Player Profile

Sami Valimaki

BIRTHDATE: 16-Jul-98
BIRTHPLACE: Nokia, Finland
RESIDENCE: Nokia, Finland
VICTORIES: 6 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-2
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-07-06	John Deere Classic	Deere Run	Illinois	PGA	mc	70	70				140
2025-06-29	Rocket Classic	Detroit	Michigan	PGA	19	68	68	68	67		271
2025-05-25	Charles Schwab Challenge	Colonial	Texas	PGA	mc	74	70				144
2025-05-18	PGA Championship	Quail Hollow (North Carolina)	North Carolina	PGA	mc	74	77				151
2025-05-11	Myrtle Beach Classic	The Dunes	South Carolina	PGA	7	69	68	68	67		272
2025-05-04	CJ Cup Byron Nelson	Craig Ranch	Texas	PGA	39	66	71	67	69		273
2025-04-27	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Louisiana	PGA	mc	63	74				137
2025-04-20	The Heritage	Harbour Town	South Carolina	PGA	18	67	69	71	68		275
2025-04-06	Texas Open	San Antonio (Oaks)	Texas	PGA	12	70	70	70	75		285
2025-03-30	Houston Open	Memorial Park	Texas	PGA	4	70	67	64	62		263
2025-03-23	Valspar Championship	Innisbrook	Florida	PGA	36	67	75	70	71		283
2025-03-16	The Players Championship	Sawgrass	Florida	PGA	69	70	71	82	74		297
2025-03-02	Cognizant Classic	PGA National	Florida	PGA	48	63	72	73	69		277
2025-02-23	Mexico Open	Vidanta Vallarta	Mexico	PGA	34	66	67	72	70		275
2025-02-09	Phoenix Open	Scottsdale	Arizona	PGA	mc	73	71				144
2025-01-26	Farmers Insurance Open	Torrey Pines	California	PGA	15	68	75	73	71		287
2025-01-19	The American Express	PGA West (Stadium)	California	PGA	mc	67	71	77			215
2024-12-08	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Gary Player	South Africa	DP World	63	79	73	75	79		306
2024-10-27	Zozo Championship	Narashino	Japan	PGA	67	72	69	70	71		282
2024-10-20	Shriners Childrens Open	Summerlin	Nevada	PGA	mc	68	75				143
2024-10-13	Black Desert Championship	Black Desert	Utah	PGA	mc	69	75				144
2024-10-06	Sanderson Farms Championship	Jackson	Mississippi	PGA	63	70	68	68	74		280
2024-09-22	BMW PGA Championship	Wentworth	England	DP World	57	70	70	74	71		285
2024-09-15	Irish Open	Royal County Down	Northern Ireland	DP World	9	67	74	72	69		282
2024-09-01	British Masters	The Belfry	England	DP World	mc	73	74				147
2024-08-18	Czech Masters	PGA National Oaks Prague	Czech Republic	DP World	12	71	66	70	67		274
2024-08-04	Olympic Mens Golf Competition	Le Golf National	France	WGC	45	67	71	72	75		285
2024-07-21	British Open	Royal Troon	Scotland	DP World	mc	73	76				149
2024-07-14	Scottish Open	The Renaissance Club	Scotland	DP World	mc	70	68				138

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Elliott Symbols

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.02
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 70.73
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.02
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 70.74
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.02
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 70.99
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: 6.06
Number of times in contention: 12
Average score relative to contenders: 0.51
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2025	1	-	-	-
2024	-	1	-	1
2023	1	2	2	1
2022	-	-	1	2
2021	-	-	-	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 25%
Retained After 2: 0%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	0/1	-	-
2024	-	0/1	-
2023	0/2	-	0/1
2022	1/1	0/1	-
2021	-	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 26 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 2
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 70.35
Average score last season: 70.95
Difference: -0.60000000000001
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 70.35
Average score last season: 70.95
Average score 2 seasons ago: 70.97
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 71.40
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 70.57
Average score having played the previous week: 70.98
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.81
Standard Deviation: 3.43
Significant score is less than: 67.38
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-03-30	Houston Open	Memorial Park	Texas	PGA	4	70	67	64	62	-	263
2024-02-25	Mexico Open	Vidanta Vallarta	Mexico	PGA	2	64	67	67	69	-	267
2023-10-29	Qatar Masters	Doha	Qatar	DP World	1	67	67	67	69	-	270
2022-11-27	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	2	66	65	66	69	-	266

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Sami Valimaki - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	16	70.58	44.00	-	-	6.25
Florida	8	70.50	47.38	-	-	-
Kentucky	1	69.60	50.00	-	-	-
Louisiana	1	74.41	50.00	-	-	-
Mississippi	1	71.04	50.00	-	-	-
North Carolina	1	73.02	50.00	-	-	-
South Carolina	4	69.73	31.25	-	-	25.00
U.S. Mid-West	4	69.47	32.75	-	-	-
Illinois	2	68.78	31.00	-	-	-
Michigan	2	70.17	34.50	-	-	-
U.S. South-West	8	69.87	37.00	-	12.50	12.50
Arizona	2	70.36	45.50	-	-	-
Texas	6	69.71	34.17	-	16.67	16.67
U.S. West	7	71.44	44.00	-	-	-
California	4	70.75	39.50	-	-	-
Hawaii	1	73.77	50.00	-	-	-
Nevada	1	71.79	50.00	-	-	-
Utah	1	73.57	50.00	-	-	-

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	12	71.84	43.17	-	-	8.33
Feb	10	70.49	35.10	-	20.00	20.00
Mar	14	70.58	40.21	-	7.14	7.14
Apr	4	70.29	32.50	-	-	-
May	18	71.02	39.17	-	-	5.56
Jun	9	71.16	36.22	-	11.11	11.11
Jul	12	70.44	38.83	-	-	-
Aug	7	71.14	33.14	-	14.29	14.29
Sep	11	71.07	40.73	-	-	9.09
Oct	15	71.30	38.13	6.67	6.67	13.33
Nov	5	71.06	33.20	-	20.00	20.00
Dec	4	72.01	40.25	-	-	-

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	5	70.97	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	8	71.19	46.50	-	-	-
Premier	29	70.10	38.97	-	6.90	6.90
Mid-Rank	5	70.42	36.00	-	-	20.00
Low-Rank	1	74.41	50.00	-	-	-