Ben Griffin betting profile: Sanderson Farms Championship
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When he takes the course Oct. 3-6, Ben Griffin will try to improve upon his last performance at the Sanderson Farms Championship. In 2023, he shot 22-under and placed second at The Country Club of Jackson.
The Sanderson Farms Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Oct. 3-6, 2024
- Location: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Course: The Country Club of Jackson
- Par: 72 / 7,461 yards
- Purse: $7.6M
- Previous winner: Luke List
At the Sanderson Farms Championship
- Over his last two trips to the Sanderson Farms Championship, Griffin has an average score of 16-under, with an average finish of 13th.
- In Griffin's most recent appearance at the Sanderson Farms Championship, in 2023, he finished second after posting a score of 22-under.
- When Luke List won this tournament in 2023, he had 2.173 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (19th in the field), 0.109 SG: Approach the Green (47th), and 6.002 SG: Putting (seventh).
- En route to his victory last year, List posted an average driving distance of 312.9 (10th in field), hit 77.78% of greens in regulation (seventh), and took 27.75 putts per round (16th).
Griffin's recent history at the Sanderson Farms Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
10/5/2023 | 2 | 67-63-66-74 | -22 |
9/29/2022 | 24 | 72-66-73-68 | -9 |
Griffin's recent performances
- Griffin has finished in the top 10 in one of his last five tournaments.
- He's qualified for the weekend in three of his last five tournaments.
- Griffin has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five events.
- In his last five tournaments, his average score has been 7-under.
- In terms of driving distance, Ben Griffin has averaged 293.4 yards in his past five starts.
- In his past five starts, Griffin is averaging -0.813 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Griffin is averaging 1.486 Strokes Gained: Total.
Griffin's advanced stats and rankings
- Griffin has put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.201, which ranks 132nd on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (294.7 yards) ranks 130th, and his 56.9% driving accuracy average ranks 135th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Griffin ranks 38th on TOUR, posting an average of 0.311, while he ranks 62nd with a Greens in Regulation mark of 67.37%.
- On the greens, Griffin has delivered a 0.270 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 42nd on TOUR, while he ranks 50th with a putts-per-round average of 28.67. He has broken par 24.07% of the time (88th on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 130 | 294.7 | 293.4 |
Greens in Regulation % | 62 | 67.37% | 73.26% |
Putts Per Round | 50 | 28.67 | 30.7 |
Par Breakers | 88 | 24.07% | 21.53% |
Bogey Avoidance | 14 | 12.58% | 14.58% |
Griffin's best finishes
- Griffin has participated in 28 tournaments this season, and he has collected two top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 28 tournaments, he had a 67.9% success rate in terms of making the cut (19 cuts made).
- Currently, Griffin sits 56th in the FedExCup standings with 867 points.
Griffin's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Griffin's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in July 2024 at the Genesis Scottish Open, where he ranked 27th in the field with a mark of 1.565. He finished 39th in that tournament.
- Griffin produced his best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season at the Wyndham Championship (August 2024), ranking second in the field with a mark of 8.210.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Griffin's best mark this season was at the John Deere Classic in July 2024, as he produced a 3.268 mark, which ranked him 10th in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- At the John Deere Classic in July 2024, Griffin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (7.711). That ranked fourth in the field.
- Griffin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (14.875) in May 2024 at the RBC Canadian Open, which ranked second in the field. He finished second in that event.
Griffin's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 132 | -0.201 | -1.321 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 38 | 0.311 | 2.730 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 30 | 0.222 | 0.890 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 42 | 0.270 | -0.813 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 39 | 0.603 | 1.486 |
Griffin's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 2 | 67-63-66-74 | -22 | -- |
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 |
April 25-28 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | MC | 66-73 | -68 | -- |
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 |
June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | MC | 76-73 | +5 | -- |
June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 67 | 71-71-67-71 | E | 7 |
June 27-30 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 31 | 67-71-71-70 | -9 | 19 |
July 4-7 | John Deere Classic | 5 | 68-67-64-62 | -23 | 105 |
July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | 39 | 65-70-67-70 | -8 | 14 |
July 18-20 | The Open Championship | MC | 79-74 | +11 | -- |
July 25-28 | 3M Open | MC | 70-73 | +1 | -- |
August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 7 | 65-70-63-70 | -12 | 80 |
August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 50 | 66-70-71-72 | -1 | 27 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Griffin as of the start of the Sanderson Farms Championship.
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