Philip Knowles betting profile: Valspar Championship
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Philip Knowles enters the 2025 Valspar Championship March 20-23 coming off a 16th-place finish in the Puerto Rico Open in his most recent competition.
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
- Knowles is competing at the Valspar Championship for the first time in the past five years.
- When Peter Malnati won this tournament in 2024, he had 3.577 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in the field), 2.456 SG: Approach the Green (23rd), and 8.359 SG: Putting (third).
- Malnati also posted numbers of 291.6 in average driving distance (59th in field), 65.28% in terms of greens in regulation (fifth), and 26.50 putts per round (11th).
Knowles' recent performances
- Knowles has finished in the top 20 in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has made one cut over his last five tournaments.
- Knowles has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his last five tournaments.
- In his last five tournaments, he finished -15 relative to par in his only made cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Philip Knowles has averaged 299.9 yards in his past five starts.
- Knowles has an average of -2.436 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Knowles is averaging -3.104 Strokes Gained: Total.
Knowles' advanced stats and rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | - | 302.1 | 299.9 |
| Greens in Regulation % | - | 73.02% | 52.78% |
| Putts Per Round | - | 30.57 | 28.7 |
| Par Breakers | - | 21.83% | 18.98% |
| Bogey Avoidance | - | 12.70% | 14.81% |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Knowles' best finishes
- Knowles, who played five tournaments last season, failed to finish in the top 10 in every event.
- In those five events, he made the cut two times.
- Last season Knowles put up his best performance at the Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Golf Club. He shot 15-under and finished 16th (11 shots back of the winner).
Knowles' best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Knowles' best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at the Black Desert Championship in October 2024, as he produced a 2.609 mark, which ranked him 17th in the field. He finished 40th in that tournament.
- Knowles' best Strokes Gained: Approach performance last season came at the Procore Championship in September 2024, as he ranked in the field with a mark of 1.476.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Knowles' best effort last season was at the Black Desert Championship in October 2024, as he ranked 11th in the field with a mark of 2.031.
- At the Myrtle Beach Classic in May 2024, Knowles delivered a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 0.446, his best mark last season. That ranked him in the field (he missed the cut in that event).
- Knowles recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (3.125) at the Black Desert Championship in October 2024. That ranked 40th in the field.
Knowles' Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | - | - | -1.595 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | - | - | 0.267 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | - | - | 0.660 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | - | - | -2.436 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | - | - | -3.104 |
A dash represents a stat in which a player has not played a qualifying number of rounds this FedExCup season.
Knowles' past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | MC | 72-70 | E | -- |
| September 12-15 | Procore Championship | MC | 72-73 | +1 | -- |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | MC | 74-72 | +2 | -- |
| October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 40 | 74-63-67-69 | -11 | -- |
| November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 65 | 72-68-72-70 | E | -- |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 78-70-72 | +4 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | W/D | 74 | +2 | -- |
| February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | MC | 73-68 | -1 | -- |
| March 6-9 | Puerto Rico Open | 16 | 69-67-69-68 | -15 | 27 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Knowles as of the start of the Valspar Championship.
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