Emiliano Grillo betting profile: Mexico Open At VidantaWorld
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Emiliano Grillo seeks better fortunes this time around in the 2025 Mexico Open at VidantaWorld. He placed 33rd at the par-71 Vidanta Vallarta in 2024.
The Mexico Open at VidantaWorld tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 20-23, 2025
- Location: Vallarta, MEX
- Course: Vidanta Vallarta
- Par: 71 / 7,436 yards
- Purse: $7M
- Previous winner: Jake Knapp
At the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
- In his last three appearances at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Grillo has an average finish of 24th, and an average score of 10-under.
- In Grillo's most recent appearance at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, in 2024, he finished 33rd after posting a score of 8-under.
- With numbers of 2.769 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (11th in field), 8.709 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 3.201 in SG: Putting (17th), Jake Knapp won this tournament in 2024.
- Knapp's average driving distance was 322.5 (second in field), he hit 76.39% of greens in regulation (fifth), with 28 putts per round (24th) en route to his win last year.
Grillo's recent history at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld
| Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/22/2024 | 33 | 69-67-67-73 | -8 |
| 4/27/2023 | 5 | 68-68-67-65 | -16 |
| 4/28/2022 | 33 | 72-65-71-69 | -7 |
Grillo's recent performances
- Grillo has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once over his last five events.
- He's made the cut in two of his last five appearances.
- Grillo has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five events, including one finish within five strokes of the leader.
- In his last five tournaments, his average score has been 7-under.
- Emiliano Grillo has averaged 289.6 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Grillo is averaging 1.279 Strokes Gained: Putting.
- Grillo is averaging -2.284 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Grillo's advanced stats and rankings
- Grillo posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.057 (97th) last season, while his average driving distance of 292.5 yards ranked 161st on TOUR.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Grillo ranked 44th on TOUR with an average of 0.272 per round. Additionally, he ranked 129th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 65.88%.
- On the greens, Grillo's 0.129 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranked 68th last season, and his 28.93 putts-per-round average ranked 78th.
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 161 | 292.5 | 289.6 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 129 | 65.88% | 62.30% |
| Putts Per Round | 78 | 28.93 | 27.6 |
| Par Breakers | 167 | 21.50% | 23.41% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 91 | 14.38% | 13.89% |
Grillo's best finishes
- Last season Grillo took part in 24 tournaments, collecting two finishes in the top 10.
- In those 24 events, he made the cut 21 times, a success rate of 87.5%.
- Last season Grillo put up his best performance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he finished eighth with a score of 4-under (11 shots back of the winner).
- With 684 points last season, Grillo finished 70th in the FedExCup standings.
Grillo's best Strokes Gained performances
- Last season Grillo's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came at The Sentry, where his 2.493 mark ranked ninth in the field.
- Grillo's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came at the WM Phoenix Open in February 2024, as he put up a 5.960 mark, which ranked him fourth in the field. He finished 22nd in that event.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Grillo posted his best mark last season at the 3M Open, ranking 13th in the field at 2.550. In that event, he finished 24th.
- At the Sony Open in Hawaii in January 2024, Grillo recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 8.869, his best mark last season. That ranked him No. 1 in the field (he finished seventh in that event).
- Grillo posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (8.751) at the Sony Open in Hawaii (January 2024), which ranked him seventh in the field. He finished seventh in that tournament.
Grillo's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 97 | 0.057 | -1.377 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 44 | 0.272 | -1.762 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 177 | -0.408 | -0.424 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 68 | 0.129 | 1.279 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 104 | 0.050 | -2.284 |
Grillo's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 22-25 | Mexico Open at Vidanta | 33 | 69-67-67-73 | -8 | 21 |
| March 7-10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | 8 | 69-70-74-71 | -4 | 191 |
| March 14-17 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 54 | 69-71-69-77 | -2 | 9 |
| April 11-14 | Masters Tournament | MC | 76-83 | +15 | -- |
| April 18-21 | RBC Heritage | 64 | 70-71-69-75 | +1 | 7 |
| May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 64 | 76-74-74-72 | +12 | 7 |
| May 16-19 | PGA Championship | MC | 71-73 | +2 | -- |
| May 23-26 | Charles Schwab Challenge | 64 | 74-68-73-71 | +6 | 4 |
| June 6-9 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday | 27 | 70-78-76-69 | +5 | 53 |
| June 13-16 | U.S. Open | 41 | 70-72-73-73 | +8 | 17 |
| June 20-23 | Travelers Championship | 55 | 69-71-68-68 | -4 | 9 |
| July 11-13 | Genesis Scottish Open | MC | 72-68 | E | -- |
| July 18-20 | The Open Championship | 43 | 71-74-72-75 | +8 | 16 |
| July 25-28 | 3M Open | 24 | 68-68-70-69 | -9 | 31 |
| August 1-3 | Men’s Olympic Golf Competition | 43 | 66-75-75-68 | E | -- |
| August 8-11 | Wyndham Championship | 59 | 69-66-72-70 | -3 | 5 |
| August 15-18 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | 33 | 70-67-71-68 | -4 | 80 |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 11 | 68-69-66-67 | -18 | -- |
| January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 68-71 | -1 | -- |
| January 16-19 | The American Express | MC | 76-66-70 | -4 | -- |
| January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | W/D | 78 | +6 | -- |
| February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 76 | 71-69-73-75 | +4 | 2 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Grillo as of the start of the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld.
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