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Ben Griffin betting profile: Black Desert Championship
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Ben Griffin enters the 2024 Black Desert Championship Oct. 10-13 coming off a 37th-place finish in the Sanderson Farms Championship in his most recent competition.
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The Black Desert Championship tournament and course info
- Date: Oct. 10-13, 2024
- Location: Ivins, Utah, USA
- Course: Black Desert Resort Golf Course
- Par: 71 / 7,371 yards
- Purse: $7.5M
Griffin's recent performances
- Griffin has finished in the top 10 once over his last five events.
- He's made the cut in three of his last five tournaments.
- Griffin has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five tournaments.
- He has carded an average score of 9-under over his last five events.
- Ben Griffin has averaged 293.4 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Griffin has an average of 0.419 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Griffin is averaging 1.409 Strokes Gained: Total.
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Griffin's advanced stats and rankings
- Griffin has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of -0.219 this season (134th on TOUR). His average driving distance (295.0 yards) ranks 128th, while his 56.1% driving accuracy average ranks 141st.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Griffin ranks 48th on TOUR with a round-by-round average of 0.276. Additionally, he ranks 66th with a Greens in Regulation mark of 67.34%.
- On the greens, Griffin's 0.285 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 39th on TOUR this season, and his 28.59 putts-per-round average ranks 46th. He has broken par 24.24% of the time (85th).
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Driving Distance | 128 | 295.0 | 293.4 |
| Greens in Regulation % | 66 | 67.34% | 69.44% |
| Putts Per Round | 46 | 28.59 | 29.8 |
| Par Breakers | 85 | 24.24% | 22.57% |
| Bogey Avoidance | 15 | 12.52% | 14.24% |
Griffin's best finishes
- Griffin hasn't won any of the 29 tournaments he has participated in this season, though he has come away with two top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In those 29 events, he made the cut 20 times (69%).
- As of now, Griffin has compiled 867 points, which ranks him 56th in the FedExCup standings.
Griffin's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Griffin's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort came 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's best Strokes Gained: Approach mark this season came at the Wyndham Championship in August 2024, as he ranked second in the field with a mark of 8.210.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Griffin put up his best effort this season at the Sanderson Farms Championship, ranking second in the field at 3.948. In that event, he finished 37th.
- At the John Deere Classic in July 2024, Griffin recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 7.711 (his best mark this season), which ranked fourth in the field. He finished fifth in that tournament.
- Griffin posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (14.875) at the RBC Canadian Open in May 2024, a performance that ranked him second in the field.
Griffin's Strokes Gained rankings
| Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 134 | -0.219 | -2.265 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 48 | 0.276 | 1.489 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 21 | 0.262 | 1.766 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 39 | 0.285 | 0.419 |
| Average Strokes Gained: Total | 40 | 0.604 | 1.409 |
Griffin's past results
| Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| October 3-6 | Sanderson Farms Championship | 37 | 64-71-70-70 | -13 | -- |
All stats in this article are accurate for Griffin as of the start of the Black Desert Championship.
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