Ricky Castillo betting profile: Texas Children's Houston Open
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Ricky Castillo will compete March 27-30 in Houston at the 2025 Texas Children's Houston Open. In his last tournament he placed 12th in the Valspar Championship, shooting 5-under at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course).
The Texas Children's Houston Open tournament and course info
- Date: March 27-30, 2025
- Location: Houston, Texas, USA
- Course: Memorial Park Golf Course
- Par: 70 / 7,475 yards
- Purse: $9.5M
- Previous winner: Stephan Jaeger
At the Texas Children's Houston Open
- Castillo is playing at the Texas Children's Houston Open for the first time in the past five years.
- En route to winning this tournament in 2024, Stephan Jaeger posted numbers of 0.947 in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee (37th in field), 1.442 in SG: Approach the Green (38th), and 6.398 in SG: Putting (third).
- Jaeger's average driving distance was 320.1 (11th in field), he hit 68.06% of greens in regulation (24th), with 27.25 putts per round (second) en route to his win last year.
Castillo's recent performances
- Castillo has made the weekend and finished in the top 20 on the leaderboard once over his last five events.
- Out of the last five tournaments he's entered, he made the cut four times.
- Castillo has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in one of his last five events.
- He has finished with an average score of -6 those four times he's made the cut.
- Ricky Castillo has averaged 308.5 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
- Castillo has an average of -1.026 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
- Castillo is averaging 1.737 Strokes Gained: Total in his past five tournaments.
Castillo's advanced stats and rankings
- Castillo has posted a Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.308, which ranks 37th on TOUR this season. Meanwhile, his average driving distance (311.1 yards) ranks 19th, and his 58.3% driving accuracy average ranks 93rd.
- In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach, Castillo sports a 0.233 average that ranks 65th on TOUR. He ranks 27th with a 69.84% Greens in Regulation rate.
- On the greens, Castillo has registered a -0.377 Strokes Gained: Putting mark this season, which places him 146th on TOUR. In addition, he ranks 154th with a putts-per-round average of 29.32, and he ranks 97th by breaking par 22.22% of the time.
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Driving Distance | 19 | 311.1 | 308.5 |
Greens in Regulation % | 27 | 69.84% | 68.83% |
Putts Per Round | 154 | 29.32 | 29.0 |
Par Breakers | 97 | 22.22% | 20.68% |
Bogey Avoidance | 24 | 11.71% | 10.49% |
Castillo's best finishes
- Castillo has played eight tournaments this season, and he has not yet finished in the top 10.
- In those eight events, he made the cut six times, a success rate of 75%.
- Currently, Castillo sits 97th in the FedExCup standings with 129 points.
Castillo's best Strokes Gained performances
- This season, Castillo's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee performance came in February 2025 at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where he ranked third in the field with a mark of 3.840. He finished 56th in that event.
- Castillo's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort this season came at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, where his 2.327 mark ranked 26th in the field.
- When it comes to Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Castillo's best effort this season was at the Valspar Championship in March 2025, as he posted a 3.022 mark, which ranked him ninth in the field. He finished 12th in that tournament.
- At the Valspar Championship in March 2025, Castillo posted a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 4.733, his best mark so far this season. That ranked him 10th in the field (he finished 12th in that tournament).
- Castillo recorded his best Strokes Gained: Total mark this season (7.619) at the Valspar Championship (March 2025), which ranked him 12th in the field. He finished 12th in that tournament.
Castillo's Strokes Gained rankings
Category | Overall TOUR Rank | Overall | Last 5 Starts |
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Average Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee | 37 | 0.308 | 0.597 |
Average Strokes Gained: Approach the Green | 65 | 0.233 | 0.820 |
Average Strokes Gained: Around the Green | 71 | 0.104 | 1.346 |
Average Strokes Gained: Putting | 146 | -0.377 | -1.026 |
Average Strokes Gained: Total | 65 | 0.268 | 1.737 |
Castillo's past results
Date | Tournament Name | Result | Round Scores | To Par | FedExCup Points |
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January 9-12 | Sony Open in Hawaii | MC | 73-67 | E | -- |
January 16-19 | The American Express | 43 | 72-67-65-72 | -12 | 10 |
January 22-25 | Farmers Insurance Open | 15 | 67-75-70-75 | -1 | 46 |
February 20-23 | Mexico Open at VidantaWorld | 55 | 68-69-69-72 | -6 | 6 |
February 27 - March 2 | Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches | 56 | 66-71-67-74 | -6 | 5 |
March 6-9 | Puerto Rico Open | 64 | 68-68-69-75 | -8 | 2 |
March 13-16 | THE PLAYERS Championship | MC | 70-74 | E | -- |
March 20-23 | Valspar Championship | 12 | 67-72-68-72 | -5 | 59 |
All stats in this article are accurate for Castillo as of the start of the Texas Children's Houston Open.
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