Garrick Higgo Betting Profile: Valero Texas Open
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HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 30: Garrick Higgo of South Africa hits a tee shot on the first hole during the third round of the Texas Children's Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course on March 30, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Garrick Higgo looks for a higher finish in the 2024 Valero Texas Open after he placed 64th shooting +6 in this tournament in 2023.
The Valero Texas Open Tournament & Course Info
- Date: April 4-7, 2024
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
- Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
- Par: 72 / 7,438 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous Winner: Corey Conners
At the Valero Texas Open
- Higgo's average finish has been 64th, and his average score +6, over his last two appearances at the Valero Texas Open.
- In Higgo's most recent appearance at the Valero Texas Open, in 2023, he finished 64th after posting a score of +6.
- With numbers of 3.959 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (eighth in field), 9.539 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 0.376 in SG: Putting (41st), Corey Conners won this tournament in 2023.
- Conners' average driving distance was 300.6 (51st in field), he hit 77.78% of greens in regulation (first), with 29 putts per round (53rd) en route to his win last year.
Higgo's Recent History at the Valero Texas Open
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
3/30/2023 | 64 | 69-73-77-75 | +6 |
3/31/2022 | MC | 75-73 | +4 |
Higgo's Recent Performances
- Over his last five appearances, Higgo has finished in the top 20 once.
- He has made four cuts over his last five tournaments.
- Higgo has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in two of his last five appearances.
- He has finished with an average score of -5 those four times he's made the cut.
- Garrick Higgo has averaged 310.3 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Higgo is averaging 0.410 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- In his past five starts, Higgo is averaging -0.050 Strokes Gained: Total.
Higgo's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- Higgo owns a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.141 (122nd) this season, while his average driving distance of 307.0 yards ranks 20th on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Higgo ranks 135th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of -0.267. Additionally, he ranks first with a Greens in Regulation mark of %.
- On the greens, Higgo has delivered a 0.105 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which ranks him 83rd on TOUR, while he ranks first with a putts-per-round average of . He has broken par % of the time (first on TOUR).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Last 5 Starts | Overall |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 20 | 307.0 | 310.3 |
Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 69.93% |
Putts Per Round | 1 | 29.6 | |
Par Breakers | 1 | % | 23.53% |
Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 13.07% |
Higgo's Best Finishes
- Higgo has participated in nine tournaments this season, but he has not collected a finish in the top 10.
- In those nine events, he made the cut six times, a success rate of 66.7%.
- Currently, Higgo has 79 points, placing him 129th in the FedExCup standings.
Higgo's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- This season, Higgo produced his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark at THE PLAYERS Championship (March 2024), ranking in the field at 1.064.
- Higgo put up his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (February 2024), ranking seventh in the field with a mark of 5.544.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Higgo's best mark this season was at the Texas Children's Houston Open in March 2024, as he ranked 24th in the field with a mark of 1.757.
- At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in February 2024, Higgo delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (5.480), which ranked fifth in the field.
- Higgo delivered his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (6.627) at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (which ranked him 16th in the field). In that event, he finished 16th.
Higgo's Strokes Gained Rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 122 | -0.141 | -0.107 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 135 | -0.267 | -0.093 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 109 | -0.071 | -0.260 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 83 | 0.105 | 0.410 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 131 | -0.374 | -0.050 |
Higgo's Past Results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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April 13-16 | RBC Heritage | 48 | 73-66-73-67 | -5 | 9 |
April 27-30 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | MC | 68-74 | E | -- |
May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | MC | 72-72 | +2 | -- |
May 11-14 | AT&T Byron Nelson | 30 | 69-68-68-65 | -14 | 26 |
May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | MC | 73-75 | +8 | -- |
June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 30 | 71-73-71-75 | +2 | 26 |
June 8-11 | RBC Canadian Open | 50 | 71-69-72-73 | -3 | 8 |
June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 74-72 | +6 | -- |
June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 33 | 71-69-68-68 | -12 | 20 |
July 6-9 | John Deere Classic | 21 | 65-66-71-69 | -13 | 39 |
July 13-15 | Genesis Scottish Open | 19 | 67-69-70-68 | -6 | 42 |
July 27-30 | 3M Open | 13 | 68-69-68-66 | -13 | 53 |
August 3-6 | Wyndham Championship | MC | 69-70 | -1 | -- |
September 14-17 | Fortinet Championship | MC | 72-71 | -1 | -- |
October 5-8 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 16 | 70-66-75-65 | -12 | -- |
October 12-15 | Shriners Children's Open | 46 | 72-66-68-69 | -9 | -- |
October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | MC | 82 | +12 | -- |
January 11-14 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 80 | 72-66-76-68 | +2 | 2 |
January 18-21 | The American Express | MC | 69-69-70 | -8 | -- |
January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 73-69 | -2 | -- |
February 8-11 | WM Phoenix Open | 49 | 73-67-66-73 | -5 | 8 |
February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 60 | 70-70-68-75 | -1 | 5 |
February 29 - March 3 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 16 | 67-65-73-68 | -11 | 49 |
March 7-10 | Puerto Rico Open | 32 | 66-71-69-71 | -11 | 12 |
March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 73 | +1 | -- |
March 28-31 | Texas Children's Houston Open | 69 | 68-70-69-75 | +2 | 3 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Higgo as of the start of the Valero Texas Open.
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