 | -- |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | MC | 69-73 | -2 | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | MC | 76-74 | +8 | -- |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 45 | 70-70-69-69 | -2 | 9 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 50 | 70-70-73-69 | -6 | 5 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 64-73 | -7 | -- |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 13 | 67-67-67-66 | -17 | 53 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 36 | 70-69-70-67 | -8 | 12 |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 45 | 69-70-71-72 | +2 | 10 |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | MC | 72-76 | +8 | -- |
June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 21 | 73-70-73-69 | +5 | 85 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | MC | 70-72 | -2 | -- |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | MC | 68-70 | -4 | -- |
July 11-14 | ISCO Championship | MC | 70-70 | -4 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 75-66 | -1 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 45 | 68-68-68-71 | -5 | 10 |
September 12-15 | Procore Championship | MC | 75-72 | +3 | -- |
October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 7 | 65-65-71-67 | -20 | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 35 | 72-65-65-70 | -12 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | 39 | 67-67-70-70 | -10 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 20 | 74-66-64-70 | -14 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 62 | 73-67-70-73 | -1 | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 2 | 71-66-63-67 | -15 | -- |
December 13-15 | Grant Thornton Invitational | 13 | 63-70-67 | E | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 69-69 | -2 | -- |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 21 | 68-67-65-73 | -15 | 37 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 75-76 | +7 | -- |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 2 | 68-66-66-67 | -17 | 245 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Berger as of the start of The Genesis Invitational.
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