Sami Valimaki sets unique scoring statistic resonating with a popular meme

Sami Valimaki set a unique record in the 2025 season that resonated with a popular meme. The emerging Finnish star shot a whopping 14 rounds of 67 this season.

Sami Valimaki had a breakout 2025 season, posting his maiden win at the season-ending RSM Classic. He also had an overall scoring average of 69.68 on the PGA Tour.

On Tuesday, December 31, a golf data analyst, Rick Gehman, shared an interesting stat about Valimaki's 2025 season. The Finnish star shot fourteen rounds of 67 in 2025, the most this year. Haotong Li, Harry Hall, Klas Norgaard, Trick Rodgers, Sungjae Im and Vince Whaley came close with 12 rounds of exactly 67.

For the uninitiated, '67' became one of the biggest memes of 2025 and a rage among Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Recently, Dictionary.com declared '67' the 2025 Word of the Year.

How did Sami Valimaki perform this season? Result in 2025

Sami Valimaki played 26 events on the PGA Tour this season and made nineteen cuts. He had nine top-25 finishes and converted four of them into top 10s, which included a win at the RSM Classic and a runner-up finish at the World Wide Technology Championship. Besides, he also had a couple of top ten finishes in the DP World Tour.

Here's a look at Sami Valimaki's performance in 2025:

PGA Tour

• The American Express: Missed Cut, -1 (67-71-77)
• Farmers Insurance Open: T15, -1 (68-75-73-71)
• WM Phoenix Open: Missed Cut, +2 (73-71)
• Mexico Open at VidantaWorld: T34, -9 (66-67-72-70)
• Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches: T48, -7 (63-72-73-69)
• THE PLAYERS Championship: T69, +9 (70-71-82-74)
• Valspar Championship: T36, -1 (67-75-70-71)
• Texas Children's Houston Open: 4, -17 (70-67-64-62)
• Valero Texas Open: T12, -3 (70-70-70-75)
• RBC Heritage: T18, -9 (67-69-71-68)
• Zurich Classic of New Orleans: —, -7 (63-74)
• THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson: T39, -11 (66-71-67-69)
• ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic: T7, -12 (69-68-68-67)
• PGA Championship: Missed Cut, +9 (74-77)
• Charles Schwab Challenge: Missed Cut, +4 (74-70)
• Rocket Classic: T19, -17 (68-68-68-67)
• John Deere Classic: Missed Cut, -2 (70-70)
• Genesis Scottish Open: T60, +1 (70-69-70-72)
• 3M Open: Missed Cut, -4 (71-67)
• Wyndham Championship: T34, -6 (69-66-67-72)
• Procore Championship: Missed Cut, E (73-71)
• Sanderson Farms Championship: Missed Cut, -1 (70-73)
• Baycurrent Classic: T72, +7 (72-76-76-67)
• World Wide Technology Championship: T2, -27 (61-67-69-64)
• Butterfield Bermuda Championship: T18, -4 (71-69-67-73)
• The RSM Classic: 1, -23 (66-62-65-66)

DP World Tour

• Nedbank Golf Challenge: T63, +18 (79-73-75-79)
• Danish Golf Championship: T8, -8 (72-69-67-68)
• Omega European Masters: T2, -20 (67-66-62-65)

Edited by Shobhit Kukreti