Collin Morikawa betting profile: PGA Championship
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Collin Morikawa hits the links May 16-19 in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club after a 16th-place finish in the Wells Fargo Championship, which was his last tournament.
The PGA Championship tournament and course info
- Date: May 16-19, 2024
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Course: Valhalla Golf Club
- Par: 71 / 7,609 yards
- Previous winner: Brooks Koepka
At the PGA Championship
- Morikawa has entered the PGA Championship four times of late, with one win. His average score has been 1-under, and his average finish has been 23rd.
- In 2023, Morikawa finished 26th (with a score of 4-over) in his most recent appearance at the PGA Championship.
- Brooks Koepka finished with 4.78 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (seventh in the field), 5.32 SG: Approach the Green (seventh), and 4.191 SG: Putting (13th) en route to winning this tournament in 2023.
- En route to his victory last year, Koepka posted an average driving distance of 319 (fourth in field), hit 61.11% of greens in regulation (29th), and took 26 putts per round (first).
Morikawa's recent history at the PGA Championship
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
5/18/2023 | 26 | 71-70-74-69 | +4 |
5/19/2022 | 55 | 72-72-74-70 | +8 |
5/20/2021 | 8 | 70-75-74-68 | -1 |
8/6/2020 | 1 | 69-69-65-64 | -13 |
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 appearances, Morikawa has carded a score that's better than average in three of those outings.
- He has an average score of 3-under across his last five events.
- Off the tee, Collin Morikawa has averaged 295.4 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Morikawa is averaging -0.155 in terms of Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Morikawa is averaging 1.903 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Morikawa's advanced stats and rankings
- Morikawa has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.369 this season, which ranks 29th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (291.2 yards) ranks 147th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Morikawa sports a -0.040 mark (103rd on TOUR).
- On the greens, Morikawa's -0.164 Strokes Gained: Putting mark ranks 128th this season, and his 28.09 putts-per-round average ranks 15th.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
---|---|---|---|
Average Driving Distance | 147 | 291.2 | 295.4 |
Greens in Regulation % | 131 | 64.13% | 61.11% |
Putts Per Round | 15 | 28.09 | 27.7 |
Par Breakers | 50 | 27.46% | 21.39% |
Bogey Avoidance | 33 | 13.33% | 14.44% |
Morikawa's best finishes
- Morikawa has participated in 11 tournaments this season, and he has collected two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes.
- In those 11 tournaments, he had a 81.8% success rate in terms of making the cut (nine cuts made).
- Currently, Morikawa has 1124 points, ranking him 11th in the FedExCup standings.
Morikawa's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Morikawa's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in March 2024 at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he ranked 17th in the field with a mark of 3.113. He finished 45th in that event.
- Morikawa's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at The Sentry, where his 5.244 mark ranked No. 1 in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Morikawa's best effort this season was at the RBC Heritage in April 2024, as he ranked fourth in the field with a mark of 3.672.
- At the RBC Heritage in April 2024, Morikawa posted his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (3.345). 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 | 29 | 0.369 | 2.491 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 103 | -0.040 | -2.097 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 43 | 0.229 | 1.661 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 128 | -0.164 | -0.155 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 59 | 0.394 | 1.903 |
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 |
May 9-12 | Wells Fargo Championship | 16 | 67-70-72-74 | -1 | 110 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Morikawa as of the start of the PGA Championship.
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