Ben Griffin betting profile: The Memorial Tournament Presented By Workday
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HAMILTON, ONTARIO - JUNE 02: Ben Griffin of the United States plays his shot from the 18th tee during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club on June 02, 2024 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
In his last tournament at the RBC Canadian Open, Ben Griffin finished the weekend at 15-under, good for a second-place finish. He heads into the 2024 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday June 6-9 trying for a higher finish.
The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday tournament and course info
- Date: June 6-9, 2024
- Location: Dublin, OH
- Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club
- Par: 72 / 7,569 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Viktor Hovland
At the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
- Griffin missed the cut in his lone recent appearance at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday in 2023.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Viktor Hovland posted numbers of 3.322 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (eighth in field), 0.516 in SG: Approach the Green (40th), and 6.068 in SG: Putting (third).
- En route to his victory last year, Hovland posted an average driving distance of 317.1 (16th in field), hit % of greens in regulation (), and took 25.25 putts per round (second).
Griffin's recent history at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
6/1/2023 | MC | 72-76 | +4 |
Griffin's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Griffin has finished in the top five once.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut three times.
- Over his last five events, Griffin has finished within three shots of the leader once and carded a score that's better than average three times.
- In his last five events, his average score has been 15-under.
- Ben Griffin has averaged 296.0 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Griffin is averaging 3.194 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Griffin is averaging 5.036 Strokes Gained: Total.
Griffin's advanced stats and rankings
- Griffin owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.137 (124th) this season, while his average driving distance of 294.4 yards ranks 127th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Griffin sports a 0.076 mark (86th on TOUR).
- On the greens, Griffin's 0.553 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 16th on TOUR this season, and his 28.16 putts-per-round average ranks 20th. He has broken par 24.95% of the time (84th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 127 | 294.4 | 296.0 |
Greens in Regulation % | 107 | 65.11% | 68.75% |
Putts Per Round | 20 | 28.16 | 28.3 |
Par Breakers | 84 | 24.95% | 25.00% |
Bogey Avoidance | 10 | 12.18% | 9.03% |
Griffin's best finishes
- Although Griffin hasn't won any of the 19 tournaments he has played this season, he has secured one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In those 19 tournaments, he had a 68.4% success rate in terms of making the cut (13 cuts made).
- As of now, Griffin has compiled 643 points, which ranks him 54th in the FedExCup standings.
Griffin's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Griffin produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance at the RBC Canadian Open, ranking 29th in the field at 1.047. In that event, he finished second.
- Griffin's best Strokes Gained: Approach performance this season came at the RBC Canadian Open, where he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 7.006 (he finished second in that event).
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Griffin's best effort this season was at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, as he ranked 10th in the field with a mark of 3.129.
- At the RBC Canadian Open in May 2024, Griffin posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 5.186, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him 14th in the field (he finished second in that tournament).
- Griffin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (14.875) at the RBC Canadian Open (which ranked him second in the field). In that event, he finished second.
Griffin's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 124 | -0.137 | 0.380 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 86 | 0.076 | 1.655 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 34 | 0.244 | -0.192 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 16 | 0.553 | 3.194 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 33 | 0.737 | 5.036 |
Griffin's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 73-66 | -1 | -- |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 33 | 70-67-69-70 | -12 | 20 |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 25 | 69-67-69-70 | -5 | 29 |
July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 75-71 | +4 | -- |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | 20 | 68-69-67-68 | -12 | 39 |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 70-73 | +3 | -- |
August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 24 | 69-66-68-70 | -7 | 130 |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 2 | 67-63-66-74 | -26 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 73-70 | +1 | -- |
October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 64 | 70-73-70-74 | +7 | -- |
November 2-5 | World Wide Technology Championship | 23 | 68-70-67-66 | -17 | -- |
November 9-12 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 37 | 71-63-69-69 | -12 | -- |
November 16-19 | The RSM Classic | 8 | 67-67-69-61 | -18 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 30 | 70-62-70-69 | -9 | 21 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | 9 | 66-68-64-66 | -24 | 78 |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 58 | 74-67-72 | -3 | 8 |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 28 | 72-67-68-69 | -8 | 24 |
February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 37 | 72-69-66-75 | -2 | 23 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | MC | 71-72 | +1 | -- |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 55 | 71-68-71-70 | -8 | 4 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 73-71 | E | -- |
March 21-24 | Valspar Championship | 17 | 71-68-70-71 | -4 | 43 |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 36 | 72-68-69-68 | -3 | 16 |
April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 39 | 69-74-74-69 | -2 | 15 |
April 18-21 | Corales Puntacana Championship | 14 | 72-68-68-67 | -13 | 30 |
May 2-5 | THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson | 13 | 69-64-67-67 | -17 | 53 |
May 9-12 | Myrtle Beach Classic | 16 | 67-68-69-68 | -12 | 29 |
May 16-19 | PGA Championship | W/D | 73-65 | +2 | -- |
May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 71-72 | +3 | -- |
May 30 - June 2 | RBC Canadian Open | 2 | 70-65-65-65 | -15 | 300 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Griffin as of the start of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.
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