Collin Morikawa Betting Profile: The Genesis Invitational
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Collin Morikawa enters play February 15-18 in the 2024 The Genesis Invitational at The Riviera Country Club following a 14th-place finish in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California his last time in competition.
The Genesis Invitational Tournament & Course Info
- Date: February 15-18, 2024
- Location: Pacific Palisades, California
- Course: The Riviera Country Club
- Par: 71 / 7,322 yards
- Purse: $20M
- Previous Winner: Jon Rahm
At The Genesis Invitational
- Over his last four trips to The Genesis Invitational, Morikawa has an average score of -8, with an average finish of 19th.
- In Morikawa's most recent appearance at The Genesis Invitational, in 2023, he finished sixth after posting a score of -11.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2023, Jon Rahm posted numbers of 0.617 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (28th in field), 11.898 in SG: Approach the Green (first), and 4.52 in SG: Putting (12th).
- Rahm also posted numbers of 314.6 in average driving distance (sixth in field), 70.83% in terms of greens in regulation (second), and 27 putts per round (23rd).
Morikawa's Recent Performances
- Morikawa has finished atop the leaderboard once while also earning two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes over his last five appearances.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut four times.
- Over his last five appearances, Morikawa has finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back of the winner twice. He's carded a score that's better than average four times.
- In his last five appearances, his average score has been -15.
- Off the tee, Collin Morikawa has averaged 295.4 yards in his past five tournaments.
- Morikawa has an average of -1.130 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five starts, Morikawa is averaging 2.589 Strokes Gained: Total.
Morikawa's Advanced Stats and Rankings
- Morikawa put up a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.487 last season (21st on TOUR). His average driving distance (296.2 yards) ranked 134th, while his 68% driving accuracy average ranked seventh.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Morikawa had a 1.012 mark that ranked second on TOUR. He ranked seventh with a 70.99% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Morikawa registered a -0.109 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which placed him 114th on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 97th with a putts-per-round average of 29.01, and he ranked fifth by breaking par 27.16% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Last 5 Starts | Overall |
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Average Driving Distance | 134 | 296.2 | 295.4 |
Greens in Regulation % | 7 | 70.99% | 58.50% |
Putts Per Round | 97 | 29.01 | 29.1 |
Par Breakers | 5 | 27.16% | 33.33% |
Bogey Avoidance | 125 | 14.47% | 8.82% |
Morikawa's Best Finishes
- Morikawa, who played 25 tournaments last season, secured one win with four top-five finishes and nine finishes in the top 10.
- In those 25 events, he made the cut 19 times (76%).
- Last season Morikawa's best performance came at the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, where he won the title with a score of -14.
- Morikawa collected 1246 points last season, placing 22nd in the FedExCup standings.
Morikawa's Best Strokes Gained Performances
- Last season Morikawa posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (June 2023), ranking fifth in the field at 3.882.
- Morikawa's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2023, as he ranked No. 1 in the field with a mark of 9.283.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Morikawa's best performance last season was at The Genesis Invitational, where he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 4.687 (he finished sixth in that event).
- At the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January 2023, Morikawa delivered his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season (5.652, which ranked second in the field). In that event, he finished second.
- Morikawa recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (15.418) in June 2023 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. That ranked No. 1 in the field.
Morikawa's Strokes Gained Rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 21 | 0.487 | 0.671 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 2 | 1.012 | 1.913 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 96 | 0.047 | 1.123 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 114 | -0.109 | -1.130 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 11 | 1.438 | 2.589 |
Morikawa's Past Results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 16-19 | The Genesis Invitational | 6 | 66-68-72-67 | -11 | 100 |
March 2-5 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard | MC | 74-73 | +3 | -- |
March 9-12 | THE PLAYERS Championship | 13 | 65-73-72-71 | -7 | 61 |
April 6-9 | Masters Tournament | 10 | 69-69-74-72 | -4 | 75 |
April 13-16 | RBC Heritage | 31 | 72-68-66-71 | -7 | 21 |
May 4-7 | Wells Fargo Championship | MC | 73-73 | +4 | -- |
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 | MC | 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 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Morikawa as of the start of The Genesis Invitational.
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