May 8, 2024
Collin Morikawa betting profile: Wells Fargo Championship
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In his most recent competition at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, SC, Collin Morikawa finished the weekend at -13, good for a ninth-place finish. He enters play in the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship May 9-12 trying for a higher finish.
Latest odds for Morikawa at the Wells Fargo Championship.
The Wells Fargo Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 9-12, 2024
- Location: Charlotte, NC
- Course: Quail Hollow Club
- Par: 71 / 7,558 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous winner: Wyndham Clark
At the Wells Fargo Championship
- Morikawa has played the Wells Fargo Championship once in recent years (in 2023), posting a score of +4 and missing the cut.
- When Wyndham Clark won this tournament in 2023, he had 2.766 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (11th in the field), 8.202 SG: Approach the Green (first), and 7.461 SG: Putting (third).
- Clark also posted numbers of 321.1 in average driving distance (19th in field), % in terms of greens in regulation (), and 28.25 putts per round (21st).
Morikawa's recent history at the Wells Fargo Championship
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/2023 | MC | 73-73 | +4 |
Morikawa's recent performances
- Morikawa has finished in the top 10 twice over his last five events, finishing as high as the top five in one of those outings.
- Over his last five events, Morikawa has finished in the top 10 twice.
- In his last five tournaments, his average score has been -4.
- In terms of driving distance, Collin Morikawa has averaged 294.8 yards in his past five starts.
- Morikawa is averaging -1.512 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Morikawa is averaging -0.637 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Morikawa's advanced stats and rankings
- Morikawa's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.345 ranks 36th on TOUR this season, and his 78.5% driving accuracy average ranks fourth.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Morikawa ranks 96th on TOUR, putting up an average of -0.021, while he ranks first with a Greens in Regulation mark of %.
- On the greens, Morikawa's -0.312 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 140th this season, while he averages putts per round (first).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 151 | 290.0 | 294.8 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 1 | % | 60.19% |
| Putts Per Round | 1 | 28.0 | |
| Par Breakers | 1 | % | 21.30% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 1 | % | 15.12% |
Morikawa's best finishes
- Morikawa has played 10 tournaments this season, and while he hasn't finished first in any of them, he has collected two finishes in the top-five and three finishes in the top-10.
- In those 10 events, he made the cut eight times (80%).
- As of now, Morikawa has accumulated 1014 points, which ranks him 11th in the FedExCup standings.
Morikawa's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season Morikawa's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at THE PLAYERS Championship, where his 3.113 mark ranked 17th in the field.
- Morikawa posted his best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season at The Sentry (January 2024), ranking No. 1 in the field with a mark of 5.244.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Morikawa's best performance this season was at the RBC Heritage, where he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 3.672 (he finished ninth in that event).
- At the RBC Heritage in April 2024, Morikawa posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 3.345, which was his best so far this season. That ranked 13th in the field.
- Morikawa recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (6.459) at The Sentry (January 2024), which ranked him fifth in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
Morikawa's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 36 | 0.345 | 1.909 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 96 | -0.021 | -2.221 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 34 | 0.288 | 1.184 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 140 | -0.312 | -1.512 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 67 | 0.300 | -0.637 |
Morikawa's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-21 | PGA Championship | 26 | 71-70-74-69 | +4 | 37 |
| May 25-28 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 29 | 73-67-70-70 | E | 23 |
| June 1-4 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | W/D | 71-73-68 | -4 | -- |
| June 15-18 | U.S. Open | 14 | 71-69-69-69 | -2 | 61 |
| June 22-25 | Travelers Championship | MC | 74-63 | -3 | -- |
| June 29 - July 2 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | 2 | 66-67-67-64 | -40 | 245 |
| July 20-22 | The Open Championship | MC | 73-73 | +4 | -- |
| August 10-13 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 13 | 65-70-67-68 | -10 | 229 |
| August 17-20 | BMW Championship | 25 | 67-70-72-68 | -3 | 133 |
| August 24-27 | TOUR Championship | 6 | 61-64-73-72 | -10 | -- |
| October 19-21 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 1 | 64-73-66-63 | -14 | -- |
| November 30 - December 3 | Hero World Challenge | 7 | 69-69-70-68 | -12 | -- |
| January 4-7 | The Sentry | 5 | 65-67-70-65 | -25 | 250 |
| January 24-27 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 67-75 | -2 | -- |
| February 1-4 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 14 | 67-70-69 | -10 | 118 |
| February 15-18 | The Genesis Invitational | 19 | 70-71-70-67 | -6 | 95 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 70-80 | +6 | -- |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 45 | 71-69-70-74 | -4 | 14 |
| April 4-7 | Valero Texas Open | 75 | 70-74-75-74 | +5 | 2 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | 3 | 71-70-69-74 | -4 | 325 |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 9 | 65-66-68-72 | -13 | 200 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Morikawa as of the start of the Wells Fargo Championship.
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