Ben Griffin betting profile: Cognizant Classic In The Palm Beaches
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Ben Griffin hits the links Feb. 27 - March 2 in the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort (The Champion) after a fourth-place finish in the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, which was his most recent tournament.
The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches tournament and course info
- Date: Feb. 27 - March 2, 2025
- Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
- Course: PGA National Resort (The Champion)
- Par: 71 / 7,167 yards
- Purse: $9.2M
- Previous winner: Austin Eckroat
At the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
- Griffin's average finish has been 21st, and his average score 5-under, over his last two appearances at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
- In 2024, Griffin failed to make the cut (with a score of 1-over) in his most recent appearance at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
- When Austin Eckroat won this tournament in 2024, he had 3.541 Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (fourth in the field), 5.835 SG: Approach the Green (fifth), and 3.721 SG: Putting (15th).
- En route to his victory last year, Eckroat posted an average driving distance of 292.3 (45th in field), hit 81.94% of greens in regulation (first), and took 28 putts per round (sixth).
Griffin's recent history at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
Date | Result | Round Scores | To Par |
---|---|---|---|
2/29/2024 | MC | 71-72 | +1 |
2/23/2023 | 21 | 69-71-66-69 | -5 |
Griffin's recent performances
- Over his last five tournaments, Griffin has finished in the top five once.
- Griffin has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five appearances, including one finish within three strokes of the leader.
- He has finished with an average score of -6 those four times he's made the cut.
- In terms of driving distance, Ben Griffin has averaged 301.1 yards in his past five starts.
- Griffin has an average of -0.621 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Griffin has an average of 0.718 in his past five tournaments.
Griffin's advanced stats and rankings
- Griffin has a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.191 this season, which ranks 68th on TOUR. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (304.4 yards) ranks 89th.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Griffin sports a 0.213 average that ranks 71st on TOUR. He ranks 60th with a 70.30% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Griffin's -0.149 Strokes Gained: Putting mark places him 114th on TOUR this season, and his 29.19 putts-per-round average ranks 120th. He has broken par 23.29% of the time (89th).
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 89 | 304.4 | 301.1 |
Greens in Regulation % | 60 | 70.30% | 67.90% |
Putts Per Round | 120 | 29.19 | 29.3 |
Par Breakers | 89 | 23.29% | 21.60% |
Bogey Avoidance | 102 | 13.68% | 15.43% |
Griffin's best finishes
- Griffin has played seven tournaments this season, and he has earned one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- In those seven events, he made the cut six times.
- With 253 points, Griffin currently ranks 40th in the FedExCup standings.
Griffin's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Griffin posted his best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee effort at the WM Phoenix Open (February 2025), ranking 25th in the field at 1.797.
- Griffin's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came in February 2025 at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 5.907. He finished fourth in that tournament.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Griffin's best effort this season was in February 2025 at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, where he ranked 15th in the field with a mark of 2.544. He finished fourth in that tournament.
- At the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in February 2025, Griffin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season (3.153), which ranked 17th in the field.
- Griffin recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (12.073) in February 2025 at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld. That ranked fourth in the field.
Griffin's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 68 | 0.191 | 0.456 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 71 | 0.213 | 0.322 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 51 | 0.209 | 0.561 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 114 | -0.149 | -0.621 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 70 | 0.464 | 0.718 |
Griffin's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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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 | -- |
October 10-13 | Black Desert Championship | 11 | 67-66-69-67 | -15 | -- |
October 17-20 | Shriners Children's Open | MC | 69-71 | -2 | -- |
October 24-26 | ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP | 22 | 71-70-66-64 | -9 | -- |
November 7-10 | World Wide Technology Championship | 24 | 73-63-66-73 | -13 | -- |
November 14-17 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | 8 | 69-68-66-68 | -13 | -- |
November 21-24 | The RSM Classic | 15 | 69-72-65-65 | -11 | -- |
January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | 45 | 65-70-70-68 | -7 | 9 |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 7 | 66-69-66-68 | -19 | 83 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | MC | 72-77 | +5 | -- |
January 30 - February 2 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | 69 | 69-70-73-76 | E | 6 |
February 6-9 | WM Phoenix Open | 36 | 71-68-68-70 | -7 | 17 |
February 13-16 | The Genesis Invitational | 44 | 74-73-74-70 | +3 | 16 |
February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 4 | 67-65-67-67 | -18 | 123 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Griffin as of the start of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
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